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 # helper [![Build Status](https://ci.lucko.me/job/helper/badge/icon)](https://ci.lucko.me/job/helper/) [![Discord](https://img.shields.io/badge/chat-on%20discord-blue.svg)](https://discord.gg/Rnbpc7s)
-A collection of utilities and extended APIs to support the rapid and easy development of Bukkit plugins.
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+helper is a development toolkit / library for Bukkit plugin developers. It provides a number of utilities and extended APIs which help to reduce boilerplate code and offer alternative paradigms for creating content.
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+#### History
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+💡 helper started off as a library to experiment with an alternative paradigm for creating [event listeners](https://github.com/lucko/helper/wiki/helper:-Events). Over time, more functionality has been added, usually as a response to a specific development need as I completed freelance work.
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+🌍 I don't use helper in any of my public projects - it's quite a big library, and I don't like to add bloat unnecessarily!
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+✅ However, it has been used extensively in a number of private server projects, most notably, in most custom plugins on servers operated by [Voldex Games](https://voldex.net/) (TheArchon, PrimeMC, etc). I'm also aware of a number of other developers / development teams who still actively use helper, which is awesome!
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+#### Status
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+I'm no longer actively working on further API additions, but the project is still being used frequntly by various development teams, and I accept pull requests!
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+### Links
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+* [**Download**](https://ci.lucko.me/job/helper/) (download links for the standalone helper plugins)
+* [**Wiki**](https://github.com/lucko/helper/wiki/) (*almost-fully-complete* documentation for helper)
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 ### Modules
 ##### [`helper`](https://github.com/lucko/helper/tree/master/helper): The main helper project
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 * [`JavaScript Plugins`](https://github.com/lucko/helper/wiki/helper-js:-Introduction) - javascript plugins using helper-js and Nashorn
 
 ... and much more!
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-* [**How to add helper to your project**](https://github.com/lucko/helper/wiki/General:-Using-helper)
-* [**Standalone plugin download**](https://ci.lucko.me/job/helper/)
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-## Documentation
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-Documentation and a more detailed feature overview can be found on the wiki, here: https://github.com/lucko/helper/wiki