Recommendations for Building Extensions ↩

User interface

• main reference: Apple’s macOS Human Interface Guidelines

Code

• use tools from the mojo module rather than lib

    # this has been deprecated:
    from lib.tools.defaults import getDefault
    # use this instead:
    from mojo.UI import getDefault
  

  also:

    from mojo.pens import decomposePen
  

• suggest camelCase for common libraries?
• give examples of best practices (vanilla, FontParts, DrawBot, …?)
• Python Style Guide

Building the extension

• using the Extension Builder vs. building extension with a script

Version control

• source code (development) vs. built extension (distribution)
• see Extension packaging patterns