In XperienCentral, archetypes are used to generate the files and basic directory structure for a simple, but fully functional plugin. Sidebar widgets are technically an XperienCentral plugin. Before following the steps contained in this topic, you might want to read the general introduction on
Widgets in order to get some context. Some basic knowledge of
XperienCentral plugins will also help. This topic explains how to generate a plugin for adding a sidebar widget to the XperienCentral Workspace
. Using the generated source files, you can then modify them as desired to create your widget. This starting point saves you a lot of time creating files from scratch and copying and pasting code.
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