Hi,
We have developed a vCenter Html plugin two years back with technologies in UI like, Angular, Clarity design system .... There was also lot new developments on the backend.
Now we are in the process of developing remote plugin.
First off i am trying to research / understand what is the difference between the previous one and the new remote plugin?. Any pointers in this regard... (I am reading the vsphere-client-sdk-673-remote-programming-guide.pdf for now)
Also while going over the documentation of vsphere-client-sdk-673-remote-programming-guide.pdf found few new things, like below.
- In the documentation it says to use the new plugin user JavaScript interfaces with htmlClientSdk.js, called, model, app, event... But in our existing plugin-ui we were using WEB_PLATFORM referencing from window.parent.
- Found the plugin manifest file type is changed to plugin.json. Previously it was plugin.xml file with its own definitions of plugin, resources, extension.. Now I am not sure how much of this is supported with new format of manifest file type plugin.json.
Now should we update our plugin code as per new guide. I am seeing in the guide that accessing window.parent is not recommanded... PFA screenshot.
Please share few inputs, thanks.