# Developing Kibana Plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/developing-kibana-plugin/137776>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 28, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/developing-kibana-plugin/137776 "2018-06-28T11:00:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![RdrgPorto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rdrgporto/32/13278_2.png) [@RdrgPorto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RdrgPorto)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/developing-kibana-plugin/137776/1 "2018-06-28T11:00:44Z")

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Hi, everyone

I've been developing a plugin for **Kibana** for several weeks. Every time I install the plugin with the new modifications, I have to wait for **Kibana** to optimize.

Is there any way of avoiding it? Is there any way to see modifications in real time?

Thanks in advance,

Regards 🖖

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**Author:** ![jbudz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jbudz/32/45922_2.png) [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/developing-kibana-plugin/137776/2 "2018-06-28T20:08:50Z")

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The optimize step is unavoidable unfortunately, webpack is running babel behind the scenes. In dev mode though the builds are incremental, and while the first one may take a few minutes the following ones should be less than a few seconds after. Can you add a little more info about your dev workflow?

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**Author:** ![RdrgPorto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rdrgporto/32/13278_2.png) [@RdrgPorto](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RdrgPorto)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/developing-kibana-plugin/137776/3 "2018-07-03T18:23:47Z")

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Hi @jbudz,

I found a guide on **Github** about how to work with **Kibana Developement** ([Link](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/6.2/CONTRIBUTING.md)). From now on, testing with plugins is easier 😄 .

Thanks for your answer,

Regards 🖖

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/developing-kibana-plugin/137776/4 "2018-07-31T18:30:18Z")

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