A discussion on plugin development with Ben Croker who has developed plugins for Craft CMS and previously for ExpressionEngine. We discuss when to use a plugin, when a plugin should be commercial, how to price a plugin, and providing support to end users.
- Ben's origin story
- What is a plugin?
- CMS acquisition of plugins in order to add to core functionality
- When to use a plugin or build it myself?
- How do you come up with an idea for a plugin?
- Commercial vs Free plugins
- Supporting plugins
- No code vs bring your own code and technical knowledge
- Support tickets/issues
- GitHub issues
- Email (good for sensitive information)
- Ticketing systems
- Feature requests and pull requests
- How to decide the cost of commercial plugins
- Breaking changes in the CMS
- Plugins that work with other plugins
- Website security and plugin evaluation
- Advice for developers new to plugin development
- USE an IDE
Show Links
- Code Igniter
- ExpressionEngine
- Craft Cms
- Put Your Lights On
- Blitz
- Sprig
- Sendgrid
- Feed Me
- The Dangers of Over Reliance on Plugins in Website Builds
- SEOmatic
- Good Documentation is Hard (Matt Stein)
- HTMX
- Tailwind with Adam Wathan - Season 5 Episode 4
- Semantic Versioning
- Craft CMS Docs
- Craft Quest
- Craft Generator
- PHP Storm
- Visual Studio Code
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