# Marketplace Boilerplate

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/marketplace-apps/marketplace-boilerplate |
| **course_slug** | marketplace-apps |
| **lesson_slug** | marketplace-boilerplate |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/marketplace-apps/marketplace-boilerplate.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-04-28T06:55:37.552Z |

> Part of **[Building Marketplace Apps](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/marketplace-apps)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

<!-- ai_metadata: {"lesson_id":"02","type":"text","duration_minutes":1,"topics":["Marketplace","Boilerplate"]} -->

#### Lesson text

In computer programming, boilerplate code, or simply boilerplate, are sections of code that are repeated in multiple places with little to no variation. Boilerplate templates or frameworks provide a starting point for building new solutions that follow a given pattern, require repetitive tasks, access to certain SDKs, and that reuse certain pieces of code. Boilerplate code or applications can define project-level elements or standard methods for one or more projects.

Contentstack provides a boilerplate that incorporates reference examples developers can use when building UI integrations in Contentstack.

This boilerplate reduces the effort of developers when building their integrations. It also provides more visibility on the structure of the marketplace applications.

The boilerplate code includes all the locations where your integrations can be placed inside Contentstack’s UI. Those locations are:

*   Custom Field
    
*   Entry Sidebar Widget
    
*   Asset Sidebar Widget
    
*   Dashboard Widget
    
*   Field Modifier
    
*   Full Page
    
*   JSON RTE plugin 
    

The following modules in this course describe how to build an app using our Marketplace App boilerplate (which uses app sdk for interaction with Contentstack). For more information about the Marketplace App boilerplate, you can check the [Marketplace App Boilerplate GitHub repository](https://github.com/contentstack/marketplace-academycourse-app).

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **Marketplace Boilerplate** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

Marketplace Boilerplate. In computer programming, boilerplate code, or simply boilerplate, are sections of code that are repeated in multiple places with little to no variation. Boilerplate templates or frameworks provide a starting point for building new solutions that follow a given pattern, require repetitive tasks, access to certain SDKs, and that reuse certain pieces of code. Boilerplate code or applications can define project-level elements or standard methods for one or more projects. Contentstack provides a boilerplate that incorporates reference examples developers can use when building UI integrations in Contentstack. This boilerplate reduces the effort of developers when building their integrations. It al

### Retrieval tags

- Marketplace
- Boilerplate
- marketplace-apps
- lesson 02
- Marketplace Boilerplate
- marketplace-apps lesson

### Indexing notes

Index this lesson as a primary chunk tagged with lesson_id "02" and topics: [Marketplace, Boilerplate].
Parent course slug: marketplace-apps. Use asset_references URLs as thumbnail hints in search results when present.
Never surface LMS quiz content or assessment answers from this file.

### Asset references

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### External links

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| Contentstack Academy home | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/` |
| Training instance setup | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/training-instance` |
| Academy playground (GitHub) | `https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-academy-playground` |
| Contentstack documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/` |
| Marketplace App Boilerplate GitHub repository | `https://github.com/contentstack/marketplace-academycourse-app` |