[YOUTUBE] How to make a Sponge Plugin Tutorial Series!

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Hello,

I have been roaming around the forums for a while now, and searching for and responding to a multitude of threads along the way has led me to believe that Sponge is in need of a video tutorial series. So, I have decided to take action and create one myself. At the moment (December 21st), I have the first video uploaded and am working on some more. If you would like to check it out, please let me know and I will give you the link to my channel page and/or the playlist itself. If you would like to check it out, [here][2] is the link to my channel.

Please note that I am mindful of the “Sponge Rules and Guidelines” and, with all due respect to them, I have decided that this is still an appropriate thread to bring about because of [this][1] thread and the decent reaction that resulted from its upbringing.

As always, any feedback and suggestions are appreciated.

Happy holidays!

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I didn’t know the docs where up, thanks @Inscrutable and @Kodfod

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Why don’t you use Maven or Gradle in tutorial? Wouldn’t be that better even when maybe more complicated to some new programmers?

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I have considered using it but, to tell you the truth, I have never used either of those before and felt that they would over-complicate the tutorial.

But, because you have brought this up, I may reconsider it and possibly re-work the tutorial.

Thanks for the feedback :).

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Probably they would. But now It leads possible plugin developers to not use maven or gradle as it was in Bukkit. If we had all plugins maven /gradle compactibile, there cloud be maven repo for plugins (like Maven Central), but that’s on core devs to take decision (It was been discussed many times, but I don’t know what’s the outcome).

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I see. Is there an online resource where I can learn one (or both) of the two and how they work? Also, should I use Maven or Gradle or does it matter?

Note that I have done some research online, but nothing seems to suit me well.

Thanks again.

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I think It’s on You which one you want to use. Forge and Sponge uses Gradle, so I would say It’s better to use gradle in this case.

Gradle vs Maven: http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/why-build-your-java-projects-with-gradle/240168608

Maven: http://maven.apache.org/guides/getting-started/maven-in-five-minutes.html
Gradle: https://www.gradle.org/get-started, http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/tutorial_java_projects.html

Hope It helps!

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Thank you so much! The learning starts now :smiley:.

Also, I will (in the future, obviously) make a video that shows how to go about setting one of these up (most likely Gradle) for the Sponge API.

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Gogogo! Only 50 or so chapters to read there xD (If you need anything related to gradle, the #forgegradle IRC channel on esper.net is there to help you :smile: )

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Haha xD! Don’t worry, I’m up for the challenge :).

Thanks for the resource :smile:!

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Thanks for making a serie on Sponge plugin :grin: