Remove obsolete importer code

[mootari]

The repo currently contains /scripts/helpers/importer which seems to have been used in the past to migrate content from a now defunct old documentation site.

I suggest to remove this code to make it easier for contributors to find their way around the source.

The (currently non-functioning) forwarder code for old php-style URLs needs to be replaced with a static list of redirects. Duplicate IDs in the lists below are marked with (D).

PHP links used in BJS docs

ID	Page
21911	content/babylon101/babylon101/First.md
22081	content/babylon101/babylon101/Animations.md
22531	content/How_To/events/How_to_use_Actions.md
22581	content/How_To/scene/How_to_use_SceneOptimizer.md
22591	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_LOD.md
22601	content/How_To/material/How_to_use_Procedural_Textures.md
22611	content/features/PGsupport/Playground_debuglayer.md
24822	content/How_To/mesh/In-Browser_Mesh_Simplification.md
24824	content/How_To/audio/Playing_sounds_and_music.md
24825	content/How_To/material/How_to_use_DepthRenderer_to_get_depth_values.md
24827	content/How_To/Videos/3D_on_the_Web_Understanding_the_Basics.md
24828	content/How_To/Videos/WebGL_Basics.md
24829	content/How_To/Videos/Using_Babylon.js_for_Beginners.md
24830	content/How_To/Videos/Understanding_Materials_and_Inputs.md
24831	content/How_To/Videos/Game_Pipeline_Integration_with_Babylon.js.md
24832	content/How_To/Videos/Loading_Assets.md
24833	content/How_To/Videos/Babylon.js_Advanced_Features.md
24834	content/How_To/Videos/Special_Effects.md
24837	content/How_To/Post_Process/Using_the_SSAO_rendering_pipeline.md
24840	content/How_To/light/Using_the_Volumetric_LightScattering_post-process.md
24841	content/How_To/Post_Process/Using_depth-of-field_and_other_lens_effects.md
24847	content/babylon101/babylon101/Parametric_Shapes.md
25088	content/How_To/mesh/Ribbon_Tutorial.md
25090	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_Path3D.md
25091	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_Curve3.md
25094	content/How_To/mesh/Decals.md
25096	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_dynamically_morph_a_mesh.md
25109	content/How_To/Importer/STL.md

