Merge pull request #550 from amplication/docs/plugins-cleanup

Docs: Plugins section cleanup

docs/concepts/event-driven-architecture.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ For a step-by-step guide on building an event-driven application with Amplicatio
 
 ## Step 1: Create a Message Broker
 
-In your Amplication project, navigate to "Add Resource" and select "[Message Broker](/how-to/create-message-broker)". This will lead you to the Message Broker Creation Wizard. 
+In your Amplication project, navigate to "Add Resource" and select "[Message Broker](/guides/message-broker)". This will lead you to the Message Broker Creation Wizard. 
 
 After creating the message broker, you'll be able to configure the settings by installing and configuring the appropriate [message broker plugin](#supported-message-brokers).
 

docs/getting-started/plugins.md

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ pagination_prev: getting-started/community-plugins
 
 Amplication uses _Plugins_ to extend the functionality of your generated service. These software additions allow developers to customize the default behavior of [Amplication's code generation process](/plugins/plugin-architecture/), providing hooks into various stages of service creation.
 
-Amplication offers a wide range of community-created plugins that are open-source and available on GitHub. You also have the flexibility to develop your own [custom plugins](/plugins/overview/) so you can tailor your generated service to meet your exact requirements.
+Amplication offers a wide range of community plugins that are open-source and available on GitHub.
+You can also [develop your own private plugins](/private-plugins/) and [community plugins](/plugins/overview/) to extend Amplication's functionality and have it meet your exact requirements.
 
 You can enable certain plugins when you first create your service.
 For example, if you choose MySQL as your database, the _MySQL DB_ plugin will be enabled.

docs/how-to/authentication-plugin-examples.mdx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 title: Authentication Plugin Guide
 sidebar_label: Authentication Plugin Guide
-slug: /plugins/guides/authentication
+slug: /guides/authentication
 pagination_next: getting-started/authentication
 ---
 

docs/how-to/choose-configure-update-database.md

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ id: choose-configure-update-database
 title: How To Choose, Configure, and Update Your Database
 description: Learn how to choose, configure, and update your Amplication database using plugins.
 sidebar_label: Database Plugin Guide
-slug: /plugins/guides/database
+slug: /guides/database
 ---
 
 # How To Choose, Configure, and Update Your Database

docs/how-to/create-message-broker.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 id: create-message-broker
 title: How to create a message broker
 sidebar_label: Create a Message Broker
-slug: /how-to/create-message-broker
+slug: /guides/message-broker
 ---
 
 # Create a message broker

docs/how-to/index.md

@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ Whether you are a beginner just starting with Amplication or an experienced deve
 - [Entity Relations](/relations/)
 - [Base Directories](/how-to/base-directories)
 - [Configure selective code generation](/how-to/api-admin-ui-settings/)
-- [Create a message broker](/how-to/create-message-broker)
+- [Create a message broker](/guides/message-broker)
 
 Browse through the available tutorials and start building your web app with Amplication.

docs/plugins/define-plugin-settings.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 id: define-plugin-settings
 title: How To Define Plugin Settings
-sidebar_label: How To Define Plugin Settings
+sidebar_label: Define Plugin Settings
 slug: /plugins/define-plugin-settings
 ---
 

docs/plugins/developing-a-plugin.md

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 ---
 id: how-to-create-plugin
-title: How to Create a Custom Plugin
-sidebar_label: How to Create a Custom Plugin
+title: How to Develop a Plugin
+sidebar_label: Develop a Plugin
 slug: /plugins/how-to-create-plugin
 ---
 
-Amplication includes several plugins - some allow you to choose an authentication strategy, some allow you to choose which database you want to integrate with and one allows you to connect your service to a message broker.
+### Pre-requisites
 
-### Planning and POC:
-Before any development of a plugin, we take the following steps:
+Before the development of a plugin, take the following steps:
 
 1. Generate a service with Amplication
 2. Apply the changes that we need:

docs/plugins/event-hierarchy.md

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 id: event-hierarchy
-title: Event Hierarchy
-sidebar_label: Event Hierarchy
+title: Plugin Event Hierarchy
+sidebar_label: Plugin Event Hierarchy
 slug: /plugins/event-hierarchy
 ---
 
-# Event Hierarchy
+# Plugin Event Hierarchy
 
 We have two main event hierarchies in our Data Service Generator (DSG) service: one for Node.js services and one for .NET services. Each of these hierarchies includes events to create the server's files and, in the case of Node.js, the admin-ui files.
 

docs/plugins/plugin-architecture.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 id: plugin-architecture
-title: Plugin Architecture Overview
-sidebar_label: Custom Plugin Architecture
+title: Plugin Architecture
+sidebar_label: Plugin Architecture
 slug: /plugins/plugin-architecture
 ---
 
@@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ The `pluginWrapper` function is invoked with the following arguments:
 - **event** - the name of event we want to capture, and change something in the triggered process.
 - **args** - the original parameters of the DSG function. These are likely to be used as the parameters of the event, for the plugin developer to have access to these params and manipulate the returned value of the function.
 
