Comments on: Foundry VTT 0.8.0 Alpha Release

By: StoicalZebra

StoicalZebra — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:00:15 +0000

@talidor @brkwsk great - thank you for the informed responses! I'm just looking at a small project - mainly to help me improve my JS development skills. I'll definitely drop by League of Extraordinary Foundry VTT Developers on Discord for help. You guys are a great resource!

By: brkwsk

brkwsk — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:54:05 +0000

@stoicalzebra I’d say it largely depends on how ambitious your project is if it’s just a small scale module it shouldn’t be much of a problem to go back and implement changes for 0.8.x. If your planning on something bigger that touches on a lot of core data or even your own game system I’d suggest to keep an eye out for the coming changes.

In any case if you want to start developing your own Foundry modules/systems you should really drop by the League of Extraordinary Foundry VTT Developers (https://discord.gg/7MkDagrhN3). They usually help out new and experienced devs and is a great place to ask questions and they will probably have even more insight regarding this topic.

By: Talidor

Talidor — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 14:13:12 +0000

That would depend on how much of a rush you are to bring your “product” to Foundry users. It’s likely going to be several months before 0.8 has a stable release that will attract the majority of GMs. While we can see the future, 0.7 isn’t exactly rushing toward he light at the end of the tunnel. Until a significant number of plugin authors update their offerings, a lot of GMs are going to stay on 0.7.

The underlying data model and the API have significant changes for 0.8, so if you aren’t in a rush to market, I would start there. From what I’ve seen so far, the 0.8 API also seems to have better documentation, which is definitely a factor when learning something new. The down side will be that a significant portion of existing plugins/macros may either A) break or B) use deprecated functions, so it may be a bit tougher to find 3rd party code examples. The good news is that the support section on the official Discord is populated with a small army of knowledgeable and very helpful volunteers and this site has a dedicated forum section for tech help for developers.

By: StoicalZebra

StoicalZebra — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:33:14 +0000

@brkwsk Would you recommend people just starting Foundry development start using the current 0.7 release or jump to the 0.8 releases? I'm assuming a large majority of the code will stay the same?

By: JDW

JDW — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:59:01 +0000

In reply to DrFumble. Hey! That's a very good question. Not yet, at least not for modules and systems. Devs will need help but not just yet, it would be better to wait for them to release their first 0.8.x version.

By: DrFumble

DrFumble — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 22:46:02 +0000

Would it be helpful for users to install this release on a test server for the purpose of helping find bugs in systems and modules? If so, how should those bugs be reported?