Dynamically creating a trigger

Question

I'm looking to add functionality to my managed package that would dynamically create a trigger based on user inputs. I've seen some conflicting answers about whether a trigger can be created using the REST or Tooling API, does anyone have any experience creating a trigger on the fly?

The functionality I'm looking for would allow them to set up a trigger within our app without the need for first writing the trigger in a sandbox, writing the test case, deploying, etc.

Answer 1

Take a look at the Declarative roll up summary tool for an example of dynamically creating triggers

Declarative roll up summary

Answer 2

The tooling API works great in Sandboxes and Dev orgs, but not in Enterprise orgs. I described how to do it with the SOAP API under another question Dynamic Trigger Creation From Managed Package