How to get Starter Kit name & version programmatically?

[iuriemalai]

This is a question, but also a suggestion.

I suppose many developers use starter kits. I do too. And, at some point, I needed to programmatically check what the kit is used and what version it has. Of course, I know what I'm using, but I wanted to check this programmatically, and I couldn't find how. I was left with the impression that after installing the kit, if it is not an updatable one, there is no clear evidence in the application, except for the copied files, regarding its name and version. Is that right?

From my point of view, this information could be very easily added from the Installer class into the site settings, as in the image below, for example, but any other way that allows this data to be extracted and used would be good.

[jasonvarga]

there is no clear evidence in the application

That's correct. It doesn't and shouldn't leave any trace of what it is. I guess it could, but that would be up to the starter kit to leave something behind. A starter kit is basically just a set of files that gets copied into your app.

I'm curious what you plan to do with the starter kit and version if you had it, though.

[iuriemalai]

It ... shouldn't leave any trace of what it is ... that would be up to the starter kit to leave something behind.

Maybe yes, maybe not, but I admit that it's a viable point of view. Equally, the platform's installer script (or end user, as an option) could decide what the starter kit must to leave.

A starter kit is basically just a set of files that gets copied into your app.

And it wouldn't hurt to have handy the name and version of the starter kit that copied/installed them.

I'm curious what you plan to do with the starter kit and version if you had it, though.

I'm not sure yet, I'm just experimenting for now, but a simple site configuration record, which can be checked programmatically, I think is also a good option.