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Proof of Concept: Enhanced native plugin mechanism#639

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@cc-a cc-a commented Nov 20, 2024

This PR accompanies #636 and demonstrates a pattern for extending the existing plugin system to prevent the need to edit core coldfront files. The core idea is that by searching for files in the plugins directory and using entry points for pip installed packages it's possible to automate the discovery and loading of settings and urlpatterns.

To try it out:

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  • Under the hood this is doing a lot of what djp makes easier to do.
  • I've jumped through certain hoops to make sure the existing plugins still work so some complexity .
  • Things could be made simpler again by dropping support for loading third party plugins from the plugins directory and having developers pip install -e them if necessary.

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aebruno commented Dec 10, 2024

I'm probably missing something but this didn't work for me. coldfront showplugins gives me an error:

$ coldfront showplugins
Unknown command: 'showplugins'
Type 'coldfront help' for usage.

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cc-a commented Dec 11, 2024

Hey @aebruno. Apologies, showplugins is a djp command. I must have copy pasted it over from #636. I've edited the instructions.

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