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Application Workbench


The Pluck Application Workbench is intended for brands that want to minimize both the time and programming effort around their deployment and ongoing modification of Pluck community. The Application Workbench is a versatile visual environment that makes quick work of creating, editing and managing Pluck themes, overlays, configurations, strings and other application elements.


What it does for you

  • Makes Pluck programming accessible to non-technical staff
  • Automates user experience standardization
  • Advises developers of established community policies
  • Brings Pluck documentation into the development process


What's in it

  • Visual development environment
  • Frequently used developer tools
  • Community configuration and deployment tools
  • Pluck developer community access

Details

The Application Workbench includes a visual builder that can be used by junior developers, or even non-technical staff, to create and deploy Collections widgets and other community features. The builder’s drop-down WYSIWYG tools simplify and accelerate the development of compelling community services.

The Workbench also includes a number of commonly used developer services. The Cookie Creator facilitates single sign-on. The Data Viewer provides access to data model elements. And the Code Validator ensures script compatibility.

The Application Workbench has built-in awareness of the wider Pluck environment. It supports system-wide services – including user tier management and moderation policies – that change infrequently. It surfaces to developers Pluck elements that can be modified, including system strings and preferences, and ensures their appropriate access and usage. It makes available directly within the Workbench Pluck documentation, code examples, best practices and links to the Pluck Connect developer community. Finally, it lets developers manage much of the development and deployment process, including build, patch and upgrade scheduling, management, verification and other deployment-oriented tasks inside the Workbench.

The Workbench’s use of overlays lets developers manage the look and feel of commonly themed applications across the Pluck system via a centralized resource for rapid cross-application deployments and visual updates. The tool presents CSS, HTML, Velocity, JavaScript and more for rapid, inherited manipulation.

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