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 Plugin Developers Centre
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 Brett Porter
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 2008-01-01
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Plugin Developers Centre

  This documentation centre is for those who are developing Maven plugins. This might be for your own build, or as
  an accompaniment to your third party tool.

~~TODO: callout

  <<What is a Mojo?>> A mojo is a <<M>>aven plain <<O>>ld <<J>>ava <<O>>bject. Each mojo is an executable <goal> in
  Maven, and a plugin is a distribution of one or more related mojos.

~~TODO: tasks as buttons?

  * {{{../guides/introduction/introduction-to-plugins.html} Introduction to Plugin Development}} - Introduction to concepts

  * {{{../guides/plugin/guide-java-plugin-development.html} Your First Mojo}} - Learn how to write your first plugin

  * {{{../guides/plugin/guide-java-report-plugin-development.html} Your First Report Mojo}} - Learn how to write your first reporting plugin

  * {{{./plugin-testing.html} Testing your Plugin}} - How to write tests for your plugins

  * {{{./plugin-documenting.html} Documenting your Plugin}} - How to write documentation for your plugins

  * TODO: creating and using custom packaging (like {{{/archetype/archetype-packaging/}<<<maven-archetype>>> packaging}})

  * {{{./cookbook/index.html} Plugins Cookbook}} - Examples for how to perform common tasks in plugins

  * {{{./common-bugs.html} Common Bugs and Pitfalls}} - Overview of problematic coding patterns

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~~TODO: trails

* Reference

  * {{{../developers/mojo-api-specification.html} Mojo API and Annotation Reference}}

  * {{{../ref/current/index.html} Maven API Reference}}

  * {{{../guides/mini/guide-maven-classloading.html} Maven Class Loading}}

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* Examples

  * {{{../examples/injecting-properties-via-settings.html}Injecting POM Properties via settings.xml}}

  * {{{../examples/maven-3-lifecycle-extensions.html}Maven 3 lifecycle extensions}}

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