Magento 2: Hello world module

Features

- controller
- block
- layout
- template
- custom page
- custom link in footer
- install with composer

Installation

With composer:

$ composer config repositories.magento-2-vndr-helloworld vcs https://github.com/evgv/vndr-helloworld
$ composer require vndr/helloworld:dev-master

Manually:

Copy the zip into ../app/code/Vndr/HelloWorld directory

After installation by either means, enable the extension by running following commands:

$ php bin/magento module:enable Vndr_HelloWorld --clear-static-content
$ php bin/magento setup:upgrade