Plugin Author Guide

This guide is intended to go over what a plugin is exactly, a recommended plugin writing workflow (at least for a first plugin implementation attempt), and recommended testing practices for plugin writers to verify consistent interplay with plugins written by others.

Contents:

• Plugin Parts
  • Prerequisite Reading
  • Introduction
  • Algorithms
  • Types
  • Translators
• End-to-End Plugin Pathway
  • Prerequisite Reading
  • Introduction
  • Write The Plugin
  • Make Plugin Findable by Metagraph
• Plugin Testing
  • Prerequisite Reading
  • Introduction
  • Testing Abstract Types, Concrete Types, Wrappers
  • Testing Translators
  • Testing Algorithms
  • MultiVerify and MultiResults
• Compiler Plugins
  • Prerequisite Reading
  • Introduction
  • Creating a Compiler Plugin
  • Creating a Compilable Concrete Algorithm
  • Invoking the Compiler
  • Visualizing Compilation
  • A Compiler Example

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