V4 Extensions

[ragboyjr]

Extensions will work similarly to how they do now, they'll just receive the Engine object and can then configure it accordingly. Very similar to how service providers work.

Extensions will be very powerful and I want to try and implement much of functionality via extensions in an attempt to eat my own dog food and showcase the power of extensions.

Here is a list of standard extensions that I want to support:

• Layouts in general
• Global Data
• Data per Folder addData to all templates in a directory #31 addData matchers #217
• Partials
• Sections
• Default Layouts
  • If a layout isn't defined, a default one will be assigned (need some way to override) Setting Layout Once Per Controller #123
• Escaping
  • Make sure to support different encodings as well Escape helper works only with UTF8 #106
• Asset
• URI

[ragboyjr]

Still in the works is the TemplateContext and how to provide functions inside of the template itself. Do we use something like macros #134 or keep with a design similar what plates has now?