I want to make a plugin that needs its own tables. So its a good idea to have migration and model generators, because manually copying them from the main app dir will lead to errors and is just not very convenient. So I started making my own generators. I started with the migration generator: https…

Rails plugins are different from Discourse plugins due to many reasons. Discourse plugins need to have a specific folder structure, they can extend/override the ember code of the core discourse etc. I think the rails side of a discourse plugin would be closer to a generic rails plugin but they aren’…

[image] fzngagan: Moreover, one should only create new tables if they’re really needed. Discourse already has ~150 tables and its not too often that your job isn’t done using one or a couple of them. I need them. Even basic functionality needs tables. I think its really annoying that there is…

You need to read the plugin development howto topics here. For most plugins you can use existing tables (like post custom field). There are times that you need more tables, but you’d probably do well to start with something less difficult to start.

[image] pfaffman: You need to read the plugin development howto topics here. I read the beginners plugin guide and this . Is there something else? I also looked at the code of some plugins. I just know that I need tables. And there are other plugins as well that use their own tables. Why is t…

https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-routes-in-discourse-and-showing-data/48827/19?u=fzngagan [image] How can I make my own Discourse plugins? Development I’ve only just started but here’s my ‘starter for 10’ to get you going: Read: these this Try and…

app/models/plugin_store.rb 888e68a16 # frozen_string_literal: true # API to wrap up plugin store rows class PluginStore attr_reader :plugin_name def initialize(plugin_name) @plugin_name = plugin_name end def get(key) self.class.get(plugin_name, key) end d…

[image] spirobel: I can understand this problem applies to people that want to create plugins that “non technical people” can install and uninstall. I am not one of those people. If the intent is to create something only you yourself will be using, IMHO it would likely be better to write a br…

Here’s an interesting related discussion: [image] Adding jsonb columns for custom fields Development Often times when developing plugins, I’ve had to use the CustomField or PluginRowStore tables to store arbitrary data related to the plugin (for example, r…

Plugins Rails vs plugins Discourse - quelle est la différence ?

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merefield (Robert) Août 30, 2019, 6:14 9

Voici une discussion intéressante en lien :

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