Developer Concepts

If you've read about the Platform Overview and got a chance to Building Your First Mod but want to learn more, explore these Developer Concepts to learn design patterns and best practices for accomplishing what you need with PixieBrix.

• Text Template Guide: useful for referencing variables in text or running nunjucks templates to perform functions throughout your mod

• Types of Mods: essential for understanding options for triggering a mod and best practices for configuring triggers effectively

• Using Bricks: bricks are the building blocks of PixieBrix and this section helps you understand how to best work with them

• Data Context: mods store contextual data and produce data throughout the mod run that you can access and store

• User Input: learn about collecting information and verifying data with users as they run your mods

• Working With APIs: useful for interacting with other tools for your automation

• Working with Markdown: useful for styling forms and interfaces

• Control Flow: create multiple paths of execution based on outcomes from previous bricks

• Transforming Data: modify from bricks to get information in the format you need

• Building Interfaces: style modals and sidebar panels for interacting with users during automation and displaying responses