Can't Do It with Spiceworks? You Can Build an Extension for That! - Scott Conner & Enrico Brunetta, Spiceworks

Can't Do It with Spiceworks? You Can Build an Extension for That! Scott Conner Enrico Brunetta Plug-ins and Integrations, Spiceworks

What We’ll Be Covering
What is a plug-in?
Javascript/HTML/CSS
Spiceworks APIs
Creating Widgets
Let's build some together!
Questions/Answer Session

With plugins you can...
Change Spiceworks look-and-feel
Provide shortcuts to SW functionality
Visualize data in new ways using APIs
Change or add to functionality in Spiceworks

Anatomy of a Plugin
HTML/CSS:
Used for UI elements, page rendering, styling.
Understanding HTML structure, CSS selectors (advanced)
Javascript
Program execution – like VB script for the browser.
Spiceworks APIs – get data, display messages, and more!

Tools You'll Want
A good browser
Best to develop in Mozilla Firefox
May need Chrome/IE for cross-browser testing (advanced)
A good debugger
Firebug for Firefox is great
Mac guys can use Safari's built in web inspector

Resources Download Plugins: http://community.spiceworks.com/plugin Plugin Tutorials: http://community.spiceworks.com/help/Hello_World_Plugin_Tutorial Plugin APIs: http://community.spiceworks.com/help/Spiceworks_Plugin_API Extending Spiceworks Forum (join us!): http://community.spiceworks.com/group/show/300-extending-spiceworks

Let's make a couple of plugins together

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Can't Do It with Spiceworks? You Can Build an Extension for That! - Scott Conner & Enrico Brunetta, Spiceworks

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