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84 changes: 83 additions & 1 deletion docs/classic-ui/mockup.md
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Create an add-on package with `plonecli`.

```shell
plonecli add project.addon
plonecli create addon project.addon
```

This will create a package `project.addon`, which you can install in your Plone site.
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plonecli -l
```

## Create a custom pattern

To create a custom {term}`pattern` in your add-on, use the `mockup_pattern` {term}`bobtemplate`.

```shell
cd project.addon
plonecli add mockup_pattern
```

Next, enter your pattern name without the `pat-` prefix
In the following example, its name is `testpattern`.

```shell
--> Pattern name (without “pat-” prefix) [my-pattern]: testpattern
```

This creates the necessary JavaScript resources and webpack configuration for you, as shown in the following file system tree diagram.

```text
...
├── resources
| ├── pat-testpattern
| | ├── documentation.md
| | ├── testpattern.js
| | ├── testpattern.scss
| | ├── testpattern.test.js
│ ├── bundle.js
│ ├── index.html
│ ├── index.js
├── package.json
├── webpack.config.js
...
```

All your pattern JavaScript code goes into {file}`resources/pat-testpattern/testpattern.js`.
SCSS files can be imported, too, since webpack provides the `sass-loader` module.

Next, install the npm packages using {term}`yarn`.

```shell
yarn install
```

When you finish writing your JavaScript code, you have to build the bundle with the following command.

```shell
yarn build
```

This creates the webpack chunks, the JavaScript bundle files, and a demo browser view in your add-on package.

```text
...
├── src
| ├── project
| | ├── addon
| | | ├── browser
| | | | ├── static
| | | | | ├── bundles
| | | | | | ├── chunks
| | | | | | ├── addon-remote.min.js
| | | | | | ├── addon-remote.min.js.map
| | | | | | ├── addon.min.js
| | | | | | ├── addon.min.js.map
| | | | ├── pattern-demo.pt
```

There is also an XML file in {file}`src/project/addon/profiles/default/registry/bundles.xml` which registers the {file}`addon-remote.min.js` in the resources registry.

```{important}
You must re-import your profile with an upgrade step if you installed your add-on in Plone before adding the pattern.
Uninstall, then re-install, the add-on in the control panel.
Alternatively you can write a GenericSetup upgrade step.
```

You can access the demo browser view in your browser with `http://localhost:8080/Plone/@@addon-pattern-demo`.
Alternatively you can implement it in your own templates by adding the CSS class `pat-testpattern` to an HTML tag, such as an `img` tag.

```html
<img class="pat-testpattern">
```


## References

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Mockup provides the JavaScript stack for Classic UI.
[View Mockup's patterns](https://plone.github.io/mockup/), based on Patternslib.

bobtemplate
bobtemplates
bobtemplates.plone
`bobtemplates.plone` provides {term}`mr.bob` templates to generate packages for Plone projects.
The {term}`plonecli` command line client provides a developer-friendly interface to `bobtemplates.plone`.

mr.bob
[`mr.bob`](https://mrbob.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) is a tool that takes a directory skeleton, copies over its directory structure to a target folder, and can use the Jinja2 (or some other) templating engine to dynamically generate the files.
Additionally, it can ask you questions needed to render the structure, or provide a configuration file to answer them.

Pattern
Patterns
Patternslib
[Patterns](https://patternslib.com/), or Patternslib, is a toolkit that enables designers to build rich interactive prototypes without the need for writing any JavaScript.
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