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Building Minecraft Server Modifications - Second Edition
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About This Book
Create and customize your very own Minecraft server using Java and the Spigot API
About This Book
- Set up a Minecraft server that you control
- Use object-oriented programming to modify Minecraft regardless of your level of experience
- This interactive guide will help you create a unique experience for you and your friends
Who This Book Is For
This book is great for anyone who is interested in customizing their Minecraft server. Whether you are new to programming, Java, Bukkit, or even Minecraft itself, this book has you covered. All you need is a valid Minecraft account. If you are interested in programming as a career or hobby, this book will get you started. If you are simply interested in playing Minecraft with your friends, then this book will help you make that experience even more enjoyable.
What You Will Learn
- Install and run a Spigot server for free on your home PC
- Adjust the server settings to customize Minecraft to your liking
- Install an IDE and configure a project to write code
- Install and test plugins on a Spigot server
- Test your plugins through debugging the code
- Program in game commands and permissions
- Get to know advanced programming concepts such as event-driven programming, configuration files, saving/loading data, and scheduled tasks
- Implement configuration files to make your plugins customizable
- Save and load your plugin's data to persist across server restarts
In Detail
Minecraft is a sandbox game that allows you to play it in any way you want. Coupled with a multiplayer server powered by Spigot, you can customize the game even more! Using the Bukkit API, anyone interested in learning how to program can control their Minecraft world by developing server plugins.
This book is a great introduction to software development through the wonderful world of Minecraft.
We start by instructing you through how to set up your home PC for Minecraft server development. This includes an IDE complete with the required libraries as well as a Spigot server to test on. You will be guided through writing code for several different plugins. Each chapter teaches you new skills to create plugins of increasing complexity, and each plugin adds a new concept of the Bukkit API By the end of the book, you will have all the knowledge you need about the API to successfully create any type of plugin. You can then practice and build your Java skills through developing more mods for their server.
Style and approach
This hands-on guide is filled with interactive examples to help you modify Minecraft. Programming terms and concepts are explained along the way so even those who have never written code before can keep up.
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Building Minecraft Server Modifications Second Edition
Table of Contents
Building Minecraft Server Modifications Second Edition
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
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Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Deploying a Spigot Server
Introduction to Spigot
Installing a new Spigot server
Setting up a new server
Minecraft/Bukkit server commands
Port forwarding
Summary
2. Learning the Bukkit API
Introduction to APIs
The Bukkit API documentation
Navigating through the Bukkit API documentation
Understanding the Java documentation
Exploring the Bukkit API
Summary
3. Creating Your First Bukkit Plugin
Installing an IDE
Creating a new project
Adding Bukkit as a library
The essentials of a Bukkit plugin
The plugin.yml file
The plugin's main class
Making and calling new methods
Expanding your code
Summary
4. Testing on the Spigot Server
Building a JAR file
Installing the plugin
Testing your plugin
Testing new versions of the plugin
Debugging the code
Learning from your mistakes
When researching is not enough
Reading the stack trace
Breaking down the code
Adding debug messages
Referring back to the Javadoc
Fixing the bug only after you understand it
Summary
5. Plugin Commands
Adding a command to plugin.yml
Programming the command actions
Assigning the executor for the enchant command
Summary
6. Player Permissions
The benefits of permissions
Understanding permission nodes
Adding a permission node to plugin.yml
Assigning a permission node to a plugin command
Testing player permissions
Using a third-party permissions plugin
Using permission nodes throughout your plugins
Summary
7. The Bukkit Event System
Choosing an event
Registering an event listener
Listening for an event
Canceling an event
Communicating among events
Modifying an event as it occurs
Creating more plugins on your own
Summary
8. Making Your Plugin Configurable
Configurable data types
Writing a config.yml file
Saving, loading, and reloading the config file
Reading and storing the configured values
Using configured settings within your plugin
ItemStack within a configuration
YAML configuration hierarchy
Storing configuration values as variables
Accessing variables from another class
Summary
9. Saving Your Data
Types of data that can be saved
Which data to save and when
A sample teleportation plugin
Writing a ConfigurationSerializable class
Saving data to a YAML configuration
Loading data from a YAML configuration
Summary
10. The Bukkit Scheduler
Creating a BukkitRunnable class
Synchronous versus asynchronous tasks
Running a task from a BukkitRunnable class
Running a task later from a BukkitRunnable class
Running a task timer from a BukkitRunnable class
Writing a repeating task for a plugin
Adding a delayed task to a plugin
Executing code asynchronously
Summary
Index
Building Minecraft Server Modifications Second Edition
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First published: September 2013
Second edition: December 2015
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Cody M. Sommer
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About the Author
Cody M. Sommer graduated from SUNY Brockport with a bachelor's degree in computer science. During his time in college, he practiced his Java techniques by writing code for Bukkit plugins. The Bukkit project provided Cody with a fun way to develop software and continue to learn new things. After a few years, Cody authored the first edition of Building Minecraft Server Modifications in order to share his knowledge with the world. To this day, he creates new and exciting plugins for Minecraft servers. Cody has developed public plugins that are available for download, such as PhatLoots. He is also a private developer for servers such as ProspectMC. He even makes custom plugins for Minecraft events, which are hosted by him at his local library.
About the Reviewers
Thomas E. Enebo is the co-leader of the JRuby project and author of the Minecraft plugin project, Purugin. He has been a practioner of Java since the heady days of the HotJava browser, and he has happily been using Ruby since 2001. Thomas has spoken at many Java and Ruby conferences, co-authored Using JRuby, and won the Ruby Hero award. He was awarded the "Rock Star" award at JavaOne. When Thomas is not coding, he enjoys jogging, reading, and drinking a nice India pale ale (IPA).
Pat Patterson has been working with Internet technologies since 1997. He has built software and worked with developer communities at Sun Microsystems, Huawei Technologies, and Salesforce. At Sun, Pat was best known as the community lead for the Op...
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