> I think plugins should assume db, auth, crud, mail, service.
> Don't you do the same with your code? A plugin is nothing more than a
> means to package and distribute your code.

I don't think code should ever assume anything.  I used the instances
since they are in the same model.  If I were to make a module out of
this it would take the instances as arguments.

> I think the plugin should assume db. I do not see a problem with
> people editing the plugin anyway.
> That could be a way to customize it.

Won't this make upgrading plugins a pain? You would have to go back
through and edit every plugin that you modified before upgrade.

I'll probably just make a module since it will be more reusable.
Thanks for checking it out.

On Nov 7, 4:47 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> On Nov 7, 4:06 pm, "mr.freeze" <nat...@freezable.com> wrote:
>
> > Hmmm...Interesting proposition.  A couple of questions first:
>
> > 1) How will the plugin know what the instances of Auth,Crud,Mail and
> > DAL are named? Are auth,crud,mail and db pretty much reserved words
> > now?
>
> I think plugins should assume db, auth, crud, mail, service.
> Don't you do the same with your code? A plugin is nothing more than a
> means to package and distribute your code.
>
> > 2) How would I let the user decide which db to put the tables in if
> > they have multiple? Do they have to edit the plugin?
>
> I think the plugin should assume db. I do not see a problem with
> people editing the plugin anyway.
> That could be a way to customize it.
>
> I do not exclude a more specialized plugin that assume more and/or
> something different.
>
> > On Nov 7, 3:57 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > I think this is nice.
>
> > > If you now call that files models/plugin_settings.py and if all tables
> > > have a prefix plugin_settings_*
>
> > > then you can distribute it as a web2py.plugin.settings.py
>
> > > Massimo
>
> > > On Nov 7, 3:22 pm, "mr.freeze" <nat...@freezable.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I put this together to let non-developer admins manage settings
> > > > through appadmin.  It basically puts all settings that are string,
> > > > int, double or boolean in the database.  I would like feedback on the
> > > > perils/merits of doing this.
>
> > > >http://www.web2pyslices.com/main/slices/take_slice/26
>
> > > > Thanks!
>
>
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