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Eclipse is an IDE (Integrated Development Enviornment)

Bukkit is integrated with Spigot in such a way that you do not have to consider working with the Bukkit source at all, just follow the guides on the Spigot website to get it up and running on your machine. It takes about 5-10 minutes depending on your internet connection and while it does compile the code it does it all automatically for you so you don't have to worry about the details.

Meepcraft uses several Spigot server instances, not plain Bukkit.

Port forwarding in this context allows connections to a device on a specific port from an outside source which means that if your computer is running the instance of Spigot you would have to forward the proper port to have someone else connect to it from outside your network but you can run a test server and connect to it as well without any interaction with any network settings at all. You would just use localhost in place of an IP address to connect to a locally running Spigot instance.

I can't give an opinion as to +/- because no work was shown but these are relitively simple tasks that you should learn before jumping in to a production environment.

 

Member Name Foretvert

Additional In Game Names: Foretvert

How old are you? 20

Location: Madison, WI

Do you have Discord? Yes

How many hours per day do you spend on Meepcraft? (average) 1

Have you ever been a Tech on a different server? Yes/No (I'll explain)

References: Please give IGN's

Introduction: My name is Mitch. I go to the University of Wisconsin and I am double-majoring in Neurobiology and Psychology. I hope to be a life coach in the future. I like to record music too.

I started playing Meep in December 2012 and played off and on throughout. I became a Mod a while back now and then resigned because it was too much work to handle for me and still do the job as it should be done. Here are my previous applications (both accepted). Helper Application from Foretvert Moderator Application from Foretvert

I'm interested in putting aside time to code for Meep but I don't know exactly what is involved. I would just like to help out when I can because I believe I have the skills to do so.

Please describe your experience as a developer. Back when I got into MineCraft, I always wanted to create. I began dabbling with creating my own servers from a collection of pre-existing plugins but I didn't like that I couldn't fully customize them. This is when I got into bukkit development.

I slowly came to learn the basics of java in order to learn how to customize it to my needs. Mostly, I learn things by testing them. I would look up other authors' similar code online and take bits and pieces of it to create code that does what I want it to do. I try to make my code look as elegant as I can but I do realize that sometimes it's not as pretty as a professional might be able to make it.

I have been staff on various servers (some successful, others not) in the roles of moderator, architect, administrator, and owner. I have coded for servers but not any that have ever got off the ground: which mind you, isn't because of the coding end of it.

What programming languages are you familiar with? I know basic java and I was quite good with Bukkit API.

What are you most proud of as your work as a developer? I was working on writing a server from scratch about a year ago. The code I was working on took into account server protection, online integration, a chat system, teleportation, admin tools such as an improved time of day function and game mode selection just to name its major features. It also had the beginnings of a competitive PvP practice server. The finesse I put into the code was spotless in my opinion. However, I'm unsure if I have this code anymore.

How do you plan to enrich the experience of MeepCraft with your development contributions? I've always want to create things that are innovative and look stunning. I have many ideas for MeepCraft, so long as people will listen. I also think players would appreciate a faster turn around time on new features, which is something I hope to help do by becoming a developer.

Do you have a GitHub account or personal website? If so, please provide the link(s) here. A very old plugin I wrote when I was 16. Unfortunately this is all of my code that I can find for now. PowerTeleport