added helper

[meomancer]

Added helper fix #45 :

• [x] Main helper
• [x] Download Project helper
• [x] Create Project helper
• [ ] Update Project helper
• [x] Contact helper

[timlinux]

For a simple help system you may want to look at the messaging classes from InaSAFE (@ismailsunni we could hive those out to a separate package / repo). They have the advantage that you do not need separate workflows for translating project documentation and UI stuff. See e.g.

https://github.com/inasafe/inasafe/blob/develop/safe/gui/tools/help/function_options_help.py

[ismailsunni]

Hi @timlinux Yeah, I think we can do it. But the messaging classes are not completely separated from the other code. It imports tr, get_unicode, and resource_path. Perhaps we can move them out to a separate package. I checked, those three helper methods are independent from the rest of the code. Then we can have qgis_plugin_utilities repository that people can re-use it also.

[meomancer]

Using message class

[ismailsunni]

Looks very nice to me

[Gustry]

Then we can have qgis_plugin_utilities repository that people can re-use it also.

They are many files that we need to copy and paste when we work on another plugin : messaging system, datastore (folder, geopackage, postgis ...), helpers to load a ressource, helpers to load a vector/raster layer for tests, debug helpers ... It could be very nice if we can refactor these.

[timlinux]

Looking nice @meomancer !

[ismailsunni]

They are many files that we need to copy and paste when we work on another plugin : messaging system, datastore (folder, geopackage, postgis ...), helpers to load a ressource, helpers to load a vector/raster layer for tests, debug helpers ... It could be very nice if we can refactor these.

Yeah, totally agree with this.

[ismailsunni]

Hi @meomancer if you want to merge this PR, please go. The PR is getting bigger. You can make another PR for the Update Project Helper.