I am working on creating a Dine-In extension which will do the following:

  1. Customer selects “Dine In Button” after placing an order
  2. Checkout page allows them to select their table number and enter their mobile phone number.
  3. A tool-tip is provided to explain why we request the phone number
  4. Order is sent
  5. Kitchen admin dashboard receives order and notifies customer of status. Custom text is written in existing dashboard and SMS is sent to customer.

I have created the extension and installed (with default code). How can I make it work with the existing check-out and order pages?

    The checkout and order pages are handled by the cart extension. You would need to modify the components and classes in this extension for it to become built in.

    I would check with @sampoyigi in advance to be sure that he is happy for that to be included in the extension, and if so to agree an approach with him.

    An alternative approach would be to think of it as a standalone extension - rather than one dependent on the cart extension.

      ryanmitchell
      I actually need it as a requirement of a client who is using TastyIgniter. I want you to suggest the best way to do this,
      I am unable to find much help online on this topic.

      Please suggest:
      How can we do it if we want to work on the checkout and order pages of the Cart extension?
      How can we make it as a standalone extension?

      Looking forward for getting your help.

          Yes, there is not much extension documentation at this point as there is so much development going on in that area of the system. We would value volunteers to help with writing them!

          If you want it to be included in the checkout and order pages you need to chat with @sampoyigi regarding the cart extension (https://github.com/tastyigniter/ti-ext-cart) and whether he sees it as something he would want added.

          As for a standalone extension, you can follow the approaches used in the other extensions - just look around the codebases and learn from them. You would need a routes.php file I would imagine to send customers to an url of your choosing. I’m happy to answer specific questions if I can.

            ryanmitchell
            @sampoyigi

            I can volunteer to write the documentation/tutorials for tastyigniter.
            I am a Computer Science graduate working as software engineer since 2007. I want to be a part of this wonderful project.
            I am sure you will provide me a chance to play a useful hand.

                sammariqbal @sampoyigi would have a better idea of what docs need work than me but I’m happy to work with you on this once you and he have tied down the scope of whats involved.

                I think it would also be good to write a tutorial on setting up a basic extension, as it does get asked a lot. Maybe stepping through one of the free marketplace ones so that there is an understanding of the various elements.

                    sammariqbal Yea we definitely need all the help we can get on tutorials, there isn’t really any resources on extending/using TastyIgniter apart from the documentation which is also incomplete. A ‘’how to develop a TastyIgniter extension” tutorial will be great or any related to extending or administering TastyIgniter.

                    As for what docs need work, here’s a list.

                    Partials docs
                    Markup Guide docs
                    Form Requests docs
                    Controllers docs
                    Creating a Widget docs
                    Mail
                    Routing
                    Handling AJAX Requests
                    Testing TastyIgniter

                    I’m happy to guide you through the docs layout and style guide on slack, just drop me a message 🙂