diff --git a/cli/src/tasks/new-plugin.ts b/cli/src/tasks/new-plugin.ts
index 6f9a22e4c2..33ee317165 100644
--- a/cli/src/tasks/new-plugin.ts
+++ b/cli/src/tasks/new-plugin.ts
@@ -46,19 +46,19 @@ export async function newPlugin(config: Config) {
     {
       type: 'input',
       name: 'name',
-      message: 'Plugin NPM name (kebab-case):',
+      message: 'Plugin npm name (kebab-case. ex: capacitor-plugin-example):',
       validate: requiredInput
     },
     {
       type: 'input',
       name: 'domain',
-      message: 'Plugin id (domain-style syntax. ex: com.example.plugin)',
+      message: 'Plugin id (domain-style syntax. ex: com.mycompany.plugins.example)',
       validate: requiredInput
     },
     {
       type: 'input',
       name: 'className',
-      message: 'Plugin class name (ex: AwesomePlugin)',
+      message: 'Plugin class name (ex: Example)',
       validate: requiredInput
     },
     {
@@ -167,24 +167,24 @@ async function createIosPlugin(config: Config, pluginPath: string, domain: strin
 }
 
 function generatePodspec(config: Config, answers: NewPluginAnswers) {
-  return `
-  require 'json'
-
-  package = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(__dir__, 'package.json')))
-
-  Pod::Spec.new do |s|
-    s.name = '${fixName(answers.name)}'
-    s.version = package['version']
-    s.summary = package['description']
-    s.license = package['license']
-    s.homepage = package['repository']['url']
-    s.author = package['author']
-    s.source = { :git => package['repository']['url'], :tag => s.version.to_s }
-    s.source_files = 'ios/Plugin/**/*.{swift,h,m,c,cc,mm,cpp}'
-    s.ios.deployment_target  = '${config.ios.minVersion}'
-    s.dependency 'Capacitor'
-    s.swift_version = '5.0'
-  end`;
+  return `require 'json'
+
+package = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(__dir__, 'package.json')))
+
+Pod::Spec.new do |s|
+  s.name = '${fixName(answers.name)}'
+  s.version = package['version']
+  s.summary = package['description']
+  s.license = package['license']
+  s.homepage = package['repository']['url']
+  s.author = package['author']
+  s.source = { :git => package['repository']['url'], :tag => s.version.to_s }
+  s.source_files = 'ios/Plugin/**/*.{swift,h,m,c,cc,mm,cpp}'
+  s.ios.deployment_target  = '${config.ios.minVersion}'
+  s.dependency 'Capacitor'
+  s.swift_version = '5.1'
+end
+`;
 }
 
 async function createAndroidPlugin(config: Config, pluginPath: string, domain: string, className: string) {
@@ -221,47 +221,61 @@ function generateAndroidManifest(domain: string, pluginPath: string) {
 
