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    A New Chapter for MagicMirror: The Community Takes the Lead
    Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.

    Automatic checking of all MagicMirror² modules

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    • BKeyportB Offline
      BKeyport Module Developer @sdetweil
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      I’ve over simplified as I tend to do.

      What I was thinking of was more along the lines of how Homebridge is doing things. Full on NPM integrations across the board. GUI installer/maintainer. bonus points for GUI configuration tool on their “plugins” etc. Can still get into the weeds if you want to mess with operations under the hood.

      I honestly think it’s time, but I’ve got nowhere near the skill to do it.
      MMM-Config on steroids.

      The pieces are there - we’re just missing the core.

      https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge-raspbian-image/wiki/Getting-Started#step-5-install-and-configure-plugins

      Setting the core up would build in a natural module checking system and weed out the unmaintained stuff for new users, because new users won’t want to install stuff that has no GUI settings and/or unmaintained wouldn’t show in the official repository/search anymore.

      The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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      • karsten13K Offline
        karsten13 @BKeyport
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        @BKeyport

        sounds pretty much like what mmpm does

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          sdetweil @karsten13
          last edited by sdetweil

          @karsten13 mmpm doesn’t do config editing
          and to do config editing in a reliable way, we need programming standards too.

          Sam

          How to add modules

          learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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          • BKeyportB Offline
            BKeyport Module Developer @sdetweil
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            @sdetweil We already have some standards in place (node_helper.js, naming conventions, package.json, etc) - what’s one more (config-schema.json) for the programmer? Think along the lines of the schema.json file used in MMM-Config.

            Programmer creates the GUI settings page, using API into a specific file. It’s up to the core to insert result into the main config file. if GUI file isn’t there, then resort to a web based editor.

            https://github.com/homebridge/homebridge/wiki/Verified-Plugins describes the process in homebridge’s case. Provide a reward, and bam - We’ve got easier access to the project, making it more widespread, and it completely eclipses the automatic checking process here.

            Reward for the programmer is rather simple. A badge set thusly - everywhere - in the built in plugin manager’s search, on websites, etc. 725c9b2e-1442-4642-b75e-141f393a87f4-image.png

            Example - No GUI settings page file (the dead module): 497832aa-62f3-4bf5-aee0-9475eed1cee0-image.png

            Example - GUI settings page file (my reworked module with more functionality):
            5e94c71f-2419-4ac8-bdcc-1c48f867acef-image.png

            and the resulting config (I believe they use JSON rather than JS):
            63f41904-ff06-4146-9a49-d1988b1bb237-image.png

            The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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              sdetweil @BKeyport
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              @BKeyport I believe we use js because you can have comments, json does not support comments

              Sam

              How to add modules

              learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                BKeyport Module Developer @sdetweil
                last edited by

                @sdetweil It don’t matter how it’s done, honestly. JS, JSON - Same diff in my book… I’d just love to see it get simpler, and wrap up some of these projects into one.

                The "E" in "Javascript" stands for "Easy"

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                  sdetweil @BKeyport
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                  @BKeyport what we really need is an AI page layout/designer tool. mushing all these disparate css together w the base design is getting beyond most people’s capabilities. I know it’s way beyond mine.

                  Sam

                  How to add modules

                  learning how to use browser developers window for css changes

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                  • KristjanESPERANTOK Offline
                    KristjanESPERANTO Module Developer @sdetweil
                    last edited by

                    Meanwhile, there have been some changes to the module list. E.g.

                    • If you click on a maintainer’s name, you will get a list of all modules by that maintainer :smiley:
                    • Dark mode switch
                    • Style changes
                    • Many module maintainers added screenshots and keywords and fixed listed issues
                    • GitHub stars are displayed
                    • New sort option: number of stars
                    • Module tags are now clickable
                    • Screenshots are now clickable
                    • Optimized mobile view

                    And some more …

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                    • JalibuJ Offline
                      Jalibu Module Developer @KristjanESPERANTO
                      last edited by

                      @KristjanESPERANTO are there plans to make this the official linked modules store on the project‘s page?
                      In my opinion it is already by far better than the existing one. I‘d also vote for making this the source of truth without dependency to the old page as a datasource

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                        KristjanESPERANTO Module Developer @Jalibu
                        last edited by KristjanESPERANTO

                        @Jalibu wrote:

                        are there plans to make this the official linked modules store on the project‘s page?

                        I’m definitely open to the idea of turning it into an official part of the project and moving it to MagicMirrorOrg, for example.

                        However, I have not yet sought dialogue with the core developers in this regard. It would be very interesting to hear if the core developers are open to that idea. @karsten13 , @rejas and @sdetweil, what do you think?

                        I‘d also vote for making this the source of truth without dependency to the old page as a datasource

                        The current solution (the list in the wiki) works and does not cause any additional work for the core developers.

                        However, as soon as we automate the process of creating the new module webpage, a vandal could provoke ugly effects. That’s why a different approach to maintaining the list, one that provides more protection against (intentional and unintentional) vandalism and includes a simple quality check, would make sense.

                        My concrete suggestion would be to create a pull request template for this purpose.


                        If we decide that “my” list should become an official part of the MM project, I would spontaneously suggest these rough milestones in the following order:

                        1. moving the repository to MagicMirrorOrg.
                        2. finding a better way to maintain the source of truth (currently the wiki page).
                        3. replacing/redirect references to the old module list.
                        4. automating the creation of the module list website.
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