2. Plugin Developer’s Guide

• 2.1. Overview of OpenMDAO Plugin Development
  • 2.1.1. Types of Plugins
  • 2.1.2. How Do I Put My Plugin into OpenMDAO?
    • 2.1.2.1. Defining Entry Points
    • 2.1.2.2. Installing an OpenMDAO Plugin
    • 2.1.2.3. Making Your Plugin Available to Others
    • 2.1.2.4. Adding Custom Distribution Metadata
• 2.2. Plugin Creation Methods
• 2.3. Building a Component Plugin from a Python Module
  • 2.3.1. Distribution Creation
  • 2.3.2. Egg Creation for the Lazy
• 2.4. Building a Variable Plugin from a Python Module
• 2.5. Building a Plugin that Contains a Python Extension
  • 2.5.1. Creating an Extension with F2PY
  • 2.5.2. Creating an Extension with SWIG
  • 2.5.3. Creating an Extension with JCC
  • 2.5.4. Creating an Extension using Python’s ctypes
• 2.6. Building a Plugin that Contains a File Wrapper