antony
February 2, 2019, 2:02pm
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Hey plugin builders…
I’ve just started on the long road of building server action plugins, and I’m documenting what I learn along the way. However, since these posts are essentially “Tips”, I have categorised them as such… so I will add here links to my posts so they are clearly visible in the “Plugin builders” category too.
If any of you existing plugin builders have experiences you would like to add, it would be amazing to hear from you!
Happy Coding,
Hey everyone…
I’m not a professional programmer, but I can put together the basics in most languages given a few hours to remind myself of the syntax… which may make me quite a typical Bubble user. So I decided to write a plugin with a server action using some basic javascript code, thinking it would be quite easy. Boy have I just been round the houses on the most basic issue of how to read input fields. Before I forget the pain and the details, I want to document it here for all those who foll…
I’m new to building server actions, and debugging them can feel rather challenging, so I’m documenting here my experience!
What Needs Refreshing
If you change details of Fields and Returned Values, then you need to refresh your Bubble Editor where the action is used before the changes are recognised.
If you only change the javascript code, then you don’t need to do this, and you can just refresh your app itself.
Error Message Line Number
When the code fails, you get a message with lots of r…
So you’ve been creating your plugin in test mode, and now you want try it out as a published plugin. What’s involved?
Over in the Versions and Licence Section of your plugin, you (hopefully) have already got your app listed as the “Test App”. So you now need to list it as one of the “Authorized Apps”.
You can now click on “Submit a New Version” just below, to create your first Published version. It may well kick up some errors along the way which may be unclear as to how to fix. For me, I …
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