Backlog for DC Leaflet Code Sprint.

dc-sprint-backlog.md

Leaflet Code Sprint Backlog

Functionality

• Release 0.6 stable
• TileLayer / GridLayer refactoring
• Projections refactoring (removing spherical Earth hardcode, making flat maps usage simpler)
• Rebuild Easey-style animation capabilities
• Resolve issues with the opacity API (#1474) so that we can reliably use setOpacity with multi-layered maps
• Decide on improvements to the geoJSON layer API that let users manipulate layer contents without being exposed to LayerGroup APIs.
• Implement layer-access improvements, like naming layers (#1411)
• Refactoring vector layers code (get rid of hardcoded inheritance chain with different backends, make it possible to switch backends and use several backends on the same map, improve zIndex handling)
• Research ways to improve scroll-zooming experience?
• Investigate touch support for Leaflet.draw; generalize mobile events for seamless touch support for plugin devs
• Plugin hacking idea: official plugin for a WebGL-powered mass-point data layer? Small subset of WebGL + we can use a third-party lib like pixi.js + satisfies the best use case for a WebGL backend

Website

API Reference

• Improve Leaflet & MapBox.js docs integration; great deep-linking so we can reference individual methods & properties.
• More inline code examples in docs

Plugins

• Plugin authoring guideline; an article on how plugin authors should go about documentation; better quality control / requirements
• Highlight featured plugins (at the top, better description, screenshot)

Tutorials

• links to contributed tutorials, more integration tutorials (D3, jQuery Mobile, etc.)
• Custom Overlays tutorial
• Custom Controls tutorial
• Flat maps / custom projections tutorial
• Tutorial/article on best practices and tips/tricks for plugin authors? (like using initHooks, mergeOptions, L.Class.extend, etc.)
• Performance best practices tutorial? (canvas backend, clustering, tips etc.)
• Tutorial on server-side integration (e.g. load and display points on a current bbox, reload on pan)
• Tutorial/article about different available tilesets

Other

• Showcase best apps on the frontpage (with screenshots and short description)
• better list of companies using Leaflet (with logos etc)
• Add a FAQ?