DCM notes for 2025-01-20

[glopesdev]

Gallery package

Must-haves:

• A way to export an example package to a website (github pages, README files on NuGet, etc)
• A way to search for example packages (packages hosted on NuGet, links hosted on a github repo, etc)
• A way to display the example package website on the GUI (WebView control)
• A way to trigger installation from the website / GUI
• Document the whole process of exporting packages

Nice to haves:

• Extra metadata that is not on nuget
• Making it easier for example developers or Bonsai users to export new examples from the editor (or a tool)
  • we could drive everything from the IDE or we could also provide a template + tool to turn an existing folder into a shareable example
• We could provide ways to test examples in a "sandbox" (this could literally be just creating a new environment)
• Add from git link
• Package explorer in the preview:
  • we could co-opt nuget.info
  • or if we expand packages into our own centralized repo then we can do it from there