(05-23-2010 09:24 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: Plugins will highly depend on the application you're writing them for. That is, one application's plugins may bear very little resemblance to another's. The only real similarity would perhaps be that they both [are designed to] extend functionality in some way, but how it's done in each case can be significantly different.
I'd definitely agree on that part. It would be nigh on impossible to implement a generic howto regarding plugins and suchlike. A better option, if something like that is wanted, would be to have a specific category for helping people produce MyBB plugins or suchlike, and help guide them when they get stuck with something. Adding information for good coding practice and such would definitely be a boon though. Try and give people good, generic base practices to build from. Good, secure code is a must across the board.