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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top:0">Build an N1 plugin</h2>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0">Extend your mail client in five minutes</h4>
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<p>
Plugins lie at the heart of N1. The thread list, message composer
and other core parts are just packages bundled with the
app. You can create your own packages in a matter of minutes!
</p>
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<h3>1. Install N1</h3>
<p>
Download and install Nylas for
<a href="https://invite.nylas.com/download">Mac OS X</a>
(or <a href="https://invite.nylas.com/download">Linux</a>).
Open it and sign in to your email account.
</p>
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<img src="/N1/images/screenshot-select-provider.png"/>
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<h3>2. Create a plugin</h3>
<p>First, switch over to Developer Mode. Go to the <code class="background">Developer</code> menu
and select <code class="background">Run with debug flags...</code>. Developer Mode turns on better exception
logging and enables hot-reloading.
</p>
<p>Next, choose <code class="background">Create a Plugin...</code> from the <code class="background">Developer</code> menu,
and name your new plugin. This creates a directory in <code class="background">~/.nylas/dev/packages</code>
containing your new plugin.
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<h3>3. Start hacking!</h3>
<p>
Open the file <code class="background">&lt;your-package-name&gt;/lib/my-message-sidebar.cjsx</code> in your
favorite text editor. Your new plugin is pre-filled with a simple example component
for the message sidebar (on the right when you're viewing an email). It only shows the name of the
selected contact, but with a few quick changes we can build something more interesting.
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Scroll down to line 34, the <code class="background">render</code> method. Replace the code here
to change what shows up in the sidebar. See your changes happen live when you save!
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<tr><td class="filename" colspan="2">&lt;your-package&gt;/lib/my-message-sidebar.cjsx</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">30</td><td class="code"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">31</td><td class="code"><span class="fn">componentWillUnmount</span>: =></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">32</td><td class="code">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@<span class="fn">unsubscribe</span>()</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">33</td><td class="code"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">34</td><td class="code hlt"><span class="fn">render</span>: =></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">35</td><td class="code hlt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="op">if</span> @state.contact</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">36</td><td class="code hlt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;content = @<span class="fn">_renderContent</span>()</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">37</td><td class="code hlt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="op">else</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">38</td><td class="code hlt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;content = @<span class="fn">_renderPlaceholder</span>()</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">39</td><td class="code hlt"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">40</td><td class="code hlt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&lt;<span class="fn">div</span> className=<span class="str">"my-message-sidebar"</span>&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">41</td><td class="code hlt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{content}</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">42</td><td class="code hlt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/<span class="fn">div</span>&gt;</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="line-num">44</td><td class="code"><span class="fn">_renderContent</span>: =></td></tr>
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<p>
Try opening a message in N1 - you'll see the new package's example text show up on the
sidebar. Delete the content of the <code class="background">render</code> method
and save - the text should disappear.
</p>
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<p>
Now let's add something - a bar that changes color based on the active contact in the
sidebar. Replace the existing <code class="background">render</code> method with the
code to the right, then save the file.
</p>
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<tr><td class="filename" colspan="2">&lt;your-package&gt;/lib/my-message-sidebar.cjsx</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">33</td><td class="code"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">34</td><td class="code"><span class="fn">render</span>: =></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">35</td><td class="code add">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&lt;<span class="fn">div</span> className=<span class="str">"email-color"</span> style={@<span class="fn">_getStyles</span>()}&gt;&lt;/<span class="fn">div</span>&gt;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">36</td><td class="code add"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">37</td><td class="code add"><span class="fn">_getStyles</span>: =></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">38</td><td class="code add">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
domain = @state.contact.email.<span class="fn">split</span>("@")[1]</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">39</td><td class="code add">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
hue = (domain.<span class="fn">split</span>('').<span class="fn">reduce</span>(((sum, char) -> sum + char.
<span class="fn">charCodeAt</span>(0)), 0) % 36)*10</td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">40</td><td class="code add">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
color = <span class="str">"hsl(#{hue}, 62%, 57%)"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="line-num">41</td><td class="code add">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<span class="op">return</span> {background: color, height: 2, 'margin-top': 5}</td></tr>
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<p>
Go back to N1, and try opening a message. You should see a horizontal bar that changes
color based on the domain of the contact's email address.
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<h3>That's it!</h3>
<p>
Extending the N1 mail client is really that simple. Try making more code changes and seeing
how they affect the message sidebar. When you're ready, follow one of the links
below to learn more.
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<h4><a href="/N1/docs/GettingStarted.html">Keep building</a></h4>
<p>
Build even more functionality into the message sidebar in our extended
tutorial that picks up where this one left off.
</p>
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<h4><a href="/N1/examples/">See more examples</a></h4>
<p>
Check out our library of example plugins to see what else you can build on top of
N1.
</p>
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<h4><a href="/N1/docs/">Read the docs</a></h4>
<p>
Head over to our full documentation. Learn everything there is to know
about building an N1 plugin.
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