Hello everyone,
For years, the SA-MP and now open.mp development landscape has suffered from a lack of unified engineering standards. While tools like "SAMPCTL" and libraries like "YSI" brought modern workflows to the ecosystem, the way we structure our code, handle encodings, and write scripts remains highly fragmented.
To bridge this gap, I am introducing PST (Pawn Standards and Techniques) — an open, community-driven initiative inspired by Python's PEPs, aimed at standardizing modern Pawn development.
Official Repository: https://github.com/daniilkorochansky/pst
What is PST?
PST(Pawn Standards and Techniques) is not a forced set of rules; it is a compilation of best practices, style guides, and architectural patterns agreed upon by the community to ensure code readability, maintainability, and tool compatibility.
The introduction consists of the first two draft specifications:
PST-0001 (Code Style Guide): Enforcing clear formatting standards (Tabs for indentation, Allman braces style, strict naming conventions) and resolving the legacy encoding mess by introducing explicit PEP 263-inspired(Python) encoding comments (e.g., `// -*- coding: utf-8 -*-`) for better IDE compatibility (Spawn IDE supports this capability).
PST-0002 (Project Structure and Includes): Moving away from 100k-line monolithic files into a clean, component-based layout utilizing modern hooking systems "y_hooks" and mandatory include guards.
Automation & Delivery
To keep the specification easily accessible, we treat PST as a rolling-release framework. Every update is automatically compiled into a clean, standardized PDF specification book, which you can always grab from the repository's deployment assets.
Need Your Input!
PST belongs to the community. I want to explicitly invite developers, include creators, and the open.mp/sampctl core teams to review these drafts.
If you agree, disagree, or want to propose a new technique (e.g., modern database handling or event patterns), please open an Issue or a Pull Request using templates.
For years, the SA-MP and now open.mp development landscape has suffered from a lack of unified engineering standards. While tools like "SAMPCTL" and libraries like "YSI" brought modern workflows to the ecosystem, the way we structure our code, handle encodings, and write scripts remains highly fragmented.
To bridge this gap, I am introducing PST (Pawn Standards and Techniques) — an open, community-driven initiative inspired by Python's PEPs, aimed at standardizing modern Pawn development.
Official Repository: https://github.com/daniilkorochansky/pst
What is PST?
PST(Pawn Standards and Techniques) is not a forced set of rules; it is a compilation of best practices, style guides, and architectural patterns agreed upon by the community to ensure code readability, maintainability, and tool compatibility.
The introduction consists of the first two draft specifications:
PST-0001 (Code Style Guide): Enforcing clear formatting standards (Tabs for indentation, Allman braces style, strict naming conventions) and resolving the legacy encoding mess by introducing explicit PEP 263-inspired(Python) encoding comments (e.g., `// -*- coding: utf-8 -*-`) for better IDE compatibility (Spawn IDE supports this capability).
PST-0002 (Project Structure and Includes): Moving away from 100k-line monolithic files into a clean, component-based layout utilizing modern hooking systems "y_hooks" and mandatory include guards.
Automation & Delivery
To keep the specification easily accessible, we treat PST as a rolling-release framework. Every update is automatically compiled into a clean, standardized PDF specification book, which you can always grab from the repository's deployment assets.
Need Your Input!
PST belongs to the community. I want to explicitly invite developers, include creators, and the open.mp/sampctl core teams to review these drafts.
If you agree, disagree, or want to propose a new technique (e.g., modern database handling or event patterns), please open an Issue or a Pull Request using templates.