# Development Guides
In-depth guides for common plugin development tasks.

Detailed guides for common tasks when building Lottie Creator Plugins.

## In this section

- [Creating, Styling & Animating Shapes](./03_development-guides/creating-styling-animating-shapes) - Work with shapes
- [Importing Assets](./03_development-guides/importing-assets) - Bring external assets into your plugin
- [Storing Data](./03_development-guides/storing-data) - Persist data between sessions
- [Making Network Requests](./03_development-guides/making-network-requests) - Fetch data from external APIs
- [Working with External Libraries](./03_development-guides/working-with-external-libraries) - Use npm packages in your plugin
- [Debugging Plugins](./03_development-guides/debugging-plugins) - Tips for troubleshooting