justinmtech / minecraft-dev-resources

Resources for Minecraft devs.

Minecraft-Developer-Resources

An overview of the Minecraft: Java Edition server ecosystem with helpful links, repositories, courses and books for developers.

The Spigot Forum

• Spigot - https://www.spigotmc.org/
• Plugin Help - https://www.spigotmc.org/forums/spigot-plugin-help.42/

Foundational Projects

• Spigot - https://hub.spigotmc.org/stash/projects/SPIGOT
• Bungeecord - https://github.com/SpigotMC/BungeeCord

Popular Projects

• PaperMC - https://github.com/PaperMC
• Paper (Spigot Fork) - https://github.com/PaperMC

Useful Tools & Repositories

• Faster SQL Connections - https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP
• Economy - https://github.com/MilkBowl/VaultAPI
• Testing - https://github.com/MockBukkit/MockBukkit
• Item NBT - https://github.com/tr7zw/Item-NBT-API
• Chunks - https://github.com/Trivernis/spigot-chunkmaster
• Placeholders - https://github.com/PlaceholderAPI/PlaceholderAPI
• User Interface Library - https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure
• Big Library - https://github.com/lucko/helper
• Network Utilities - https://github.com/oliverdunk/NetworkUtilities
• Hex Color Utility - https://github.com/Rosewood-Development/RoseColors
• ChatGPT Integration - https://github.com/PlexPt/chatgpt-java

Useful Threads

• Using HikariCP for faster SQL connections - https://www.spigotmc.org/threads/guide-datasource-and-try-with-resources-how-to-connect-to-your-database-properly.480002/

Trade

• BuiltByBit - https://builtbybit.com/ (Previously Mc-Market)

Job Searching

• Spigot Hiring Developers - https://www.spigotmc.org/forums/hiring-developers.55/
• Spigot Offering Developers - https://www.spigotmc.org/forums/offering-developers.59/
• BuitByBit - https://builtbybit.com/forums/development/minecraft-plugins/
• Bucket of Crabs - https://www.bucketofcrabs.net/

Discords

• SpigotMC - https://discord.gg/spigotmc
• PaperMC - https://discord.gg/papermc

Educational Content (free)

• Java in a nutshell (14 mins) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRubcjpTkks
• Java Tutorial (~2 hours) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIrMbAQSU34
• Spigot Development Essentials - https://www.spigotmc.org/wiki/spigot-plugin-development/
• Plugin Development for beginners - https://www.youtube.com/@KodySimpson/videos

Course

• Java Mastery Course (paid) - https://codewithmosh.com/p/the-ultimate-java-mastery-series
• I personally took this course 3 years ago and it is a great place for beginners to start.
• Learning Java's foundations FIRST before trying to make plugins is critical.
• It's organized well and Mosh is a great teacher. This is not a paid endorsement.

Books

These books have been of great use to me in my journey so far in life and as a self-taught developer.

• The Science of Self-Learning by Peter Hollins: Effective & efficient learning
• Mastery by Roberte Greene: Cultivation of skills
• So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport: Loving what you do and becoming great at it
• Code Complete (2nd edition) by Steve McConnell: The programmer's handbook
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey: Spending your time wisely
• Designing Games by Tnan Sylvester: Game theory
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: Overcoming resistance