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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Cat|course_code_mwdev1}}<br /> ==Parser and Lua⌘==<br /> *General MediaWiki does not allow for logic to be implemented<br /> <br /> *Parser functions were introduced to give MediaWiki some programming like functionality<br /> <br /> allowing you to use commands like if and exists.<br /> <br /> *You can define your own parser functions, and there is an extension with predefined functions that comes bundled with MediaWiki since version 1.17.<br /> <br /> *Unfortunately these are somewhat limited, and complex logic can become unreadable.<br /> <br /> *The scribunto extension is being developed, to allow use of programming languages in MediaWiki, currently only supporting the Lua Scripting language.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Parser functions⌘==<br /> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:ParserFunctions<br /> <br /> {{#if: 1 | yes | no}}<br /> <br /> {{#expr: (1+4)/5}}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Lua⌘==<br /> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto<br /> <br /> Lua scripts are created in the Module namespace, Module:MyScript<br /> <br /> to invoke a script <br /> <br /> {{#invoke: MyScript | function | parameter1 | paremeter2 }}<br /> <br /> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Lua/Tutorial<br /> <br /> ==Exercise ⌘==<br /> *Create a Template of your cheese table.<br /> *include it on your cheese pages.<br /> *Make sure the cheeses in the table link to there related page.</div>

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