Title: Block Plugin Development
Last modified: October 22, 2021

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# Block Plugin Development

 *  [knockoutbunny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knockoutbunny/)
 * (@knockoutbunny)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-plugin-development/)
 * I am dipping my toe into the Block development world and have been reading through
   the Block Editor Handbook.
 * I have a development environment up and running but I am trying to get my head
   around how npm and the src and build folders fit into the whole wordpress plugin
   development process. Can anyone point me in the direction of some good documentation
   around this.

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 *  [Matias Benedetto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmaattiiaass/)
 * (@mmaattiiaass)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-plugin-development/#post-14996257)
 * Hi [@knockoutbunny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knockoutbunny/) `npm`,
   the node package manager, is used to handle the building process and the dependencies
   of the new block you are creating.
 * The `src` folder contains all the Javascript files that will be compiled/build
   when you run `npm run build` in the block folder path. The compiled/dist version
   of these files are created In the `build` folder of your block.
 * I hope this helps.
 *  Thread Starter [knockoutbunny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knockoutbunny/)
 * (@knockoutbunny)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-plugin-development/#post-14996514)
 * Many thanks for the reply.
 * Does that mean that when publishing a block plugin to the plugin directory it
   is the developers responsibility to ensure the files checked in under the build
   folder have been built from those files checked in under the src folder? (i.e.
   the ‘npm run build’ command is run by the developer prior to checkin to SVN.)
   Do you know if this is validated by the plugin publishing process?

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/block-plugin-development/#post-14996514)
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