Marketplace removed in new Smarthings App?

[Purvish_Shah]

I see the old Samsung Classic App having Maketplace for SmartApps, but in the new app Community Installer is needed to install Smartapps in similar way it happened in Marketplace. Is this observation correct? Any particular reason why new ST App doesnt have marketplace?

Thanks

[jkp]

In new app, you click on + in the upper right of the screen and select smartapp. There are a few Smartapps that were ported over.

Many of the old marketplace > SmartApp functions are able to be replaced by using automations in the new app.

[Purvish_Shah]

I feel SmartApp was better since in Marketplace it was in ready to use manner. In new app I have to create these automations. How has your experience been, what do you think?

[jkp]

In my opinion, automations still needs additional functionality added to make it better. But it is a good start.

[Purvish_Shah]

It is indeed a good start. Thanks jkp for your response.

If you were to share, what added functionality here you think would be helpful for you incase of automations? Thanks

[jkp]

Well, I like webcore so it would be nice to see some of those webcore features added to build more complex automations.

Let us not forget, rules API is coming!

FAQ: Getting Started with the new Rules API

At SDC19, we previewed our new Rules Grammar and API that allows you to create simple and complex automations that can operate on the SmartThings cloud. In a future release of the API, local execution of rules on SmartThings hubs will be supported - making rules a great choice for those looking to create fast, stable and secure automations. We are excited to announce a few resources available for everyone to start testing: Introduction Video Rules Documentation Testing App (use the Show button) Example Rules We know you have will feedback and requests - we are working hard to add more features to the API (such as variables and expressions). Feel free to drop your ideas, questions, and comments here!