Foundry Plugin Template

This is a foundry plugin template that I use. I assume absolutely no responsibility for anything that goes wrong if you decide to use it yourself.

TypeScript:

If you wish to use TypeScript, please see the TypeScript branch.

Before Use:

1. Look for instances of your-module-name, YourName, [email protected], YourEmail and replace them.
2. Make sure you have edited any relevant urls in the following files: package.json, git-conventional-commits.yml, FUNDING.yml. (There may be others, just keep an eye out)

Features

• Uses JSDoc/eslint to give basic typing & intellisense support.
• Has working example of ES6 unit tests that deal with foundry specific elements.
• SCSS styling.
• An example of basic localization.
• An example of how create & use a new dialog window.
• Automatic semantic versioning and changelog generation.
• Auto compiles a new release any time a tag with the syntax vX.Y.Z is pushed to the main branch. The zip/manifest files are then attached to the release.
• Allows fast creation of zipped builds for beta distribution
• Generates changelog using conventional commits.

To Use

1. Copy the files from this repo to a folder of your choice, then rename things as requested in the Before Use section.
2. Rename the foundryconfig.example.json to foundryconfig.json then edit it to point to your local Foundry location.
3. npm install - Download & Setup the required packages
4. npm run build - Build the module
5. npm run link-project - Link the build folder to your foundry installation. Now, running npm run build will change the plugin you have installed while Foundry is running. Then press F5 to reload and pick up the majority of changes.

Cutting Releases For Your Project

1. When preparing for a new release, use npm run release to activate commit-and-tag-version. This package will automatically bump the version number in both the package.json and /src/module.json files, as well as automatically populate CHANGELOG.md with a new entries for the upcoming release version. The changelog is updated using conventional commits and the version numbers are updated using semantic versioning. Use npm run release:dry to see a preview of the run in the console.
2. To cut a new release, make a tag for your main branch with the syntax vX.Y.Z then push it to origin. This will start a Github Action which will produce a build, that will then be attached to a release of that same version number. NOTE: You can make this automatic by editing the package.json file and changing the skip booleans on commit and tag to true. Then when you use npm run release it will also automatically sign, create the tag, and commit it. All you'll need to do then is push it. (Disclaimer: I don't do this so it may not work 100%. Feel free to update this documentation if you desire.)

Generating a package for testers

1. npm run devexport will clean your build folders, then create a build for you to distribute to testers at /dist/your-module-name.zip. The script moves your files into a folder called your-module-name for easy extraction into Foundry's modules folder.

Terms

This should work on any system but since it makes changes to the filesystem with npm run devexport (creating/deleting a folder) use at your own risk.