aframe-registry

Curated collection of community A-Frame components, shaders, and assets.

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Introduction

A single registry file is maintained at registry.yml. The format of a component looks like:

<npm package name>:
  names: [<component names (as used from HTML) included>]
  versions:
    <aframe major version series>:
      version: <npm package version>
      path: <relative path to component JS file from package root>

All other metadata will be fetched from npm, and the component build will be served via unpkg.com, a CDN for npm.

This registry will then be processed and output to JSON files, one for each major version of A-Frame. These JSON files will be consumed by tools, libraries, and websites such as the A-Frame Inspector.

Versioning

Once A-Frame updates, all existing components will still work but are marked with a compatibility warning until either the component's entry in the registry is updated and compatibility confirmed. Here's how component compatibility is determined in relation to A-Frame:

• If there is a component version explicitly listed for an A-Frame version, use that.
• If there is no component version listed for an A-Frame version, use the version registered for the previous A-Frame version if possible. Then set a flag in order to raise compatibility warnings.
• If a component version for an A-Frame version is explicitly set to null, exclude it.

Excluding from the Inspector

Components may be more optimal to use straight from code instead of from visual tools such as the Inspector. In such cases, specify inspector: false:

aframe-codey-component:
  names: codey
  inspector: false
  versions:
    0.4.0:
      version: 1.2.3
      path: dist/aframe-codey-component.min.js

Submitting a Component

To submit a component, make a pull request adding your component to the registry file in the format explained above.

Component Requirements

1. Must be published to npm.
2. Must be published to GitHub.
3. Must self-register themselves with AFRAME.registerComponent.
4. Must contain documentation on component properties and sample usage in the README.
5. Must contain at least one example published to GitHub Pages.

Component Suggestions

• Should include an attractive preview image or GIF in your README for display.
• Should follow semver in your component versioning scheme, mirroring A-Frame's latest stable version.
• Use angle, an A-Frame command-line tool, to bootstrap a component template for publishing.

Updating the Registry

Add or update your module in the registry.yml file (not the files in build/). Then make a pull request!

To build the output registry JSON files that correspond to each A-Frame version:

npm install
npm run config  # Local config. You will need to add your GitHub API token.
npm run build

If you want to see the registry in a more readable format:

npm run print

Try to keep the registry in alphabetical order.

Local Development

If updating the build scripts, make sure you have npm installed. Then you can modify scripts and run npm run test to unit test or npm run build to do a full run.

If updating the website, run npm run site to re-generate the templates. This doesn't need to be done if just working on CSS.

Once deployed to master, the Registry's GitHub Pages will update.