I also think it should sub-shell to a platform script. We already have a `project template` folder in each platform. We can easily add a `plugin template` as well and write a quick create_plugin script.
What do you guys think of the workflow I described above ? Any comments ? I can create jira issues for it and tackle it. -a On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 7:26 AM, Michal Mocny <mmo...@chromium.org> wrote: > Maybe a plugin template ships with each platform, and when you "plugin > create" it merges the template for each platform you have installed? > > That would mean you have to add all interested platforms before creating a > plugin. > > -Michal > > > On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Ian Clelland <iclell...@chromium.org>wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Braden Shepherdson <bra...@chromium.org >> >wrote: >> >> > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Jonathan Bond-Caron < >> > jbo...@gdesolutions.com> wrote: >> > > Two new features could be useful from cli: >> > > a) Create an initial plugin from a template >> > > cordova plugin create [path] [name] >> > > >> > > e.g. >> > > > cordova plugin create F:/GitHub/MyPlugin MyPlugin >> > > >> > > >> > I agree, this would be useful. It's pretty easy to implement, just not a >> > high priority. Do you want to file a JIRA ticket for it? >> > >> >> +1 for scaffolding; this could be very useful as a means of documenting >> best practices for plugin authors. >> >> I'm not certain how this interacts with platforms, though -- would we have >> a monolithic "plugin template" that contains a skeleton for each platform, >> or is there some kind of cooperation between the various platform repos so >> that they can contribute their own code to the template? (or maybe the >> default is JS only, and you have to know how to add code for any given >> platform that you develop for) >> >> Ian >>
