Jigsaw: [Proposal] Plugins/Extensions for Jigsaw

[DRogueRonin]

A way to to composer require a plugin would be nice, that for example introduces helper functions and partials I use for every project. So when updating a helper function or a general partial I don't have to go through every project and replace that, but just install the most recent version of my plugin and be done.

More detailed example: A Google Analytics extension you can require and just put your tracking code into config.php and place the function that outputs the code in the layout.

And/or maybe npm install a plugin to hook into the gulp build process.

[cmosguy]

I would like to upvote this idea, does anyone have a recommended way of implementing this idea? I want to build an Algolia indexer during the build process to hook into.

[damiani]

Definitely open to this. Some things like the Google Analytics code can already be accomplished without any plugin need (just put your tracking code in config.php and include Google's snippet in your master template, echoing your code where appropriate), but a plugin/extension architecture would be useful, in addition to before/after middleware functionality for any custom pre-/post-processing that people might want to do.

[damiani]

We should be able to piggy-back off of this PR to support this.

[atymic]

@damiani @mattstauffer

I would be keen to have a go at working on this. Would you be open to a PR with a WIP implementation?

[damiani]

@atymic Yes, absolutely!

[molerat619]

Any news on this? I want to import some plugins into my project like jQuery etc.

Of course I can download the file manually and add it to the right folder, but I was wondering if you could npm install jquery and have Webpack actually using it in the build.

[atymic]

@molerat619 this is completely different (this is back end/php plugins).

You should already be able to do that with laravel mix?

[damiani]

@molerat619 Yes, that's already possible; install it via npm and adjust your webpack.mix.js file accordingly.