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# Plugins - Developer environment

We're working to make plugin development easier as it's a tedious process to write, zip, and upload a plugin every time you want to test it.

This first iteration will include an example plugin that comes with a deployment script, and some typing that will help guide your IDE with the plugin's context.

[Download starter kit](/res/samples/plugin-dev-env.zip)

The setup and usage of the starter kit is detailed in the README file that comes with the download.

However, here are some screenshots of the expected results.

![](/res/plugins/dev-env-config.png)

Above is the expected config you will need to know.

See above how my IDE is suggesting the plugin's context. I can 'ctrl + left-click' to jump to the definition of the plugin's context.

A quick command to deploy changes.

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