Creating file bundles for Adafruit Playground Notes #CircuitPython
CookieCutter Playground Bundle is a GitHub Actions workflow demo for creating CircuitPython project bundles to use with “Download Project Bundle” buttons in Adafruit Playground guides.
The Adafruit Learning System includes a tool called BundleFly to help Learn guide authors share example code with Learn guide readers. As of June 2024, BundleFly is not currently available for Adafruit Playground authors. For various reasons, it might not be practical to add BundleFly to the Playground editor in the same way as the Learning System editor.
But, by using a GitHub Actions workflow, Playground guide authors can make their own project bundle zip files in the style of BundleFly.
By adding a copy of the GitHub Action defined in this template to the GitHub repository for your own project, you can generate a project bundle zip file as an asset file for a tagged release. Once you have the zip file’s GitHub link, you can make a big blue “Download Project Bundle” using the Adafruit Playground editor. For Playground guide readers, the end result will look and feel similar to an Adafruit Learn guide project bundle button.
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