Practices

Geo Mashup started as an after-hours, "wouldn't it be cool if..." project with one author. Best practices were not always employed.

Some improvements the author has striven for:

• Conform to the WordPress Coding Standards
• Add Inline Documentation
• Make sure existing tests pass, and add tests for new features
• Research and make good use of WordPress interfaces when they exist
• Mimic WordPress use, design, and implemenation patterns, especially where they work well
• Tie as much development work as possible into the Issue Tracker for user participation
• Stay compatible with the WordPress minimum requirements

It would be great if a list that simple could keep Geo Mashup coherent and progressing toward its goals:

• Make WordPress into a GeoCMS that one person or a small group can manage
• Make maps as easy to work with as images

In practice, the survival of the project has demanded that these goals bend to a more practical one:

• Make Geo Mashup a very flexible, customizable tool that contributors can use in their projects to help them live to contribute again