Best Practices for WordPress Plugin Development

Before you start with the WordPress plugin development get through an R&D process and analyze whether you have an answer to the following questions,

Is the plugin helpful to the users? Does the plugin have any unique features? How is the plugin going to help its users? How to design the front end for the plugin? How is the plugin going to integrate with other services/plugins?

After a thorough analysis, you can start with the development process of the plugin as follows,

Choose a unique name for your plugin that is relevant to its functionality Research potential trademark issues with