Complete list of content page IDs

ID	Page
20	content/resources/Exporter/3DSMax.md
21	content/resources/Exporter/Blender.md
22011	(D) content/babylon101/babylon101/Discover_Basic_Elements.md
22011	(D) content/How_To/mesh/Set_Shapes.md
22041	content/features/component/Position,_Rotation,_Scaling.md
22051	content/babylon101/babylon101/Materials.md
22061	content/babylon101/babylon101/Cameras.md
22071	content/babylon101/babylon101/Lights.md
22081	content/babylon101/babylon101/Animations.md
22082	content/babylon101/babylon101/Sprites.md
22091	content/babylon101/babylon101/Cameras,_Mesh_Collisions_and_Gravity.md
22101	content/babylon101/babylon101/Intersect_Collisions_-_mesh.md
22111	content/babylon101/babylon101/Picking_Collisions.md
22121	content/babylon101/babylon101/Particles.md
22131	content/babylon101/babylon101/Environment.md
22141	content/babylon101/babylon101/Height_Map.md
22151	(D) content/babylon101/babylon101/Raycasts.md
22151	(D) content/babylon101/babylon101/Shadows.md
22231	content/How_To/scene/Caching_Resources_in_IndexedDB.md
22251	content/How_To/Importer/Using_the_Incremental_Loading_System.md
22421	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_Bones_and_Skeletons.md
22431	content/How_To/Post_Process/How_to_use_PostProcesses.md
22441	content/How_To/Post_Process/How_to_use_PostProcessRenderPipeline.md
22451	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_Merge_Meshes.md
22461	content/How_To/camera/How_to_use_Multi-Views.md
22471	content/How_To/environment/How_to_use_Lens_Flares.md
22481	content/How_To/material/How_to_use_FresnelParameters.md
22491	content/How_To/Importer/How_to_Create_Your_Own_File_Importer.md
22511	content/How_To/Physics/Adding_Your_Own_Physics_Engine_Plugin_to_Babylon.js.md
22531	content/How_To/events/How_to_use_Actions.md
22551	content/How_To/Importer/How_to_use_AssetsManager.md
22561	content/How_To/scene/Optimizing_Your_Scene_with_Octrees.md
22571	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_Instances.md
22581	content/How_To/scene/How_to_use_SceneOptimizer.md
22591	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_LOD.md
22601	content/How_To/material/How_to_use_Procedural_Textures.md
22641	content/resources/Reference/Creating_the_Mini-fied_Version.md
22661	content/resources/Reference/File_Format_Map_(.babylon).md
22671	content/How_To/contribute/Approved_Naming_Conventions.md
22691	content/How_To/scene/Render_Scene_on_a_PNG.md
24441	content/resources/Exporter/Cheetah3D.md
24821	content/resources/Exporter/Installing__the_Babylon_Exporter.md
24822	content/How_To/mesh/In-Browser_Mesh_Simplification.md
24824	content/How_To/audio/Playing_sounds_and_music.md
24825	content/How_To/material/How_to_use_DepthRenderer_to_get_depth_values.md
24826	content/How_To/Videos/Video_courses.md
24827	content/How_To/Videos/3D_on_the_Web_Understanding_the_Basics.md
24828	content/How_To/Videos/WebGL_Basics.md
24829	content/How_To/Videos/Using_Babylon.js_for_Beginners.md
24830	content/How_To/Videos/Understanding_Materials_and_Inputs.md
24831	content/How_To/Videos/Game_Pipeline_Integration_with_Babylon.js.md
24832	content/How_To/Videos/Loading_Assets.md
24833	content/How_To/Videos/Babylon.js_Advanced_Features.md
24834	content/How_To/Videos/Special_Effects.md
24837	content/How_To/Post_Process/Using_the_SSAO_rendering_pipeline.md
24840	content/How_To/light/Using_the_Volumetric_LightScattering_post-process.md
24841	content/How_To/Post_Process/Using_depth-of-field_and_other_lens_effects.md
24847	content/babylon101/babylon101/Parametric_Shapes.md
25088	content/How_To/mesh/Ribbon_Tutorial.md
25089	content/resources/Exporter/Bones_influences_per_vertex.md
25090	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_Path3D.md
25091	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_Curve3.md
25094	content/How_To/mesh/Decals.md
25095	content/resources/Exporter/Blender_Tips.md
25096	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_dynamically_morph_a_mesh.md
25100	content/resources/Manual/Transparency_and_How_Meshes_Are_Rendered.md
25101	content/How_To/environment/Supporting_fog_with_ShaderMaterial.md
25109	content/How_To/Importer/STL.md
25363	content/How_To/camera/Layermasks_and_Multi-Cam_Textures.md
25364	content/How_To/material/How_to_use_Blend_Modes.md
29000	content/How_To/camera/Customizing_Camera_Inputs.md
45094	content/resources/Manual/Normals.md
925088	content/resources/Manual/Maths_Make_Ribbons.md

