Preface

This book is an introduction to programming Minecraft server plugins with the Bukkit API. Minecraft is a very versatile sandbox game, and players are always looking forward to doing more with it. Bukkit allows programmers to do just that. This book is geared towards individuals who may not have a programming background. It explains how to set up a Bukkit server and create your own custom plugins that can be run on the server. It starts with the basic features of a Bukkit plugin, such as commands and permissions, and continues towards advanced concepts, such and saving and loading data. This book will help readers create a complete Bukkit plugin, irrespective of whether they are new to Java or just new to Bukkit. The advanced topics cover portions of the Bukkit API that could even aid the current plugin developers in expanding their knowledge in order to improve their existing plugins.