.. include:: /Includes.rst.txt .. _modeling-the-domain: =================== Modeling the Domain =================== In this chapter you are going to learn how to create an abstraction (the **Domain Model**) as described in :ref:`the-application-domain`. This first step of extension development is the most important as well. It provides the foundation for all following stages of development. Don't worry: You'll only need common sense and a few tools to model a domain. The latter we are going to introduce in this chapter. The central theme is provided by a complex example, which exhausts all essential characteristics of Extbase and Fluid. We will use this central theme constantly in the following chapters. The example is based on a real project, which was worked on at the same time as writing the text on behalf of *SJR (Stadtjugendring Stuttgart e.V.)*. The SJR is an umbrella organization for about 400 youth organizations in Stuttgart, such as sports clubs, cultural clubs and religious communities. Among other things the SJR assists those societies to publish their offers in the Greater Stuttgart. Currently a lot of effort goes into research and involves high costs for printing a flyer. In the future those offers will be managed by the youth organizations via the Internet. At the same time parents, children and teenagers should be able to find suitable offers and display them easily. You can download the extension with the extension-key *sjr_offers* at the `extension repository `_. The example is also being used to demonstrate the approach of Test-Driven Development close to reality. We manage those Unit-Tests with extension *phpunit*, which is also available for download at the TER. .. toctree:: :hidden: 1-the-application-domain 2-implementing-the-domain-model