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initial draft of plugin dev document
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# Plugin Development
This document is not meant as complete guide for developing plugins but more as a changelog for changes in
Grafana that can impact plugin development. When ever you as plugin author encounter an issue with your plugin after
upgrading Grafana please check here before creating an issue.
## Links
- [Datasource plugin written in typescript](https://github.com/grafana/typescript-template-datasource)
- [Simple json dataource plugin](https://github.com/grafana/simple-json-datasource)
- [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>`
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