xenForo equivalent of "plugin/hook" system from vBulletin?

[Peace]

Hi everyone! I'm trying to learn more about add-on development in xenForo.

With vBulletin, I could write quick plugins, register the variables in a template, and then call them from the template.

I'm trying to learn the equivalent way of doing that in xenForo. As an example, I use Waindigo's Last Post Avatar plugin.

I load threadlist views in various locations outside of the actual threadlist page. But in these locations, the Last Post Avatar is always blank. I understand logically that I need to pass the last post avatar information into other locations (beyond the threadlist view), but I'm not sure conceptually how to do that.

I know xenForo uses listeners with add-ons, so maybe that's where I need to start? I have many more examples/needs like this, and I'd love to better understand xenForo's plugin system so I can become more self-sufficient like I was with vBulletin.

Thanks!

 

[Alpha1]

Xenforo has a similar methodology. Start reading here: https://xenforo.com/community/forums/official-development-tutorials-and-resources.41/
and here: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/xenforo-tips-guides.34/?order=rating_weighted
Don't use Waindigo addons as an example for coding standards. If you want an example then I would use something by Chris, Kier, Mike, Bob, Xon, cclearhout, wmtech, etc. to name a few.

 

[Peace]

Xenforo has a similar methodology. Start reading here: https://xenforo.com/community/forums/official-development-tutorials-and-resources.41/
and here: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/categories/xenforo-tips-guides.34/?order=rating_weighted
Don't use Waindigo addons as an example for coding standards. If you want an example then I would use something by Chris, Kier, Mike, Bob, Xon, cclearhout, wmtech, etc. to name a few.

Thank you!!