Development and Contribution Guide

Learn how to contribute to Petal App Manager and develop custom petals.

• Adding a New Petal Guide
  • What is a Petal?
  • Creating a New Petal
  • MQTT Command Handlers (@mqtt_action)
  • Registering the Petal
  • Installing Your Petal
  • Testing Your Petal
  • Best Practices
  • Common Pitfalls
  • Next Steps
• Inter-Petal Communication Guide
  • Goal
  • Overview
  • Implementation Guide
  • Best Practices
  • Example: Complete Implementation
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Reference Implementation
  • Migration Path
  • Additional Resources
  • Troubleshooting
• Contribution Guidelines
  • Dependency Architecture
  • Version Management by Repository
  • Non-Petal Packages
  • Version Summary Table
  • Getting Help
• Using Proxies in Petals
  • Overview
  • Available Proxy Types
  • Accessing Proxies in Your Petal
  • RedisProxy
  • MavlinkExternalProxy
  • CloudDBProxy
  • LocalDBProxy
  • S3BucketProxy
  • MQTTProxy
  • Error Handling and Best Practices
  • Next Steps
• Advanced Debugging and Logging
  • Overview
  • Available Logging Tools
  • Per-Level Logging Configuration
  • CSV Signal Logging Tool
  • Debugging Best Practices
  • Integration with Admin Dashboard
  • Testing and Validation
  • File Management
  • Troubleshooting
  • Next Steps
• Petal App Manager Profiling Tools
  • Table of Contents
  • Overview
  • Quick Start
  • Profiling Scenarios
  • Output Formats & Visualizations
  • Interpretation Guide
  • Troubleshooting
  • Quick Reference
  • Getting Help
  • Summary