Developer
BigLedger’s platform developers register a new applet here so that the product can load it; it is not something a customer opens. Registering makes the applet known to the platform in no catalogue and installed for nobody, since placing it in a catalogue is Platform SysAdmin’s job, and deleting one does not first show the catalogues and installations that still point at it.
Overview
The Developer applet is the original, four-screen registration console for the platform’s applet registry: a listing of registered applets, a New Applet form, an Edit Applet form with a delete button, and a one-toggle settings page. It is a platform applet: BigLedger’s platform developers use it to register a new applet so that the product can load it. It is not something a customer opens.
The fuller console is the Developer SysAdmin Applet, which adds vendors, store listings, pricing, images and installations.
Where it fits
| Direction | What | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Sibling | Developer SysAdmin Applet | The complete registry console, over the same applets. |
| Downstream | Platform SysAdmin | Places a registered applet into catalogues and stores and installs it for users. |
| Downstream | Applet Store | Where the registered applet is eventually seen and installed. |
Screens and menus
Applet Listing, New Applet, Edit Applet (with Delete) and Settings, whose single toggle, 3 UI Column View, is a layout preference that is not saved and resets on reload.
Configuration
Only BigLedger platform staff can use this applet, and it has no settings a tenant can reach. An applet store and a vendor must exist before an applet can be registered; they are created in the Developer SysAdmin Applet.
Fields
The registration form records an applet’s name, code (no spaces), two-character short code, type, the
address the product loads it from, its store and vendor, a description, the permissions it needs and a
logo. The code cannot contain spaces; the short code is two characters by convention only. A new applet
is registered as ACTIVE.
Lifecycle and effects
Registering an applet makes it known to the platform, in no catalogue and installed for nobody — placing it in a catalogue is Platform SysAdmin’s job. Deleting an applet removes it after a confirmation; the catalogues and installations that point at it are not shown first. Nothing posts: no journal, no stock, no document.
Related applets
- Developer SysAdmin Applet — the same registry with vendor, store, pricing and installation management.
- Platform SysAdmin — catalogues, stores and installations for what is registered here.
- Applet Store — the end of the chain.
Troubleshooting
| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| An applet you expect is missing from your tenant’s Applet Store | It is not registered, not active, or not in a catalogue you are offered | Ask your BigLedger contact |
Related documentation
- Platform applets — the section hub.
- Applet Catalog — the registry-generated list every row here appears in.