 function generatePackageJSON(answers: NewPluginAnswers, cliVersion: string) {
   return {
-    name: answers.name,
-    version: '0.0.1',
-    description: answers.description,
-    main: 'dist/esm/index.js',
-    types: 'dist/esm/index.d.ts',
-    scripts: {
-      'build': 'npm run clean && tsc',
+    'name': answers.name,
+    'version': '0.0.1',
+    'description': answers.description,
+    'main': 'dist/plugin.js',
+    'module': 'dist/esm/index.js',
+    'types': 'dist/esm/index.d.ts',
+    'scripts': {
+      'lint': 'npm run prettier -- --check && npm run swiftlint -- lint',
+      'prettier': 'prettier "**/*.{css,html,ts,js,java}"',
+      'swiftlint': 'node-swiftlint',
+      'build': 'npm run clean && tsc && rollup -c rollup.config.js',
       'clean': 'rimraf ./dist',
       'watch': 'tsc --watch',
       'prepublishOnly': 'npm run build'
     },
-    author: answers.author,
-    license: answers.license,
-    dependencies: {
-      '@capacitor/core': `^${cliVersion}`
-    },
-    devDependencies: {
-      'rimraf': '^3.0.0',
-      'typescript': '^3.2.4',
+    'author': answers.author,
+    'license': answers.license,
+    'devDependencies': {
+      '@capacitor/android': `^${cliVersion}`,
+      '@capacitor/core': `^${cliVersion}`,
       '@capacitor/ios': `^${cliVersion}`,
-      '@capacitor/android': `^${cliVersion}`
+      '@ionic/prettier-config': '^1.0.0',
+      '@ionic/swiftlint-config': '^1.0.0',
+      '@rollup/plugin-node-resolve': '^8.1.0',
+      'prettier': '^2.0.5',
+      'prettier-plugin-java': '^0.8.0',
+      'rimraf': '^3.0.0',
+      'rollup': '^2.21.0',
+      'swiftlint': '^1.0.1',
+      'typescript': '~3.8.3'
+    },
+    'peerDependencies': {
+      '@capacitor/core': `^${cliVersion}`
     },
-    files: [
+    'files': [
       'dist/',
       'ios/',
       'android/',
       `${fixName(answers.name)}.podspec`
     ],
-    keywords: [
+    'keywords': [
       'capacitor',
       'plugin',
       'native'
     ],
-    capacitor: {
-      ios: {
-        src: 'ios',
+    'capacitor': {
+      'ios': {
+        'src': 'ios',
       },
-      android: {
-        src: 'android'
+      'android': {
+        'src': 'android'
       }
     },
+    'prettier': '@ionic/prettier-config',
+    'swiftlint': '@ionic/swiftlint-config',
     'repository': {
       'type': 'git',
       'url': answers.git
diff --git a/plugin-template/.prettierignore b/plugin-template/.prettierignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d0b71a3c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin-template/.prettierignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+build
+dist
diff --git a/plugin-template/android/Plugin.java b/plugin-template/android/Plugin.java
index e8c98124ca..e0f47c482a 100644
--- a/plugin-template/android/Plugin.java
+++ b/plugin-template/android/Plugin.java
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 import com.getcapacitor.PluginCall;
 import com.getcapacitor.PluginMethod;
 
-@NativePlugin()
+@NativePlugin
 public class CLASS_NAME extends Plugin {
 
-    @PluginMethod()
+    @PluginMethod
     public void echo(PluginCall call) {
         String value = call.getString("value");
 
diff --git a/plugin-template/android/src/androidTest/java/com/getcapacitor/android/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java b/plugin-template/android/src/androidTest/java/com/getcapacitor/android/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
index 64f83739d7..58020e16cb 100644
--- a/plugin-template/android/src/androidTest/java/com/getcapacitor/android/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
+++ b/plugin-template/android/src/androidTest/java/com/getcapacitor/android/ExampleInstrumentedTest.java
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 package com.getcapacitor.android;
 
-import android.content.Context;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
-import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import android.content.Context;
 import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
-
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
 /**
  * Instrumented test, which will execute on an Android device.
  *
@@ -17,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 @RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
 public class ExampleInstrumentedTest {
+
     @Test
     public void useAppContext() throws Exception {
         // Context of the app under test.
diff --git a/plugin-template/android/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/ExampleUnitTest.java b/plugin-template/android/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/ExampleUnitTest.java
index 06806a7758..a0fed0cfb7 100644
--- a/plugin-template/android/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/ExampleUnitTest.java
+++ b/plugin-template/android/src/test/java/com/getcapacitor/ExampleUnitTest.java
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 package com.getcapacitor;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 /**
  * Example local unit test, which will execute on the development machine (host).
  *
  * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
  */
 public class ExampleUnitTest {
+
     @Test
     public void addition_isCorrect() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(4, 2 + 2);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/plugin-template/ios/Plugin/Plugin.swift b/plugin-template/ios/Plugin/Plugin.swift
index 287b536019..f76f3994c6 100644
--- a/plugin-template/ios/Plugin/Plugin.swift
+++ b/plugin-template/ios/Plugin/Plugin.swift
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import Capacitor
  */
 @objc(CLASS_NAME)
 public class CLASS_NAME: CAPPlugin {
-    
+
     @objc func echo(_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
         let value = call.getString("value") ?? ""
         call.success([
diff --git a/plugin-template/ios/PluginTests/PluginTests.swift b/plugin-template/ios/PluginTests/PluginTests.swift
index 00f036e4ca..4e0259932a 100644
--- a/plugin-template/ios/PluginTests/PluginTests.swift
+++ b/plugin-template/ios/PluginTests/PluginTests.swift
@@ -3,33 +3,33 @@ import Capacitor
 @testable import Plugin
 
