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As of right now this page just holds some notes from the group Saturday 1/26/19, where the group ended at section 1.4 in the Swift Otter Study Guide.

The following topics were noted as areas where participants would like to learn more.

• cron – Cron/, crontab.xml, cron_groups.xml
• web_api – web_api.xml, resources, authentication
• i18n – Translation via __()
• Custom configuration reader – 
• extension_attributes – extension_attributes.xml, Api/, Api/Data/, Setup scripts, Plugins
• admin grids – xml configuration, data providers
• router – example of custom routing

Mediotype Employees Module

Setup Scripts

• Install Schema
• Install Data
• Upgrade Schema
• Upgrade Data

Table

• First Name
• Last Name
• Position (reads from another db table)
• Hire Date
• Termination Date
• Picture
• Certifications (reads from code array)

Backend

• Service Contracts for models
• Model/Resource Mode/Collection classes
• di.xml config for interfaces and classes

Adminhtml

• Create ACL Rules
• Add Menu Item
• Admin List View (UI Component)
• Determine what columns to show
• Populate actions column
• Admin Form View (UI Component)
• Create, Read, Update, and Delete

Extension Attributes

• Attach to existing customer via extension attribute

Frontend

• Create frontend view
• Frontend route
• Blocks (and ViewModel blocks)
• Phtml files
• Modify checkout to include Were You Helped By An Employee field and pull in a list of employees from the db

REST API

• Build WebAPI to handle crud operations

Tests

• Write unit tests to cover functionality