Page IDs for classes

ID	Page
25116	content/classes/3.1/EngineCapabilities.md
25117	content/classes/3.1/Engine.md
25118	content/classes/3.1/Node.md
25119	content/classes/3.1/Camera.md
25120	content/classes/3.1/ArcRotateCamera.md
25121	content/classes/3.1/AnaglyphArcRotateCamera.md
25123	content/classes/3.1/StereoscopicArcRotateCamera.md
25124	content/classes/3.1/TargetCamera.md
25125	content/classes/3.1/FollowCamera.md
25126	content/classes/3.1/FreeCamera.md
25127	content/classes/3.1/AnaglyphFreeCamera.md
25128	content/classes/3.1/DeviceOrientationCamera.md
25129	content/classes/3.1/GamepadCamera.md
25130	content/classes/3.1/AnaglyphGamepadCamera.md
25132	content/classes/3.1/StereoscopicGamepadCamera.md
25134	content/classes/3.1/StereoscopicFreeCamera.md
25135	content/classes/3.1/TouchCamera.md
25136	content/classes/3.1/VirtualJoysticksCamera.md
25138	content/classes/3.1/VRDeviceOrientationFreeCamera.md
25139	content/classes/3.1/WebVRFreeCamera.md
25140	content/classes/3.1/Light.md
25141	content/classes/3.1/DirectionalLight.md
25142	content/classes/3.1/HemisphericLight.md
25143	content/classes/3.1/PointLight.md
25144	content/classes/3.1/SpotLight.md
25145	content/classes/3.1/AbstractMesh.md
25146	content/classes/3.1/InstancedMesh.md
25147	content/classes/3.1/Mesh.md
25148	content/classes/3.1/GroundMesh.md
25149	content/classes/3.1/LinesMesh.md
25150	content/classes/3.1/Scene.md
25151	content/classes/3.1/Action.md
25152	content/classes/3.1/SwitchBooleanAction.md
25153	content/classes/3.1/SetStateAction.md
25154	content/classes/3.1/SetValueAction.md
25155	content/classes/3.1/IncrementValueAction.md
25156	content/classes/3.1/PlayAnimationAction.md
25157	content/classes/3.1/StopAnimationAction.md
25158	content/classes/3.1/DoNothingAction.md
25159	content/classes/3.1/CombineAction.md
25160	content/classes/3.1/ExecuteCodeAction.md
25161	content/classes/3.1/SetParentAction.md
25162	content/classes/3.1/PlaySoundAction.md
25163	content/classes/3.1/StopSoundAction.md
25164	content/classes/3.1/InterpolateValueAction.md
25165	content/classes/3.1/ActionEvent.md
25166	content/classes/3.1/ActionManager.md
25167	content/classes/3.1/Condition.md
25168	content/classes/3.1/ValueCondition.md
25169	content/classes/3.1/PredicateCondition.md
25170	content/classes/3.1/StateCondition.md
25171	content/classes/3.1/Animatable.md
25172	content/classes/3.1/Animation.md
25173	content/classes/3.1/EasingFunction.md
25174	content/classes/3.1/CircleEase.md
25175	content/classes/3.1/BackEase.md
25176	content/classes/3.1/BounceEase.md
25177	content/classes/3.1/CubicEase.md
25178	content/classes/3.1/ElasticEase.md
25179	content/classes/3.1/ExponentialEase.md
25180	content/classes/3.1/PowerEase.md
25181	content/classes/3.1/QuadraticEase.md
25182	content/classes/3.1/QuarticEase.md
25183	content/classes/3.1/QuinticEase.md
25184	content/classes/3.1/SineEase.md
25185	content/classes/3.1/BezierCurveEase.md
25186	content/classes/3.1/Analyser.md
25187	content/classes/3.1/AudioEngine.md
25188	content/classes/3.1/Sound.md
25189	content/classes/3.1/SoundTrack.md
25190	content/classes/3.1/Bone.md
25191	content/classes/3.1/Skeleton.md
25192	content/classes/3.1/VRCameraMetrics.md
25193	(D) content/classes/3.1/Collider.md