 class PluginTests: XCTestCase {
-    
+
     override func setUp() {
         super.setUp()
         // Put setup code here. This method is called before the invocation of each test method in the class.
     }
-    
+
     override func tearDown() {
         // Put teardown code here. This method is called after the invocation of each test method in the class.
         super.tearDown()
     }
-    
+
     func testEcho() {
         // This is an example of a functional test case for a plugin.
         // Use XCTAssert and related functions to verify your tests produce the correct results.
-        
+
         let value = "Hello, World!"
         let plugin = MyPlugin()
-        
+
         let call = CAPPluginCall(callbackId: "test", options: [
             "value": value
-        ], success: { (result, call) in
+        ], success: { (result, _) in
             let resultValue = result!.data["value"] as? String
             XCTAssertEqual(value, resultValue)
-        }, error: { (err) in
+        }, error: { (_) in
             XCTFail("Error shouldn't have been called")
         })
-        
+
         plugin.echo(call!)
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugin-template/ios/Podfile b/plugin-template/ios/Podfile
index 8f4ebba299..350751435d 100644
--- a/plugin-template/ios/Podfile
+++ b/plugin-template/ios/Podfile
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ end
 
 target 'PluginTests' do
   capacitor_pods
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/plugin-template/rollup.config.js b/plugin-template/rollup.config.js
index 906e8a15e0..6994412fbf 100644
--- a/plugin-template/rollup.config.js
+++ b/plugin-template/rollup.config.js
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
-import nodeResolve from 'rollup-plugin-node-resolve';
+import nodeResolve from '@rollup/plugin-node-resolve';
 
 export default {
   input: 'dist/esm/index.js',
   output: {
     file: 'dist/plugin.js',
     format: 'iife',
-    name: 'capacitorPlugin',
-    sourcemap: true
+    name: 'capacitorPlugin', // TODO: change this
+    globals: {
+      '@capacitor/core': 'capacitorExports',
+    },
+    sourcemap: true,
   },
   plugins: [
-    nodeResolve()
-  ]
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+    nodeResolve({
+      // allowlist of dependencies to bundle in
+      // @see https://github.com/rollup/plugins/tree/master/packages/node-resolve#resolveonly
+      resolveOnly: ['lodash'],
+    }),
+  ],
+};
diff --git a/plugin-template/src/definitions.ts b/plugin-template/src/definitions.ts
index 21baf1ba51..23d624e94b 100644
--- a/plugin-template/src/definitions.ts
+++ b/plugin-template/src/definitions.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-declare module "@capacitor/core" {
+declare module '@capacitor/core' {
   interface PluginRegistry {
     Echo: EchoPlugin;
   }
 }
 
 export interface EchoPlugin {
-  echo(options: { value: string }): Promise<{value: string}>;
+  echo(options: { value: string }): Promise<{ value: string }>;
 }
diff --git a/plugin-template/src/index.ts b/plugin-template/src/index.ts
index 6181377f0d..5c59395903 100644
--- a/plugin-template/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugin-template/src/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 export * from './definitions';
-export * from './web';
\ No newline at end of file
+export * from './web';
diff --git a/plugin-template/src/web.ts b/plugin-template/src/web.ts
index 9e73d7059c..d3bccb308c 100644
--- a/plugin-template/src/web.ts
+++ b/plugin-template/src/web.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ export class MyPluginWeb extends WebPlugin implements MyPluginPlugin {
   constructor() {
     super({
       name: 'MyPlugin',
-      platforms: ['web']
+      platforms: ['web'],
     });
   }
 
-  async echo(options: { value: string }): Promise<{value: string}> {
+  async echo(options: { value: string }): Promise<{ value: string }> {
     console.log('ECHO', options);
     return options;
   }
diff --git a/plugin-template/tsconfig.json b/plugin-template/tsconfig.json
index 4377384b45..9f458f6e83 100644
--- a/plugin-template/tsconfig.json
+++ b/plugin-template/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "allowUnreachableCode": false,
     "declaration": true,
-    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "lib": [
       "dom",
       "es2015"
     ],
     "module": "es2015",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "noImplicitAny": true,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noUnusedParameters": true,
     "outDir": "dist/esm",
+    "pretty": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
+    "strict": true,
     "target": "es2015"
   },
   "files": [