Start Building

This section guides you in creating a Gelato piece, from setting up your development environment to contributing the piece. By the end of this tutorial, you will have a piece with an action that fetches a random ice cream flavor and a trigger that fetches newly created ice cream flavors.

<Info> These are the next sections. In each step, we will do one small thing. This tutorial should take around 30 minutes. </Info>

Steps Overview

<Steps> <Step title="Fork Repository" icon="code-branch"> Fork the repository to create your own copy of the codebase. </Step> <Step title="Setup Development Environment" icon="code"> Set up your development environment with the necessary tools and dependencies. </Step> <Step title="Create Piece Definition" icon="gear"> Define the structure and behavior of your Gelato piece. </Step> <Step title="Add Piece Authentication" icon="lock"> Implement authentication mechanisms for your Gelato piece. </Step> <Step title="Create Action" icon="ice-cream"> Create an action that fetches a random ice cream flavor. </Step> <Step title="Create Trigger" icon="ice-cream"> Create a trigger that fetches newly created ice cream flavors. </Step> <Step title="Sharing Pieces" icon="share"> Share your Gelato piece with others. </Step> </Steps> <Card title="Contribution" icon="gift" iconType="duotone" color="#6e41e2"> Contribute a piece to our repo and receive +1,400 tasks/month on [Activepieces Cloud](https://cloud.activepieces.com). </Card>