## Major Changes
- Moved all testdrive-jsui assets from root to capabilities/testdrive-jsui/
- Consolidated directory structure: js/, static/css/, static/images/, static/templates/
- Implemented plugin self-declaration (get_plugin_source_dir, get_asset_paths)
- Removed hardcoded plugin discovery from rendering.py
- Updated all asset paths to be relative to capability root
## Architecture Improvements
- Single source of truth for all testdrive-jsui assets
- Plugin declares its own location (no hardcoded paths)
- Generic plugin discovery using hasattr check
- Clean separation: all JS in .js files, no code mixing
- Standalone capability ready for independent use
## Files Changed
- markitect/plugins/testdrive_jsui.py: Added self-declaration methods
- markitect/plugins/rendering.py: Removed hardcoded discovery
- capabilities/testdrive-jsui/README.md: Added standalone usage documentation
- Moved 17 asset files to consolidated structure
- Deleted obsolete /testdrive-jsui/ root directory
## Testing
- All 17 assets verified and working
- Tested via CLI: markitect md-render --engine testdrive-jsui
- Full document rendering successful
Prepares testdrive-jsui to become a git submodule with proper dependency management.
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**CLI Integration:**
- Added --engine parameter to md-render command
- Default engine selection: testdrive-jsui for edit/insert, standard for view
- Graceful fallback to standard rendering when plugin unavailable
- Engine validation and mode compatibility checking
**Plugin Discovery:**
- Enhanced RenderingEngineManager with builtin plugin registration
- Automatic discovery and registration of testdrive-jsui engine
- Support for both plugin system discovery and direct registration
**Configuration Management:**
- Production-ready RenderingConfig for CLI usage
- Asset deployment to _markitect/plugins/ structure
- Configurable asset base URLs and deployment strategies
**Testing Infrastructure:**
- Comprehensive test suite for plugin discovery
- CLI integration testing without Click framework dependencies
- Complete scenario testing (default, explicit, fallback, unknown engines)
- Integration verification scripts
**Documentation:**
- Complete PLUGIN_SYSTEM.md documentation
- Architecture overview and development workflows
- JavaScript-first development guide
- Asset management and deployment strategies
- CLI usage examples and troubleshooting guide
**Key Features:**
- `markitect md-render --edit` now uses testdrive-jsui by default
- `markitect md-render --engine testdrive-jsui --edit` for explicit selection
- `markitect md-render --engine standard --edit` for legacy behavior
- Automatic fallback with user-friendly error messages
This completes the plugin infrastructure implementation, enabling
independent JavaScript development with seamless CLI integration.
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Added comprehensive plugin system for independent JavaScript UI development:
**Plugin Infrastructure:**
- Extended existing MarkiTect plugin system with RenderingEnginePlugin base class
- Added RENDERING plugin type to PluginType enum
- Created RenderingConfig for asset management and deployment
- Implemented RenderingEngineManager for plugin discovery and lifecycle
**TestDrive JSUI Plugin:**
- Extracted JavaScript UI components to independent testdrive-jsui plugin
- Created standalone development environment (no Python required)
- Implemented compass-positioned control panels (NW, NE, E, SE)
- Added clean JSON configuration interface for Python↔JavaScript data transfer
**Asset Management:**
- Development mode: serve assets directly from plugin source directory
- Production mode: deploy to _markitect/plugins/[plugin-name]/ structure
- Configurable asset URLs and deployment strategies
- Support for external dependencies (CDN resources)
**Standalone Development:**
- testdrive-jsui/test.html for browser-based development
- Package.json with npm scripts for development server
- Complete separation of JavaScript development from Python environment
- Hot reload and standard web development workflow
**Integration Demo:**
- demo_plugin_integration.py showcasing all plugin capabilities
- Standalone, plugin discovery, production deployment examples
- Asset URL generation for different deployment modes
This enables JavaScript-first development while maintaining clean integration
with the MarkiTect Python ecosystem. Developers can now work on UI components
independently using standard web development tools and workflows.
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