Name, shortname and filename suggestions

[dimitre]

Hello, first of all congrats on the project, I've used it again recently and have a suggestion:

What about standarize the shortname and the .json filename as the same?
here is one example:

  "name": "MAC Aura",
  "shortName": "MartinAura",
and filename = mac-aura.json

and other example:

  "name": "Atomic 3000",
  "shortName": "MartinAt3000",
and filename = "atomic-3000.json"

one kind of decision would be having the brand name in the shortname or not, lowercase or camel case and without spaces or with dash instead of spaces.

Cheers!

[fxedel]

Definitely agree. Currently, our fixture shortnames are totally inconsistent.

I already thought if it might make sense adding a shortName field to manufacturers and dropping the manufacturer name in fixture shortnames. However, manufacturers like cameo already provide unique fixture shortnames (like CLTW600RGB) where there is no real manufacturer shortname (I wouldn't set CL as cameo shortname, it's not a common abbreviation and could also stand for Chauvet Lighting, for example).

So this topic needs further considerations.

Just a note about the filename: This is generated on the fixture name instead of the shortname – the latter one is optional at the moment. Is there an advantage in making shortnames required and using them as filename?

[dimitre]

Nice, I'm using the shortname as the unique identifier in my software, so when I'm configuring universes this is what I use. having the same filename as the shortname would help me configuring everything without opening any files.

[FloEdelmann]

Another issue to keep in mind is that our current fixture keys are also used in the URL, so they should stay as they are (or we need redirects, which is another map to save somewhere). Maybe we can programmatically replace the shortnames with a PascalCase version of the fixture key?

@dimitre Good that you bring up this topic! I never really liked the mess we currently have with name / fixture key / shortname, too.

[dimitre]

@FloEdelmann just as a suggestion:
I don't think urls should be kept or redirected. common site usage is you find the fixture you need and download it.