README

Generates a ready-to-use dashboard plugin, complete with source code and necessary configuration. This will aid the developers, especially the new developers of the platform, to swiftly create a plugin with or without the ample knowledge of the plugin's technicalities.

Getting started

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your machine.

Prerequisites

The following modules need to be installed to run the Melis Dashboard Plugin Creator module:

• Melis Core
• Melis Tool Creator

Installing

Run the composer command:

composer require melisplatform/melis-dashboard-plugin-creator

The owner of the 'public' directory in the root of the project folder must be set to 'www-data' and it must be writable. This is where the plugin thumbnails are temporarily saved.

chown www-data public
chmod 775 -R public

Database

No database is needed for this tool

Tools and elements provided

• Dashboard Plugin Creator Tool
• Dashboard Plugin Creator Service

Dashboard Plugin Creator Tool

• user may opt to create a single or multi-tab dashboard plugin and must specify the destination module(new or existing) for the generated plugin
• after generation, the source code can be found inside the destination module ready to be updated based on the project's requirements
• the generated plugin by default, will be shown under the 'Others' section in the Dashboard Plugins menu

Dashboard Plugin Creator Service

File: 
      - /melis-dashboard-plugin-creator/src/Service/MelisDashboardPluginCreatorService.php
    

• MelisDashboardPluginCreatorService

  • This service's main function is to generate a dashboard plugin using the parameters saved in the current session.

   $dashboardPluginService = $this->getServiceManager()->get('MelisDashboardPluginCreatorService');
   $result = $dashboardPluginService->generateDashboardPlugin();
  

Authors

• Melis Technology - www.melistechnology.com

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

License

This project is licensed under the Melis Technology premium versions end user license agreement (EULA) - see the LICENSE.md file for details