Introduction

Just as the portal is a frontend realisation of the SDK, as to is the playground. It uses the same SDK, just behaves differently to provide a useful tool.

The portal is all about setting up and completing activities. Modules must be set up before they can be used, which increases development time if you just want to stage a module (either a complete one or one in development) to test it out.

This is what the playground solves. It shows a list of all installed modules, and with a single click will set them up as if they were on the portal, but allow you to change permissions, settings and more quickly. This makes it the perfect tool for developing new modules, as you can see all your changes instantly and explore the workings of your module.

This is also useful for non-technical users, as they can explore your module to see what settings/permissions change.

Further updates will bring sharing of modules, meaning you can collaborate with a team of people on setting up a single module, before copying it across to the portal.

This documentation will go through the parts of the playground, and how it uses the SDK to use module integrations differently to the portal.

When using the SDK to render the framework, the only necessary steps are

The portal will handle setting up the rest of the environment, migrations, permissions etc. All these things can be overridden.