Ideally, plugins.jquery.com would handle putting the packages in the right place (i.e. packages would get named autocomplete-1.0.5 in some central place, which would also store the list of all the meta.jsons). -- Yehuda
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Brandon Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I'm all for this. Seems like we'd want a standard repository/location to > store these "packaged" plugins with the %imgDir% applied, etc. Maybe on > plugins.jquery.com or maybe on a new sub-domain like packages.jquery.comthat > just follows a particular directory structure and naming scheme. > -- > Brandon Aaron > > On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:31 AM, Yehuda Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> For a while, I've been trying to make it possible to build a system to >> automatically install jQuery plugins into an application. In particular, >> I've wanted to be able to let Merb (a Ruby web framework I maintain -- >> http://merbivore.com/) install jQuery plugins simply and easily. >> There are a few problems I needed to see solved: >> >> - A way for package authors to describe the locations of the >> javascript files, the CSS files, and any images >> - A way for package authors to declare required dependencies >> - A way to write CSS files that don't need to provide explicit image >> paths >> >> I want to propose a packaging format that plugin authors can use. To get >> the ball rolling, I'm proposing a JSON file called metadata.json: >> >> { >> "name": "tabs.jquery", >> "author": "Yehuda Katz", >> "dependencies": [ >> "core.ui.jquery", >> "mouse.ui.jquery" >> ], >> "javascript": [ >> "lib/utility.tabs.jquery", >> "lib/tabs.jquery", >> ], >> "cssDir": "css", >> "imageDir": "images" >> } >> >> Additionally, I'd like to propose that CSS files containing image paths >> use the token %imageDir% to refer to the directory where the images will be >> placed. This will allow automated tools (or even users themselves) to >> quickly modify CSS files with the correct relative (or absolute) path. >> >> Does this stuff make sense? People seemed to be, in general, in favor of a >> more consistent package format, so I thought I'd get the ball rolling here. >> >> -- >> Yehuda Katz >> Developer | Engine Yard >> (ph) 718.877.1325 >> >> >> > > > > -- Yehuda Katz Developer | Engine Yard (ph) 718.877.1325 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
