Plugin certification checklist
Major Checklist Items
- All interface components (buttons, lists, etc.) of a plugin should be fully functional.
- All components must have a full help section.
- Plugins should not include large datasets or example data unless totally necessary. Large extra data should be downloaded seperately to save CVS overhead and to allow for easy plugin updates.
- Plugins should create dataset subnodes for their results so the user can see and navigate to the result.
- Plugins should specify what datasets they can accept and process through the use of the @AcceptTypes annotation. They should only specify datasets that they can properly support and then will only be visible when relevant to the current data loaded.
- Plugins should only generate events necessary to their function. Unnecessary event generation can seriously impact application performance.
Minor Items
- Plugin should conform to look and feel guidelines, and should make use of standard button placements and layouts.
