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Question for Devs - I'm begging the learning process of how to be a developer on a Minecraft server (hopefully this one, I know it would be a lot of hard work but I'm willing to do it. If I can figure out how to become one) . Is a lot of what you guys do coding, or actual stuff in game? Also, what do you guys use to develop? (Sorry if my questions don't make sense, I'm a complete beginner)

 

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Our job roles often overlap to work on other things where our skill set differs. For example, I'm a developer but I'll also work on building maps and lobbies as I'm a fairly alright builder. I'll also sometimes do website changes as the current style is mostly my work, and sometimes make graphics for announcement posts where agh is unavailable.

However, the large majority of the role depends on coding for the server in Java using our own internal APIs and the Bukkit/BungeeCord API (depending on what we're making things for) through producing custom server plugins. The majority of us use IntelliJ IDEA as an IDE to code, but you can also use others such as Eclipse or Netbeans (Look it up!) which may be easier for beginners.

When learning to code, Google is your friend. You can usually presume that an issue you're going through is something that someone else has had and they've figured out a solution to the problem.

Here's a cute Spigot guide on how to get into Java programming . There's also various other resources and guides for getting into Spigot plugin development on the wiki, but you should wait until you know Java well enough to get into that. It's not a quick process and you'll never stop learning, but it's definitely fun!