Elaborate how this project distinguish from others

Created on 12 February 2021, almost 4 years ago
Updated 8 August 2024, 4 months ago

This contrib module overlaps a lot with other (older) and longer developed projects providing the same or almost similar additional functionality. Please consider to elaborate on the differences between these and to put them on the front page of the project. This is a somewhat common sense in the community and users are used to find that information on the project page. Additionally it often helps maintainers theirself to clarify what they actually have on the table and what are the reaons for "Yet Another Module" like that.

For a starting point here is a small list of overlapping projects: https://www.drupal.org/docs/comparison-of-contributed-modules/comparison... β†’ (EDIT: and in the comments there have been listed more)

Additionally consider to put this link on the project page and to add your project to the list.

If you find out that you are very close to another project with more contributors and a longer project history I strongly recommend to consider merging forces to prevent wasted energy in more than one similar project.

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  • πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈSpain rodrigoaguilera Barcelona

    Since extra_field is marked as unsupported I offered to maintain it πŸ“Œ Offering to maintain module Active

    Maybe someone from this issue has a better idea on how to move forward with some kind of merged functionality of the two modules.

  • πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Slovakia coaston

    Hi

    What is the difference between this module and entity extra one?

    This one is awesome but have never used tha one you have mentioned.

  • πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈSpain rodrigoaguilera Barcelona

    Quite similar if you look at the code. extra_field aims more at providing just an API and no implementation, no config form, just examples.
    entity_extra_field provides ready-to-use implementations but nothing stops a developer from providing additional plugins that render anything that is possible to render with extra_field.

    Extra_field also makes a distinction between form extra fields and display extra field but it feels artificial.

    I'm thinking to translate my logic to entity_extra_field to confirm all this.

    We can look into moving features from extra_field into this module like the code generators.

    From my point of view what is missing is some addition to the module description that links to the views embed comparison β†’ and explaining that it can do much more like blocks, SDC, etc.

    Oh, it would be so great if it could also replace EVA β†’ .

    I will keep my offering to maintain extra_field, even if only to bring D11 compatibility and eventually recommend this module as replacement.

  • πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺGermany Anybody Porta Westfalica

    We should at least link the different alternatives from the module pages to make it easier for the community to find the right match!

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