npe2 0.7.0

napari plugin engine v2

npe2

napari plugin refactor

see also https://github.com/napari/napari/issues/3115

Documentation

For documentation on authoring npe2 plugins, see the napari plugin docs. These include:

• the manifest reference
• the contribution guide

Command line tool

Includes a command line tool npe2 with the following commands:

Commands:
  cache     Cache utils
  convert   Convert first generation napari plugin to new (manifest) format.
  parse     Show parsed manifest as yaml
  validate  Validate manifest for a distribution name or manifest filepath.

examples:

# convert current directory to an npe2-ready plugin
# (note: the repo must also be installed and importable in the current environment)
npe2 convert .

npe2 validate your-plugin-package

npe2 parse your-plugin-package