How to manage Prestashop Admin Controllers OOP functions / Methods

[vanhims]

Dear Presta developers. I have been coding for a couple of years and can make pretty much anything which comes into my mind IF I just code without standards (so from top to down, no OOP). Since I started making small Prestashop Admin Modules, I discovered the need for OOP programming. So I bought myself a book and studied the basics of OOP.

 

However, I am struggling only with one thing : I cant create a decent custom Module Admin Controllers. For 2 weeks, I have been watching You Tube Tutorials, Books, Blogs, etc. Everyone is creating an Module Admin Page in different ways.

The only thing I can do is:

• Create custom Multiple TAB -> link to my different controllers
• Made 1 working controller that can display a .tpl in views/templates/admin/
• But as soon as I want to add a form or list, things get pretty terrible and doesn't work at all.

My question :

1. How can I know what methods or properties I can use in my custom controller ?
2. Can you find out all the possibilities without consulting these many limited tutorials online?

 

I just want to have full control, but don't know where to look for.....

 

Thanks for sharing your experience on how to manage such big databases like Prestashop.