Re: Lookig for tutorials on how to build a plugin system
Are you using a framework for your app? On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Richard Beck richardb...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if anyone had any tutorials, sample code or links on how to build your own plugin system. I am looking to build an App and would like to make it extensible via plugins. I've search high and low and couldn't find anything. thanks ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344192 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Lookig for tutorials on how to build a plugin system
Are you using a framework for your app? No, I am not using a framework. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344194 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Lookig for tutorials on how to build a plugin system
Hm. Well, I'm not sure this is the easiest/best answer...but...you could look at a popular framework/app, dig into the source code, and see how they handle plugins. Two that spring immediately to mind are: http://cfwheels.org/plugins/ http://cfwheels.org/plugins/http://www.mangoblog.org/docs/plugins On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Richard Beck richardb...@gmail.com wrote: Are you using a framework for your app? No, I am not using a framework. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344197 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Lookig for tutorials on how to build a plugin system
Right, I've done some of that already. I was hoping to find a barebones tutorial so i wouldnt have to sift through other stuff. Hm. Well, I'm not sure this is the easiest/best answer...but...you could look at a popular framework/app, dig into the source code, and see how they handle plugins. Two that spring immediately to mind are: http://cfwheels.org/plugins/ http://cfwheels.org/plugins/http://www.mangoblog.org/docs/plugins ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344198 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Lookig for tutorials on how to build a plugin system
I have not seen any tutorials like that but I would take a look at Mangoblog as a good example, this seems to be a very easy app to write plugins for. One key thing is to use CFC's and make use of the EXTENDS attribute, this allows any plugins to simply extend your core components. Custom tags seem to have been dismissed by menu in favour of CFC's, but they are still immensely useful, especially for outputting dynamic content. One trick that I use is to use cfimport without a prefix then you can create custom tags that will replace all occurrences of HTML tags. e.g. cfimport prefix= taglib=customtags create a file called div.cfm in your taglibs folder every time a div tag is encountered it will be replaced with your CFML :-) I find this very extensible as you can use a different taglib on every page so great for plugins. Also make sure you make all your variables easily accessible, either by putting then in application scope or via methods in a cached component. just a few ideas On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Richard Beck richardb...@gmail.com wrote: Right, I've done some of that already. I was hoping to find a barebones tutorial so i wouldnt have to sift through other stuff. Hm. Well, I'm not sure this is the easiest/best answer...but...you could look at a popular framework/app, dig into the source code, and see how they handle plugins. Two that spring immediately to mind are: http://cfwheels.org/plugins/ http://cfwheels.org/plugins/http://www.mangoblog.org/docs/plugins ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344200 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
