Developing Plugins

In this guide are pages that provide useful information as to how to utilize primary portions of the Sponge API. New developers can dive in easy, and experienced developers can learn a new thing or two. Happy hacking!

Note

This guide shows topics targetted specifically at plugin developers.

If you are a server owner, see the User’s Guide for information on how to use Sponge.

If you are a developer contributing to Sponge’s development, see Developing Sponge for information about working with Sponge code.

Tip

If you are new to developing, try checking out Preparing for Development before reading through this guide.

• Writing a Plugin
• Working with Blocks
• Creating Commands
• Working with Events
• Working with Entities
  • Spawning an Entity
• Logging and Debug Messages
• Working with the Plugin Manager
• Using the Message API
• Working with the Permissions API
• Plugin Lifecycle
• Accessing Services
• Configuration and Defaults
• Advanced Topics
  • Configuration In-depth
  • Dependency Injection