One of the hurdles in developing a QGIS plugin with Python is just getting the basics down. Getting the plugin setup so it is recognized by QGIS and properly adds it’s menu and toolbar items can be a bit of a chore, especially the first time.
To make the process easier, I put together a web tool to generate a plugin that can be used as a starting point. The tool creates a fully functional plugin that can be loaded in QGIS 1.x. The generated plugin contains an icon and a simple dialog with Ok and Cancel buttons.
Give the PyQGIS Plugin Builder a try and feel free to provide comments and suggestions.
Hi Gary.
I did try the tool and get a .zip, but I see this:
* I get three main .py files:
– miplugin.py
– mipluginDialog.py
– Ui_miplugin.py
But also I get another three files:
– MiPlugin.py
– MiPluginDialog.py
– Ui_MiPlugin.py
Those files aren’t linked or loaded in the plugin, so I guess I can remove them. Also the contents doesn’t fix with the info that I put in the web form and shows test information like: “begin:2009-02-24″
* When I try to run the plugin in QGis, by clicking the button I get a Python error:
line 30, in __init__
self.ui.setupUi(self)
TypeError: unbound method setupUi() must be called with Ui_miplugin instance as first argument (got mipluginDialog instance instead)
Thanks by the tool, it’s useful.
There was a problem with the Plugin Builder. Give it another go.
Still getting unnecessary files.
Those are left over from a previous run of the builder. I’ve fixed it now…
Thanks Gary. It works now.