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Building Minecraft Server Modifications - Second Edition

You're reading from   Building Minecraft Server Modifications - Second Edition Create and customize your very own Minecraft server using Java and the Spigot API

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785883026
Length 158 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Cody M. Sommer Cody M. Sommer
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Preface 1. Deploying a Spigot Server FREE CHAPTER 2. Learning the Bukkit API 3. Creating Your First Bukkit Plugin 4. Testing on the Spigot Server 5. Plugin Commands 6. Player Permissions 7. The Bukkit Event System 8. Making Your Plugin Configurable 9. Saving Your Data 10. The Bukkit Scheduler Index

Installing an IDE

In this book, we will use NetBeans as our IDE. There are other popular IDEs too, such as Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA. You can use a different IDE if you wish. However, in this chapter, it will be assumed that you are using NetBeans. No matter which IDE you choose, the Java code will be the same. Therefore, as long as you set up the code properly, you can use any IDE for the remaining chapters. If you are fairly new to programming, then I suggest that you use NetBeans for now, and after you are more comfortable with programming, try other IDEs and choose the one that you prefer.

The NetBeans IDE can be downloaded from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/. Downloading the program from Oracle will also allow us to download the required Java Development Kit (JDK) at the same time. You will see several download links. Click on the NetBeans link to visit the JDK 8 with NetBeans download page. Once you select Accept License Agreement, you will be allowed to...

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