# Quick start To facilitate the development of a plugin, we drastically reduce the amount of commands necessary to install the entire development environment. Before getting started, you need to have Node.js (v8) and npm (v5) installed. ## Development Environment Setup Create a development project 1. Create a new project `cd .. && strapi new myDevelopmentProject`. 2. `cd myDevelopmentProject && strapi start` To start the strapi project ## Plugin development Setup In a new terminal window: 1. Generate a new plugin: `cd /path/to/myDevelopmentProject && strapi generate:plugin my-plugin` ::: note The admin development is currently not available. (Only the backend part is working) :::