25193	(D) content/classes/3.1/WorkerReplyType.md
25193	(D) content/classes/3.1/WorkerTaskType.md
25194	content/classes/3.1/CollisionCoordinatorWorker.md
25195	content/classes/3.1/CollisionCoordinatorLegacy.md
25196	content/classes/3.1/CollisionCache.md
25197	content/classes/3.1/CollideWorker.md
25198	content/classes/3.1/CollisionDetectorTransferable.md
25199	content/classes/3.1/IntersectionInfo.md
25200	content/classes/3.1/PickingInfo.md
25201	content/classes/3.1/BoundingBox.md
25202	content/classes/3.1/BoundingInfo.md
25203	content/classes/3.1/BoundingSphere.md
25204	content/classes/3.1/Octree.md
25205	content/classes/3.1/OctreeBlock.md
25206	content/classes/3.1/DebugLayer.md
25207	content/classes/3.1/Layer.md
25208	content/classes/3.1/LensFlare.md
25209	content/classes/3.1/LensFlareSystem.md
25210	content/classes/3.1/ShadowGenerator.md
25211	content/classes/3.1/SceneLoader.md
25212	content/classes/3.1/EffectFallbacks.md
25213	content/classes/3.1/Effect.md
25214	content/classes/3.1/Material.md
25215	content/classes/3.1/MultiMaterial.md
25216	content/classes/3.1/ShaderMaterial.md
25217	content/classes/3.1/StandardMaterial.md
25218	content/classes/3.1/FresnelParameters.md
25219	content/classes/3.1/BaseTexture.md
25220	content/classes/3.1/CubeTexture.md
25221	content/classes/3.1/Texture.md
25222	content/classes/3.1/DynamicTexture.md
25223	content/classes/3.1/RawTexture.md
25224	content/classes/3.1/RenderTargetTexture.md
25225	content/classes/3.1/MirrorTexture.md
25226	content/classes/3.1/VideoTexture.md
25227	content/classes/3.1/ProceduralTexture.md
25228	content/classes/3.1/CustomProceduralTexture.md
25236	content/classes/3.1/Color3.md
25237	content/classes/3.1/Color4.md
25238	content/classes/3.1/Vector2.md
25239	content/classes/3.1/Vector3.md
25240	content/classes/3.1/Vector4.md
25241	content/classes/3.1/Quaternion.md
25242	content/classes/3.1/Matrix.md
25243	content/classes/3.1/Plane.md
25244	content/classes/3.1/Viewport.md
25245	(D) content/classes/3.1/Frustum.md
25245	(D) content/classes/3.1/Space.md
25246	content/classes/3.1/Ray.md
25247	content/classes/3.1/Axis.md
25248	(D) content/classes/3.1/BezierCurve.md
25248	(D) content/classes/3.1/Orientation.md
25249	content/classes/3.1/Angle.md
25250	content/classes/3.1/Arc2.md
25251	content/classes/3.1/PathCursor.md
25252	content/classes/3.1/Path2.md
25253	content/classes/3.1/Path3D.md
25254	content/classes/3.1/Curve3.md
25255	content/classes/3.1/PositionNormalVertex.md
25256	content/classes/3.1/PositionNormalTextureVertex.md
25257	content/classes/3.1/SIMDHelper.md
25258	content/classes/3.1/CSG.md
25259	content/classes/3.1/Geometry.md
25261	content/classes/3.1/VertexData.md
25262	content/classes/3.1/SimplificationSettings.md
25263	(D) content/classes/3.1/SimplificationQueue.md
25263	(D) content/classes/3.1/SimplificationType.md
25264	content/classes/3.1/DecimationTriangle.md
25265	content/classes/3.1/DecimationVertex.md
25266	content/classes/3.1/QuadraticMatrix.md
25267	content/classes/3.1/Reference.md
25268	content/classes/3.1/QuadraticErrorSimplification.md
25269	content/classes/3.1/Polygon.md
25270	content/classes/3.1/PolygonMeshBuilder.md
25271	content/classes/3.1/SubMesh.md
25272	content/classes/3.1/VertexBuffer.md
