How can you add additional feature in Open edX tutor

[TonyH]

Hi @darsh_modi97 ,

@darsh_modi97

where can I start to create a Django app in open-edx? i.e Do I have to create a Django app somewhere by running the manage.py startapp new_app command like a normal Django application?

Please look at https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/blob/master/docs/guides/extension_points.rst to determine the correct package type for providing the features you want (and to reference in the setup.py file.

@darsh_modi97

Do I have to create a sample project with the application and copy that application with setup.py and paste it somewhere in the open-edx project?

Because Tutor is a Docker-based implementation, you have to load it within that framework. Basically, you put the package in the requirements folder, put the reference in private.txt, and then rebuild. Once it installs and loads correctly, you can then work in the mounted requirements folder, and Open edX will recompile the Django package when a file is modified.

• Open edX development — Tutor documentation

Tips for troubleshooting installing it:

• I think that most packages install to path ~/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/ in the running container. Tutor dev will link them to the mounted requirements folder using the .egg package information. You can check there to see if Tutor installed and linked it. See this post for creating an .egg-info package.
• You can enter lms or cms shell. For example:

  tutor dev run lms bash
  ./manage.py lms shell
  
  >> import xblock_name
  >> import xblock_name.file