Tutorials for creating SpongePlugins and Other Ideas

[tomlister_]

If anyone could help the community and create tutorials for Sponge?
I think this would be great.

Here are a few ideas for Sponge.

1. A similar API to bukkit (So porting and writing new plugins is fluid and easy.)
2. A friendly interactive interface for beginners and anyone else to improve accessibility.
3. Swap and go plugins (No restarting)
4. Stock plugins (Plugins that are already embedded)
5. Built in web interface (w/ SSL and HTTPS)
   I will keep this thread updated.
   Add your suggestions!

[IDragonfire]

Please use the search function and read the FAQ …

Tutorial

[OUTDATED] Coming from Bukkit? Here's Some Tips and Tricks to Get you Started

(Moderation Edit) ** PLEASE NOTE: ** This guide is no longer updated and therefore lacking new information plus may contain (now) false information. Please head over to the SpongeDocs to get the latest information including updates. This tutorial is not complete yet and since the project isn’t even fully developed anything and everything in this document is subject to change. As the project develops this tutorial will most likely expand as I add in more details once they are decided upon and …

Features

Sponge should have X!

I know I can’t be the only one to notice this. Almost on a daily basis, new users join the forums, and request that one of the following be added: Permissions Economy Anti-Cheat Log-Block Super Awesome Mega Great Feature That Is Explained In One Sentence While its all well and good that people would like to contribute ideas, suggestions, and feedback to Sponge, I think its critical that a couple of things are addressed, at a global pinned level. Please note none of this is meant as a personal…

Links

@tomlister_

Swap and go plugins (No restarting)

Plugin reloading/enabling

I don’t know about anyone else, but I really hate having to restart my server when I add a new plugin. I’ve always used something like Plugman to load/unload/reload/disable/enable/list/etc plugins while a server is still running. This was an extremely useful tool for a server operator that wanted to keep their server online while testing things out or toying with a new plugin or configuration. Sometimes, with a Cauldron server, because of mods, it could take some time for the server to restart. …

@tomlister_

Built in web interface (w/ SSL and HTTPS)

Sponge Should Have a GUI

Sponge should run with a java window like the minecraft_server.jar. Why? if certain server owners don’t have a Web Panel then its easy for them to monitor RAM and CPU usage as well as the Average Tick Count (I think) Im not too sure if it would be useful because a lot of plugins have a /lag, /tps or /debug command in-game.

[instanceof]

1. A Sponge plugin called Pore is currently indev. It should allow many Bukkit (non-net.minecraft source using code) plugins to work in a Sponge server.

2. This can be done by a 3rd party, and certainly will. I’m assuming you mean a web panel or GUI.

3. Probably not going to happen unless a plugin that has its own plugins (such as the Skript plugin on Bukkit) is made. Actually that’s something that I want to either make myself or seen made.

4. No, this is an API. It’s essentially a bare-bone server that other developers can make mods (plugins) to.

5. GOTO 2

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As for tutorials, we need someone to do ‘official’ ones in order to clear any confusion from the start and to prevent a bunch of ten year olds from misguiding the community because they figured out how to use iMovie/Windows Movie Maker.

[RobodudeMC]

Swap and go plugins are not going to happen. It is very unsafe for plugins that hook in with databases (especially ebean) or plugins that rely on dependencies to be dynamically loaded and unloaded into the server. The safest and smartest thing to do when changing any jar file is a full restart. There are things like plugman which helps but is still mostly unsafe.

[xxmarijnw]

When Sponge comes out there are going to be alot of tutorials. Don’t worry mate.