25273	content/classes/3.1/Particle.md
25274	content/classes/3.1/ParticleSystem.md
25275	content/classes/3.1/PhysicsEngine.md
25276	content/classes/3.1/CannonJSPlugin.md
25277	content/classes/3.1/OimoJSPlugin.md
25278	content/classes/3.1/PostProcess.md
25279	content/classes/3.1/AnaglyphPostProcess.md
25280	content/classes/3.1/BlackAndWhitePostProcess.md
25281	content/classes/3.1/BlurPostProcess.md
25282	content/classes/3.1/ColorCorrectionPostProcess.md
25283	content/classes/3.1/ConvolutionPostProcess.md
25284	content/classes/3.1/DisplayPassPostProcess.md
25285	content/classes/3.1/FilterPostProcess.md
25286	content/classes/3.1/FxaaPostProcess.md
25287	content/classes/3.1/PassPostProcess.md
25288	content/classes/3.1/RefractionPostProcess.md
25290	(D) content/classes/3.1/StereoscopicInterlacePostProcess.md
25290	(D) content/classes/3.1/TonemappingOperator.md
25291	content/classes/3.1/VolumetricLightScatteringPostProcess.md
25292	content/classes/3.1/VRDistortionCorrectionPostProcess.md
25293	content/classes/3.1/PostProcessManager.md
25294	content/classes/3.1/PostProcessRenderEffect.md
25295	content/classes/3.1/PostProcessRenderPass.md
25296	content/classes/3.1/PostProcessRenderPipeline.md
25297	content/classes/3.1/LensRenderingPipeline.md
25298	content/classes/3.1/SSAORenderingPipeline.md
25299	content/classes/3.1/PostProcessRenderPipelineManager.md
25300	content/classes/3.1/BoundingBoxRenderer.md
25301	content/classes/3.1/DepthRenderer.md
25302	content/classes/3.1/OutlineRenderer.md
25303	content/classes/3.1/RenderingGroup.md
25304	content/classes/3.1/RenderingManager.md
25305	content/classes/3.1/Sprite.md
25306	content/classes/3.1/SpriteManager.md
25307	content/classes/3.1/MeshAssetTask.md
25308	content/classes/3.1/TextFileAssetTask.md
25309	content/classes/3.1/BinaryFileAssetTask.md
25310	content/classes/3.1/ImageAssetTask.md
25311	content/classes/3.1/TextureAssetTask.md
25312	content/classes/3.1/AssetsManager.md
25313	content/classes/3.1/Database.md
25314	content/classes/3.1/FilesInput.md
25315	content/classes/3.0/Gamepads.md
25316	content/classes/3.1/StickValues.md
25317	content/classes/3.1/Gamepad.md
25318	content/classes/3.1/GenericPad.md
25319	content/classes/3.1/Xbox360Pad.md
25320	content/classes/3.1/SceneOptimization.md
25321	content/classes/3.1/TextureOptimization.md
25322	content/classes/3.1/HardwareScalingOptimization.md
25323	content/classes/3.1/ShadowsOptimization.md
25324	content/classes/3.1/PostProcessesOptimization.md
25325	content/classes/3.1/LensFlaresOptimization.md
25326	content/classes/3.1/ParticlesOptimization.md
25327	content/classes/3.1/RenderTargetsOptimization.md
25328	content/classes/3.1/MergeMeshesOptimization.md
25329	content/classes/3.1/SceneOptimizerOptions.md
25330	content/classes/3.1/SceneOptimizer.md
25331	content/classes/3.1/SceneSerializer.md
25332	content/classes/3.1/SmartArray.md
25334	content/classes/3.1/Tags.md
25335	content/classes/3.1/Tools.md
25336	(D) content/classes/3.1/AsyncLoop.md
25336	(D) content/classes/3.1/JoystickAxis.md
25337	content/classes/3.1/VirtualJoystick.md
25347	content/classes/3.1/MeshLODLevel.md
25348	content/classes/3.1/AndOrNotEvaluator.md
25349	content/classes/3.1/DDSTools.md
25350	content/classes/3.1/TGATools.md

