[TYPO3-dev] Re: Typo3 extension: how to build a extension to load image/media from my cloud site

[David Bruchmann]

Hi Jim,

first I think the whole target is quite complicated and it will be hard for you to reach the goal in reasonable time.
I'd advise to search a developer for that and even can offer my own abilities here.

Nevertheless. I list a few documents / pages that can be helpful:

* There is a quite outdated website with many tips but if you can handle some pitfalls related to versions many hints still can be helpful:
http://xavier.perseguers.ch/en/tutorials/typo3/articles.html
I remember an article by Xavier that I never found now in the moment that was explaining how to integrate views in the database related to external data. Data are then not present in the (local) database but can be treated like that by extbase if you use the views. Perhaps someone still has the link ... and sorry if the explanation is not 100% accurate it's long time ago that I read that article and never had any usage for it yet.

* Even if you deal with extbase it's important to know the core-documents that are not directly linked to extbase:
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/References/Index.html

* Here are some things related to extbase too, the one you mentioned is included:
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/GuidesAndTutorials/Index.html

* Here are some docs about system-extensions that might help too:
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/SystemExtensions/Index.html

* still some cheat-sheets:
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/CheatSheets/Index.html

* and if you've some time to crawl:
https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/Snippets/

* a quite helpful resource for clear defined problems is https://stackoverflow.com/

* but there exist still many sites on github.com and also individual sites that can be quite helpful, you'll find many if you search for TYPO3 and some specific problems.

* still one hint: if you want to use an extension you discover on this site: https://extensions.typo3.org/ but remark it's outdated, it might be worth it to search for it on github.com, often there you find some never versions.

Let me know if you've any questions, and good luck ;-)
David