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Auggnet Veteran developer Posts: 225 Reg: Nov 20, 2012 USA 2,550	confirm \| cancel 04/19/13 04:04 PM (12 years ago) Wanting To Start Plugin Development Hello, My name is Daniel, and I have been with Buzztouch for almost 3 years. I recently have been learning objective c. I understand the syntax and am familiar with OOP and other concepts such as Polymorphism. I am looking into developing Buzztouch plugins for the community and for myself. Would anyone know where I could access information for that. I have looked into the how to page and only found a little bit about the file tree and things like that. Is there a reference of an API for Buzztouch, or some kind of programming help for developing a bt plugin? And no I do not want to use a plugin creator, because its limiting. Thanks, Title Comments Hello, My name is Daniel, and I have been with Buzztouch for almost 3 years. I recently have been learning objective c. I understand the syntax and am familiar with OOP and other concepts such as Polymorphism. I am looking into developing Buzztouch plugins for the community and for myself. Would anyone know where I could access information for that. I have looked into the how to page and only found a little bit about the file tree and things like that. Is there a reference of an API for Buzztouch, or some kind of programming help for developing a bt plugin? And no I do not want to use a plugin creator, because its limiting. Thanks,

Dragon007 Lost but trying Posts: 1509 Reg: Dec 17, 2011 London 20,590	04/19/13 04:10 PM (12 years ago) Buzztouch U, watch the videos on how to create a plugin. Comments Buzztouch U, watch the videos on how to create a plugin.

SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	04/19/13 04:16 PM (12 years ago) Davids video on how to create a plugin really shed the light for me. It's on YouTube somewhere... hunt it down using 'BuzzTouch' as a keyword. Cheers! -- Smug Comments Davids video on how to create a plugin really shed the light for me. It's on YouTube somewhere... hunt it down using 'BuzzTouch' as a keyword. Cheers! -- Smug

Auggnet Veteran developer Posts: 225 Reg: Nov 20, 2012 USA 2,550	04/19/13 04:30 PM (12 years ago) I saw it, I already understood most of it, but it was good. I'm looking for functionality to use, for example access to creating a table or menu. Something like that. Comments I saw it, I already understood most of it, but it was good. I'm looking for functionality to use, for example access to creating a table or menu. Something like that.

theMonster Code is Art Posts: 435 Reg: Oct 18, 2011 US 8,050	04/19/13 09:45 PM (12 years ago) @Auggnet that's going to come with experience and research. After you know how to get started, you really need to just get your hands dirty and spend nights trying to figure out how to do stuff. Comments @Auggnet that's going to come with experience and research. After you know how to get started, you really need to just get your hands dirty and spend nights trying to figure out how to do stuff.

chris1 Code is Art Posts: 3862 Reg: Aug 10, 2012 Austin, TX 50,120	04/19/13 11:13 PM (12 years ago) yep - there's a lot of little details that go along with plugin development. If you already understand objective-c, your best bet is to analyze an existing plugin to see what it's doing and go from there. Comments yep - there's a lot of little details that go along with plugin development. If you already understand objective-c, your best bet is to analyze an existing plugin to see what it's doing and go from there.

Fingers Crossed Veteran developer Posts: 234 Reg: Jan 16, 2012 Simcoe, ON 6,390	04/20/13 06:09 PM (12 years ago) Chris1 voiced my suggestion. When I was looking into creating plugins, I just took a simple one like Splashscreen, flashlight etc, that I had downloaded the source code for my package. Then I can browse the code to see how the JSON is parsed and utilised. I never got as far as looking at setting up the console, but I suspect that is actually the easier part (I hope I'll be corrected if I'm wrong) I look forward to seeing what you can come up with. The more plugins the merrier. Comments Chris1 voiced my suggestion. When I was looking into creating plugins, I just took a simple one like Splashscreen, flashlight etc, that I had downloaded the source code for my package. Then I can browse the code to see how the JSON is parsed and utilised. I never got as far as looking at setting up the console, but I suspect that is actually the easier part (I hope I'll be corrected if I'm wrong) I look forward to seeing what you can come up with. The more plugins the merrier.

Niraj buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 2943 Reg: Jul 11, 2012 Cerritos 37,930	04/21/13 08:57 PM (12 years ago) Pick a specific capability that you want to have in a plugin. Either develop it from scratch or find it on GitHub. Then integrate into BuzzTouch. Evolve it from the GitHub version. Tell us what you want to do specifically, then we can help you get started. Yay -- we have another plugin developer who wants to join the clan! :-) -- Niraj Comments Pick a specific capability that you want to have in a plugin. Either develop it from scratch or find it on GitHub. Then integrate into BuzzTouch. Evolve it from the GitHub version. Tell us what you want to do specifically, then we can help you get started. Yay -- we have another plugin developer who wants to join the clan! :-) -- Niraj

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