Make games (GDExtensions) faster than before (C++ supported only for now).
When I was making the third prototype of my game ShapeWorld: FightLand I did it in Godot 4 using C++ since I like the performance and also the C++ syntax is nice but after working some time in the project, using C++ as the main programming language became annoying because every time I wanted to create a new class / node, I had to create the files manually and rewrite the same code again and I also had to create the source file, the header and then add the new files to the build system (I was using CMake) so after a month of working in the game I stopped working on it due to this annoying issue (and other problems I found in the engine back then), because of this I made this simple extension, this extension allows you to create classes / nodes in a easy way.
First, you need to download this extension, to do this, you can download it by cloning this repository using the Code->Download ZIP button or you can download it from the Releases page.
Once you have the addons/QuickExtension folder, you have to go to the Godot Editor and go to the Project/Project Settings... tab, then go to Plugins and enable the extension.
Now, a popup window will appear to configure the plugin, don't close the window, if you close the window, reload the project.
After setting up the plugin, go to Project/Tools/Create New Class... and create your class / node by filling the fields in the window.
With everything done, you can now see that your specified header/source folders have the created files with some initial code for a class.
The files that this plugin generates are very easy to customize, the templates that this plugin uses are located in addons/QuickExtension/Templates.
To customize the generated source and header files, go to the Templates folder and customize the Class-Template.cpp.txt and Class-Template.h.txt files. Do not remove the text in uppercase since that text is used to replace the class names. Also, do not delete the #include <godot_cpp/classes/template_replace_base_class_header.h> include.
To customize the generated register_types.cpp, you can go to the Templates folder and modify it as you like but don't delete or move the /* REPLACE THIS WITH THE USER CLASSES */ line to another function outside initialize_gdextension_types since that line is replaced with the classes you have registered in the plugin.
This extension is in a pretty early state and there are many things to improve, with that said, every PR with new features or fixes are always welcome.
Things missing / TODO:
- Support for other languages (Rust, Go, C, etc)
- Build project from editor
- Add generated files to CMake (or other build system)
- Support for generating files using CamelCase names
godot-cpp: The project used the examples from the test folder to create the templates.