Create A Mashup Widget Extension
Quickly Build Mashup Widget Extensions and Extend Application Functionality with the Eclipse Plugin.
Guide Concept
Extensions enable you to quickly and easily add new functionality to an IoT solution. Mashup widget extensions can be utilized to enhance a user's experience, your ability to develop robust applications, and make development easier as you move forward with your IoT development.
The Eclipse Plugin for ThingWorx Extension Development (Eclipse Plugin) is designed to streamline and enhance the creation of extensions for the ThingWorx Platform. The plugin makes it easier to develop and build extensions by automatically generating source files, annotations, and methods as well as updating the metadata file to ensure the extension can be imported.
These features allow you to focus on developing functionality in your extension, rather than spend unnecessary time getting the syntax and format of annotations and the metadata file correct.

Guide Info
Level | Intermediate |
Est. Time | 60 Minutes |
Published | Mar 16, 2021 |
Author | Jason Johnson |
You'll learn how to
- Utilized the Eclipse Plugin and Extension SDK
- Create and configure an Extension project
- Create A mashup Widget Extension
- Build and import an Extension
Things used in this guide
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ThingWorx Foundation
Create A Mashup Widget Extension
- Step 1: Completed Example
- Step 2: Create Mashup Widget Extension Project
- Step 3: Widget Lifecycle in the Mashup Builder
- Step 4: Widget Coding Examples
- Step 5: Mashup Builder API
- Step 6: Mashup Builder Callbacks
- Step 7: Widget Lifecycle at Runtime
- Step 8: Runtime APIs available to Widgets
- Step 9: Runtime Callbacks
- Step 10: Building and Importing
- Step 11: Tips
- Step 12: Next Steps