[OT] Plugin framework

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[OT] Plugin framework

(account deleted) 14 Jan 2009 10:14

Hello Stani,

Since 1 year, I'm developping a motorized panohead control software, call Papywizard (PAnoramic PYthon WIZARD):

http://trac.gbiloba.org/papywizard

I'm at the end of the 1.x branch (about to release the last stable version, 1.6). This branch is build against PyGTK, because my first target is Nokia internet tablets (770, N80 and N810). But I have many issues with PyGTK maemo port, so I decided to switch to PyQt for the v2, which will open much more plateforms support (but drop 770 compatibility).

This v2 is an ambitious project, where I plan to write a robust framework, in order to be able to add new features and other hardware panohead support more easily. So, I think it will be build arround a plugins framework.

As Phatch is using a great plugin architecture, I would like to know if you have some links to documentations on this subject, or if there are books I should buy?

Thanks,

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Re: [OT] Plugin framework

stani 08 Feb 2009 20:06

Phatch just imports whatever module (= plugin) is in the actions directory. The module must be structured in such way that nothing is executed or imported, except from metadata being loaded or importing the phatch core. It builds the GUI (and verification) automatically. This was inspired by Django.

I have no specific documentation or books. I could advise you to read about eggs, trac plugin system, peak, … and keep it simple so that you understand it.

So my OT: nice project. Would this also work from a normal laptop with Ubuntu itself (eg eee pc)?