Development/Tutorials/Plasma4/Python/Writing DataEngines

Abstract

As you have seen in the using DataEngines tutorial, Plasma applets can make use of DataEngines to visualize data of many different kinds. In fact, the already available DataEngines offer many options for your applets. But what if you have a specific need, not covered by those?

The problem is easily solved by writing your own Plasma DataEngine, and this tutorial will show you how to create one.