-[Plugin development guide](http://docs.grafana.org/plugins/developing/development/)
## Changes in v4.6
This version of Grafana has big changes that will impact a limited set of plugins. We moved from systemjs to webpack
for built-in plugins & everything internal. External plugins still use systemjs but now with a limited
set of Grafana components they can import. Plugins can depend on libs like lodash & moment and internal components
like before using the same import paths. Hover since everything in Grafana is no longer accessable some limited
set of plugins could encounter issues when importing a Grafana dependency.
[List of exposed components plugins can import/require](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/public/app/features/plugins/plugin_loader.ts#L48)
If you think we missed exposing a crucial lib or Grafana component let us know by opening an issue.
### Depricated components
The angular directive `<spectrum-picker>` is no depricated (will still work for a version more) but we recommend plugin authors
to upgrade to new `<color-picker color="ctrl.color" onChange="ctrl.onSparklineColorChange"></color-picker>`