Basic Bukkit Programming Tutorials.

Hey all

I run a YouTube channel with @Samkio You may be familiar with his Basic Bukkit Plugin Tutorial.

We had a lot of comments saying things along the lines of 'please explain how the code relates back to Minecraft' and many more.

So I decided to throw together a small series on how to programme plugins for Bukkit.

Heads Up: You need a basic understanding of Java to follow these tutorials.

Description:
In this series I go about explaining the code that we use to make a simple plugin that sends the player a message when they place a torch. I try my best to explain what each bit of the code does and how it relates back to Bukkit.

It has gone down well with my subscribers so I hope it has the similar effect on here

Also note: I'm a novice at Java myself; so things in these videos may be incorrect - feel free to correct me. I produce these videos to help others and my self. 'The best way to learn Java is to teach it' - Samkio


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Don't mean to double post. But I just uploaded episode 4 ^^

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EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Thanks man, because of you I've started creating my own plugin

 

Good to hear!
Hope it helps

 

New videos were uploaded in the past few days:

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Having a look, thanks for these tuts :]

 

I understand you're trying to teach stuff, but the first 4 parts are just chaos. Errors everywhere D:

 

Hope it helps!

Errors in your code? or mine? Looking back through the videos, yes there are some mistakes - but they get cleaned up before the video ends. Regarding the onCommand boolean, that gets added in episode 7. (Which was a pretty big mistake from me i agree )

Episode eight is out though ^^

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Loving the videos man keep doing them

 

I plan to

 

Having a problem with the super (); line.. Tells me "constructor call must be the first statement in a constructor

 

Remove the super(); line, it's not needed

Mistake on my part - episode 7 explains all the needed fixes.

 

Is there still a player.listener? I'm working on a very simple plugin atm and I'm getting errors about it and cant import it

EDIT nvm got it

 

Excellent documentation, sorry I cannot understand spoken English =)

 

Certainly a great help to me, Torrent. +1 kudos or whatever it is you collect around here

 

Haha thanks, glad it helped!

 

Excuse me, of course, but I don't understand what this plugin does =)

 

Just notifies the player when they place a torch
Something simple for new members to understand

 

Episode 9 went live a few days ago; just forgot to post it here ​

In this episode I display what the code does so far within game.​

It's still a work in progress though!​

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I you. Really helpful tuts

 

Thanks!

I am trying to create a Bukkit Plugins but i don't know how to (I'm sorry by my bad english, I speak Spanish).

Let's try it!

 

Glad it helped!

Good luck

 

When you write BasicPlayerListener, I need to put (MYPROYECTNAME)PlayerListener or just BasicPlayerListener?

Yes, I am a noob

 

It can be called YOURPROJECTNAMEPlayerListener
Doesn't have to be BasicPlayerListener

 

Hate to be the bearer of embarrassment, but in the title image for episodes #2-9 (i.e. the preview image), you spelled "Programming" wrong (forgot an 'm'). Otherwise, thanks so much for making these! Very useful

 

Oh dear god, lmao!
Was very tired when making those thumbnails, so that would explain why xD

Cheers for pointing that out.

 

what files do I need to download to start make plugins?

 

You need:

• Java JDK (Java 6 or Java 7 will work fine, but if you choose 7 make sure you don't use methods not in 6). NOTE this must be the JDK (Which you use to develop programs), not the JRE (Which you use for running programs)
• Bukkit API
• Eclipse or another Java IDE