[wp-hackers] Code reviews for plugins?

[Paul]

+1 on this. 

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On Aug 19, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Daniel Bachhuber wrote:

> I think it's a great idea as well. My coding has benefited tremendously from the generosity of others, and I'd love to start being able to give back.
> 
> On 19 Aug 2010, at 4:01 PM, Eric Mann wrote:
> 
>> I, for one, would love to participate in a peer review process.
>> 
>> I recommended last year that someone* put together a group of developers to
>> review plug-ins.  I was hoping we could flag "reviewed" plug-ins in the
>> repository to give them a bit of extra work - like verifying that a new version
>> really does worth with the version of WordPress it claims to.  If we *could*
>> flag such plug-ins, it would give the quality ones more weight and allow for a
>> quick filter or search.
>> 
>> In any case, +1 on the idea.  And seriously, keep us apprised regarding any kind
>> of wpcodereview.com collaboration.
>> 
>> On August 19, 2010 at 7:44 PM Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at newclarity.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Matt:
>>> 
>>> I had the same idea recently and registered http://wpcodereview.com for that
>>> purpose.  Want to collaborate?
>>> 
>>> Another option might be to see if we could somehow use the voting mechanism
>>> that works so well to surface reviews of plugins on WordPress Answers[1]?
>>> 
>>> Whatever the case, +1 on the concern and the desire to do something about it.
>>> 
>>> -Mike
>>> [1] http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Aug 19, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Matt Jacob wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Fact: the quality of plugins in the repository is generally pretty low.
>>>> 
>>>> Obviously, there are exceptions, and those exceptions rise to the top and
>>>> become more popular. But for the 10,000-some plugins listed, I bet that
>>>> fewer than 100 of those would be considered best practices in plugin
>>>> development. Unfortunately, most---not all---plugin developers probably
>>>> don't even give a crap.
>>>> 
>>>> For those developers who *do* give a crap (or several craps), and who *do*
>>>> want to publish high-quality plugins, what resources are available? I was
>>>> thinking it might be neat if more experienced WP developers from wp-hackers
>>>> volunteered to do code reviews of up-and-coming plugins (initiated by the
>>>> plugin developer; not just a random selection).
>>>> 
>>>> You could be the best software engineer in the world, but WordPress is a
>>>> separate beast. It's a huge system that's evolved over many years, and the
>>>> fact of the matter is that the more experience developers need to pass on
>>>> the tribal knowledge they've acquired along the way. IMO, code reviews are a
>>>> good way to do that.
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>> 
>>>> Matt
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