Thank you for this. It should be a great resource. 

- Matt



On 22/07/2011, at 4:35 AM, Brian Gerkey <gerkey@willowgarage.com> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> Just in the past week, I've heard several independent requests for
> "best practices" for ROS.    Must be something in the air.
> 
> Here's a new wiki page for linking to known best practices, and for
> posting requests for new best practices to be described:
>  http://www.ros.org/wiki/BestPractices
> 
> Excerpt:
> ---
> ROS was designed to be maximally flexible, starting with the mantra,
> "we don't wrap your main()." This flexibility has surely contributed
> to the growth of the user and developer community, allowing ROS to be
> used on a wide variety of platforms, in myriad ways.
> 
> But, with a few years under our collective belt, the community has
> matured to a point where "best practices" are in demand. We're not
> talking about standards, but rather statements of how best to achieve
> common tasks with ROS. Best practices are advice to developers on how
> to design, build, and configure ROS systems, with the goal of
> improving efficiency, interoperability, and shared understanding of
> those systems.
> ---
> 
> Please help out by requesting or providing advice!
> 
>    brian.
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