Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Entry point for Extensions

So several needs we need to satisfy (the below is just my vision): - EM: when we install the extension it should be listed as installed - App Index: if the extension is an app, it should be also found there - App Bar: if the extension is an app and is intended for daily usage (or if it was created locally by the user), could be listed automatically there - Create step: if the app provides a template provider, it should be listed in the create step -- Templates: Admins will be able to configure the Templates from Administrations - Macros Index: if the extension is a macro or if the app provides macros, they should be listed in the Macros Index (currently the XWiki.WikiMacros, but in the future located in the Macros.WebHome). Admins will be able to manage macros from here. -- Editor macros: if the extension is a macro it should be listed in CKEditor in the macros section (in the appropriate category) - Page Administration: if the extension has some configuration intended for normal users it could integrate it's configuration inside the Page Administration - Administration: if the extension needs global configuration options it should provide a configurable class (and a category) and have it listed in the Administration - other? So as general rules: - Extensions: are managed/listed by EM, configured in Administration - Applications: managed by App Index (we would need livetable + actions), configured in Administration or Page Administration - Macros: managed by Macros Index, configured where? - Templates: managed by Templates Index ? :) - Skins? - CT? - etc? So the main problem is that we are missing pieces and also we don't have a clear definition of what an application means and of what it's supposed to provide (since most of the entities are optional). Since some entities are optional is hard to make rules, so it's case by case. Also we have inconsistencies in namings, displays and approaches for different types of extensions. Not sure what is the conclusion with the above listing, since I don't quite have one. I was trying to gather some patterns. The entry point for the Homepage in the EM is nice as idea. I don't think is complete, since some apps will need to list also the configuration entry point. The only problem is that only Administrators will take advantage of it. We need solutions also for end-users with listings in Indexes. Also how do we know if the entry point is intended for Admins or Users (in order to reuse it in AppIndex)? But the questions still remains: - what do we put in EM? (all) - what do we list in *Index? - what goes in AppBar? - who provides configurations? and how do we group those configurations by category? and how do we let the user know some also provide page configurations? Thanks, Caty On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Guillaume Delhumeau < guillaume.delhumeau(a)xwiki.com&gt; wrote: