Acceptance tests

This is the scoring system for plugins. There may be exceptions in certain edge cases, but this should provide enough feedback to keep people on the right track.

Dependencies

Package	Reason	Recommended Solution
gulp	Creates incompatible plugins	Don't do this. Use vinyl for your tests.
colors	Extends global prototypes	Use chalk
through	Old streams	Use through2
event-stream	Old streams + bloated kitchen sink	Use through2 or other streams2 pattern libraries

Handling file.contents

Behavior	Recommended Solution
file with null contents not passed through	Pass them through immediately
file with null contents was mutated	Pass them through immediately - do not modify them
file output contents type different than input	Put out the same type you put in
file with streaming contents not handled correctly	Emit an error or support it

Static analysis

Behavior	Recommended Solution
console.log	Use gulp-util .log
require('fs')	Plugins should not read/write - gulp handles that
index.js > 100 lines	Break it up into multiple modules/files
High code complexity	Break it up into multiple modules/files

Other

Behavior	Recommended Solution
Tests failing	Fix your tests
No tests	Write tests
No source link	package.json link to github

Manual

Plugins will be manually checked and deductions will result from the following items.

• Can be done with existing node modules (doesn't need to be a plugin)
• Doing multiple things in a plugin
• Excess configuration
• Duplication of functionality already existing in another plugin
• Aggregating multiple gulpplugins
• Poorly documented