As far as I am concerned think there are the only rules we need to
follow:
1) a naming convention:
models/plugin_[name].py
controllers/plugin_[name].py
*/plugin_[name]/*
2) models/plugin_[name].py can assume ONLY db, auth, crud, T
3) models/plugin_[name].py should define only one global object
plugin_[name]=dict()
4) plugin can only use one session variable
session.plugin_[name]=dict()
I see some issues with plugins that want to define cron jobs but I
would consider this an advanced topic.
Massimo
On Oct 21, 2:35 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
> Here is what I would want.
>
> Download a plugin...
>
> Install it on my app...
>
> Define default variables for the plugin to use (things like the database,
> etc.. etc..)
>
> Expose it in my controllers, passing it optional parameters...
>
> Be happy.
>
> I volunteer to create and host web2py-plugincentral.com (or if anybody has a
> better name) to manage and browse plugins.
>
> In fact, I have already started working on it. Do we still need a way to
> package plugins? If so I could work on that as well while I am at it.
>
> Plugin installation should work just like app installation, either browse
> and upload, or specify external location it could be downloaded from.
>
> Personally, I have been wracking my brain for the last 30 minutes to try to
> find something that LOAD would not provide, and not seeing much wrong with
> it.
>
> It would be nice to be able to access a plugins global vars, but see no
> reason in this.
>
> Are plugins also able to take advantage of services? If I have a plugin that
> returned json or html depending on what is returned from ajax.
>
> I think plugins should be responsible for refreshing themselves, form
> trapping is nice, but it limits what could be done, easy, but limiting.
>
> -Thadeus
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:42 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> > ose of a plugin, as I intend it, is not to replace the concept
> > of python modules (i.e. pieces of codes that you import once and are
> > available everywhere), it is not to create
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