Building Minecraft Server Modifications. Create and customize your very own Minecraft server using Java and the Spigot API - Second Edition

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!

• 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.

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. 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.