-For the purpose of this architecture overview, remember that every event has before and after property (which is a function), representing the event's lifecycle in which you can intervene (before the emission of the event and after the emission of the event). For more information about `before` and `after` event see [Before and After Lifecycle Functions](docs\plugins\before-after.md)
+## Event Lifecycle
+
+Each plugin event supports two execution points:
+
+- `before`: Executes before the main event processing
+- `after`: Executes after the main event processing
+
+These lifecycle hooks allow precise control over the code generation process.
+
+For more information about `before` and `after` event see [Before and After Lifecycle Functions](docs\plugins\before-after.md)
 
 When the `pluginWrapper` function is invoked, it checks whether the event argument that was passed has a `before` or `after` property. If so, it invokes other functions that are responsible for calculating the final behavior when this event is emitted, or in other words, the outcome of the function that this event is responsible to execute.
 

docs/plugins/plugindev-overview.md

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ pagination_prev: plugins/event-hierarchy
 
 # Plugin Development Overview
 
-A plugin is a custom code that extends Amplication developer platform with new features. The features incorporated can be generic, useful to a wide variety of users, or can be very specific to deal with specialized requirements.
+A plugin is code that extends the Amplication developer platform by adding new features or modifying existing functionality.
+The features incorporated can be generic, useful to a wide variety of users, or can be very specific to deal with specialized requirements.
 
 If you or your organization have a specific workflow, install an existing plugin or write one to customize the platform to perform your required tasks.
 

docs/plugins/private-plugins.md

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 ---
 id: private-plugins
+sidebar_label: Private Plugins
 slug: /private-plugins
 toc_max_heading_level: 2
 ---
 
-# Creating and Using Private Plugins
+# Private Plugins
 
 Private Plugins enable you to create plugins exclusively for your organization's use.
 These plugins let you build secure, proprietary integrations and define your organization's standards. You can use them to protect sensitive business logic and enforce development best practices across your services.

docs/plugins/publish-your-plugin.md

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 ---
 id: publish-plugin
-title: How To Publish a Custom Plugin
-sidebar_label: How To Publish a Custom Plugin
+title: How To Publish a Plugin
+sidebar_label: Publish a Plugin
 description: Learn how to publish your Amplication plugin.
 slug: /plugins/publish-plugin
 ---
 
+:::info
+These steps are for publishing a publicly available [community plugin](/getting-started/plugins/). For information on releasing private plugins, see the [Private Plugins](/private-plugins/) page.
+:::
+
 Step 1. Create the Plugin
 
 Step 2. Publish the Plugin in NPM. For details, see [NPM documentation](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v6/commands/npm-publish)

docs/plugins/testing-a-plugin.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 id: how-to-test-plugin
-title: How to Test a Custom Plugin
-sidebar_label: How to Test a Custom Plugin
+title: How to Test a Plugin
+sidebar_label: Test a Plugin
 slug: /plugins/how-to-test-plugin
 ---
 

docusaurus.config.js

@@ -199,7 +199,15 @@ module.exports = {
       {
         redirects: [
           {
-            to: "/plugins/guides/authentication",
+            to: "/guides/database",
+            from: ["/plugins/guides/database/"]
+          },
+          {
+            to: "/guides/message-broker",
+            from: ["/how-to/create-message-broker"]
+          },
+          {
+            to: "/guides/authentication",
             from: ["/authentication-plugin-examples"]
           },
           {

sidebars.js

@@ -184,33 +184,23 @@ const sidebars = {
         "getting-started/plugins",
         "getting-started/community-plugins",
         "plugins/dotnet-plugins",
-         {
-          type: "category",
-          label: "Plugin Guides",
-          items: [
-            "how-to/choose-configure-update-database",
-            "how-to/authentication-plugin-examples",
-            "how-to/create-message-broker",
-          ]
-        },
         {
           type: "category",
-          label: "Custom Plugins",
+          label: "Plugin Development",
           link: {
             type:"doc",
             id: "plugins/overview"
           },
           items: [
             "plugins/overview",
             "plugins/plugin-architecture",
+            "plugins/event-hierarchy",
+            "plugins/plugin-events-before-after",
+            "plugins/context-skip-default",
             "plugins/how-to-create-plugin",
             "plugins/define-plugin-settings",
             "plugins/how-to-test-plugin",
             "plugins/publish-plugin",
-            "plugins/private-plugins",
-            "plugins/plugin-events-before-after",
-            "plugins/context-skip-default",
-            "plugins/event-hierarchy",
             {
               type: "category",
               label: ".NET Plugin Events - Reference",
@@ -281,6 +271,15 @@ const sidebars = {
       items: [
         "tutorials/index",
         "tutorials/community-tutorials",
+        {
+          type: "category",
+          label: "Guides",
+          items: [
+            "how-to/choose-configure-update-database",
+            "how-to/authentication-plugin-examples",
+            "how-to/create-message-broker",
+          ]
+        },
         {
           type: "link",
           label: "Developer Tutorials",