Stable addon loader, moving onto template generation.

entry.py

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 import template.__init__
 
+# TODO: Make this autoload everything.
 importlib.reload(template.__init__)
-
+importlib.reload(template.template_panel)
+
 template.__init__.register()

generate_addon.py

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+addon_name = "test_addon"

template/__init__.py

@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-from . import auto_load
+from . import template_panel
 
-print("Loading template")
+print("Running template/__init__.py")
 
 def register():
-    print("Registering template")
-    auto_load.test()
-
+    template_panel.register()
 
 def unregister():
-    auto_load.unregister()
-
-
-
-
+    template_panel.unregister()
+

template/blender_manifest.toml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ schema_version = "1.0.0"
 id = "template"
 version = "1.0.0"
 name = "Template"
-tagline = "Template for a Blender Addon"
+tagline = "Template Blender Addon"
 maintainer = "Simon Nordon <[email protected]>"
 # Supported types: "add-on", "theme"
 type = "add-on"

template/readme.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Compress-Archive -Path ".\template" -DestinationPath "template.zip" -Force

template/template_panel.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import bpy
+
+class TemplatePanel(bpy.types.Panel):
+    bl_idname = "OBJECT_PT_template_panel"
+    bl_label = "Template Panel"
+    bl_description = "This is a template panel, for starting a new addon."
+    bl_space_type = "VIEW_3D"
+    bl_region_type = "UI"
+    bl_category = "Template"
+    bl_order = 0
+
+    @classmethod
+    def poll(cls, context):
+        return context.object is not None
+
+    def draw_header(self, context):
+        layout = self.layout
+        layout.label(text="", icon="OBJECT_DATA")
+
+    def draw(self, context):
+        layout = self.layout
+        layout.operator("template.test_operator")
+
+class TemplateTestOperator(bpy.types.Operator):
+    bl_idname = "template.test_operator"
+    bl_label = "Testing 1, 2, 3"
+
+    def execute(self, context):
+        self.report({'INFO'}, 'Hello from template panel.')
+        return {"FINISHED"}
+
+def register():
+    bpy.utils.register_class(TemplatePanel)
+    bpy.utils.register_class(TemplateTestOperator)
+
+def unregister():
+    bpy.utils.unregister_class(TemplatePanel)
+    bpy.utils.unregister_class(TemplateTestOperator)
+
+