Lesson 5 — Guidelines for Developing Secure TYPO3 Extensions from Scratch

Prerequisites and goals

Prerequisites

Theoretical prerequisites

This lesson assumes that you already know the following:

  • Understand TYPO3 patch deployment prerequisites
  • Learn systematic patch testing methodologies
  • Master patch verification and validation techniques
  • Study post-patch system integrity checks

Practical prerequisites

Before you start this lesson, please have the following things ready:

  • Deploy security patches following TYPO3 guidelines
  • Perform comprehensive patch testing procedures
  • Validate patch implementation and effectiveness
  • Execute system verification after patch deployment

Goals

Theoretical goals

By the end of this lesson, you should know the following:

  • Understand secure TYPO3 extension development principles
  • Learn extension security testing methodologies
  • Master secure data handling in extensions
  • Study extension deployment security procedures

Practical goals

By the end of this lesson, you should have completed the following:

  • Develop extensions using TYPO3 security guidelines
  • Implement comprehensive extension security testing
  • Create secure data handling mechanisms
  • Deploy extensions with security verifications

Learning resources

Teacher's instructions

Student's instructions