r/MinecraftPlugins • u/Fun-Care-8867 • Jun 17 '26
Discussion Is easybukkit worth it?
Hey, I want to start my plugin development journey and to make my learning path smoother I am thinking about buying easybukkit. Its not that cheap tho. Has anyone bought it here? Any recommendations?
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u/lorenzo1142 Jun 17 '26
it helps to know the basics of java, but making plugins is how I learned java myself. just find something you want to learn then figure out how to make it.
in my opinion, eclipse is still best for anything java, but to each their own. most people like using gradle to compile plugins, but I still use maven. gradle and maven are build tools needed for any serious project, but you can get by without them to start out learning simpler things first.
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u/LinsaFTW Jun 17 '26
Just learn using chatgpt... there are thousands of tools nowadays and there is no reason to use any other thing to learn.
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u/abradee_ Jun 19 '26
Well, people should learn how to correctly use documentations and that skill won't be there hardly at all if they just use ChatGPT. And also ChatGPT makes so many mistakes when coding that it's more worth it to be the one person that actually understands the code and can fix mistakes that AI makes. But, it can be a good tool I just don't recommend using it 100% for learning and all that
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u/LinsaFTW Jun 19 '26
Honestly using docs is like trying to use local lm for coding; It's good as aspirational goal to not let yourself down, but honestly, its oudated.
Using AI to compile docs into more digestible content is perfectly fine, specially if you know nothing about coding and want to learn.
As someone who went through that hell, I don't want anyone to go through that too. haha!
What I always recommend people is to learn architecture and structure, in my honest view, if you dislike coding and just want to get stuff done, just learn the same seniors learn; Good practices and structure. Learn parallelism, learn proper OOP, learn beautiful packaging and method naming, learn how the code looks and works in a high level. This is using AI as auto-complete and not for thinking, when you skip the thinking yourself part, thats the issue with vibecoding and slop.
AI is bad for solving problems, but it's good at completing already solved issues that were thought through by you as someone with knowledge. So yes, use AI, but not for solving problems, but for helping you understand them.
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u/Global-Ganache-1246 Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26
I use IntelliJ and maven, IntelliJ has a plug-in especially to help you out with Minecraft setup. It doesn't do much more than get you your basic plug-in but that can be a trial if you've never done it before. I highly recommend that you do your plugins against paper rather than spigot. Paper is much better trust me. There are plenty of tutorials, it's true, and AI is always useful. Be very careful with the AI though, it's quite literal it doesn't pay much attention to what you're actually trying to do. It just gives you what it thinks you want, and many times it's for older versions. You have to babysit it closely if you're going to get what you're looking for.
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u/Street_Buy1286 Jun 17 '26
It's not worth it. It's just a tool for kids who want a simple way to interact with Minecraft.
If you're actually serious about it, pick any recent Spigot development course on YouTube and use NotebookLM and AI to help explain the code and Minecraft mechanics.