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Plugin Resources
editPlugin Resources
editHere are some resources that will be helpful for getting started with plugin development
Our IRC channel
editMany Kibana developers hang out on irc.freenode.net in the #kibana channel. We want to help you with plugin development. Even more than that, we want your help in understanding your plugin goals so we can build a great plugin system for you! If you’ve never used IRC, welcome to the fun. You can get started with the Freenode Web Client.
Some light reading
edit- Our contributing guide can help you get a development environment going
- Tim Roes' excellent blog series Writing Kibana Plugins
Videos
editPlugin Generator
editCheck out the plugin generator to kick-start your plugin.
References in the code
edit-
Plugin class: What options does the
kibana.Pluginclass accept? - UI Exports: What type of exports are available?