The latest articles on DEV Community by Sebastian Monte (@semonte). https://dev.to/semonte https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F300091%2F3bcfd1ad-84af-45fb-bdbd-a0ec7f26c9cf.png https://dev.to/semonte en Sebastian Monte Tue, 24 Dec 2019 12:03:49 +0000 https://dev.to/semonte/my-first-commercial-plugin-for-jetbrains-p9i https://dev.to/semonte/my-first-commercial-plugin-for-jetbrains-p9i <p>Hey all!</p> <p>I wanted to share a plugin that I've developed since summer of 2019. It's a plugin for writing OpenAPI specs for JetBrains products. You can find the plugin at <a href="https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12887-openapi-editor">https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/12887-openapi-editor</a>. If you work with OpenAPI and JetBrains, you might find the plugin useful. It has a 30 days trial and it is free to use in open source development and education.</p> <p>So far there has been a decent amount of downloads and paid subscriptions. I have found that by offering the plugin commercially really motivates me to keep improving and adding new features to it. </p> <p>When I worked on the open source Swagger plugin, I felt a bit of frustration because I was spending hours in the weekends to fix bugs or adding new features that users were asking. I realised that this would not work in the long run; I was not getting much satisfaction from the contributions anymore. </p> <p>I believe that with the commercial plugin I am able to provide a better product for writing OpenAPI specifications. At the same time I also get joy for delivering features that users are willing to pay for :)</p>