Experiences Building a Language Server Protocol Plugin

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Built a multi‑IDE LSP system called Contextive that serves domain term definitions from a YAML repo file to show hover tooltips across Java, Kotlin, JS/TS and Markdown; uses JSON-over-stdio LSP messages (eg textDocument/hover request) and platform‑specific server binaries, delivered by an automatic downloader to avoid blocking the UI via a non‑blocking background download running in coroutine‑friendly threads. Development includes unit tests for download states and the LSP integration worked immediately in IntelliJ.

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1. 0:00Contex plugin intro
2. 6:47Contex plugin features
3. 10:58Language Server Protocol overview
4. 18:12IntelliJ LSP support
5. 24:11Future LSP wishes
6. 24:53Q&A

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