[deltakosh]

Please do:)

[mootari]

Can we also get rid of anything that handles forwarding from the old /page.php?p=123 style URLs?

[deltakosh]

Yes:)

[mootari]

Additional files for removal:

• scripts/create-forward.js
• scripts/create-list-pages.js
• scripts/import-md-from-azure.js

[mootari]

Forwarder code for /page.php style URLs cannot yet be removed. There are dozens of page.php links in the current docs.

[deltakosh]

Perhaps we can just auto update .md content once and for all

[mootari]

I'm creating a manual list of redirects right now.

[mootari]

ID	Page
21911	content/babylon101/babylon101/First.md
22081	content/babylon101/babylon101/Animations.md
22531	content/How_To/events/How_to_use_Actions.md
22581	content/How_To/scene/How_to_use_SceneOptimizer.md
22591	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_LOD.md
22601	content/How_To/material/How_to_use_Procedural_Textures.md
22611	content/tutorials/03_Advanced/Using_the_Debug_Layer.md (missing)
24822	content/How_To/mesh/In-Browser_Mesh_Simplification.md
24824	content/How_To/audio/Playing_sounds_and_music.md
24825	content/How_To/material/How_to_use_DepthRenderer_to_get_depth_values.md
24827	content/How_To/Videos/3D_on_the_Web_Understanding_the_Basics.md
24828	content/How_To/Videos/WebGL_Basics.md
24829	content/How_To/Videos/Using_Babylon.js_for_Beginners.md
24830	content/How_To/Videos/Understanding_Materials_and_Inputs.md
24831	content/How_To/Videos/Game_Pipeline_Integration_with_Babylon.js.md
24832	content/How_To/Videos/Loading_Assets.md
24833	content/How_To/Videos/Babylon.js_Advanced_Features.md
24834	content/How_To/Videos/Special_Effects.md
24837	content/How_To/Post_Process/Using_the_SSAO_rendering_pipeline.md
24840	content/How_To/light/Using_the_Volumetric_LightScattering_post-process.md
24841	content/How_To/Post_Process/Using_depth-of-field_and_other_lens_effects.md
24847	content/babylon101/babylon101/Parametric_Shapes.md
25088	content/How_To/mesh/Ribbon_Tutorial.md
25090	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_Path3D.md
25091	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_use_Curve3.md
25094	content/How_To/mesh/Decals.md
25096	content/How_To/mesh/How_to_dynamically_morph_a_mesh.md
25109	content/How_To/Importer/STL.md

[mootari]

There's no redirect for the missing content/tutorials/03_Advanced/Using_the_Debug_Layer.md - what would be the closest equivalent?

[mootari]

That can't be good: forwarding of php.php redirects doesn't work at all at the moment, e.g. http://doc.babylonjs.com/page.php?p=24828

[mootari]

Some more duplicates:

• 22011:
  • content/babylon101/babylon101/Discover_Basic_Elements.md
  • content/How_To/mesh/Set_Shapes.md
• 22151:
  • content/babylon101/babylon101/Raycasts.md
  • content/babylon101/babylon101/Shadows.md

Also, should we redirect class pages to 3.0 or 3.1 if the ID is present for both? I assume 3.1?

[mootari]

Duplicate IDs for classes:

• 25245:
  • Frustum
  • Space
• 25193:
  • Collider
  • WorkerReplyType
  • WorkerTaskType
• 25248:
  • BezierCurve
  • Orientation
• 25263:
  • SimplificationQueue
  • SimplificationType
• 25290:
  • StereoscopicInterlacePostProcess
  • TonemappingOperator
• 25336:
  • AsyncLoop
  • JoystickAxis

[mootari]

@deltakosh I need you to go through the above duplicates and tell me which one to pick for each case, so that I can compile the final list of redirects.

Edit: You'll probably want to pick the ones that came first.

[BabylonJSGuide]

There's no redirect for the missing content/tutorials/03_Advanced/Using_the_Debug_Layer.md - what would be the closest equivalent?

content/features/PGsupport/Playground_debuglayer.md

[mootari]

content/features/PGsupport/Playground_debuglayer.md

Thanks, added!

[mootari]

@deltakosh I still need feedback on those duplicate IDs in my earlier comments. They were likely copied over when someone added new markdown files and used old ones for reference.

[deltakosh]

You can remove all of them. I'll fix the redirect manually later on

[mootari]

I just noticed that Netlify only offers static hosting. Does that mean that we can rip out anything related to express?

[deltakosh]

This is correct. Only local JS code

[deltakosh]

Done