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        • Resource description
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        • Resource description
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        • API Resource description
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        • API Resource description
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        • Shipping address resource
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        • Print job resource
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        • Resource description
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        • Reseller account resource
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  • Plugin & core development
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      • Creating a plugin
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        • Output registration
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      • Writing an HTML e-mail renderer plugin
        • Output registration
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      • Writing a template placeholder plugin
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      • Writing an invoice renderer plugin
        • Output registration
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        • Helper class for reportlab-base renderers
      • Writing an invoice transmission plugin
        • Output registration
        • The provider class
      • Writing a data shredder
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        • Example
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