Are there any standards to be followed while writing a jquery Plugin?

Question

I'm new to open source development and i love to write jquery plugins and share with people, so i have few questions!

1. Should i follow some sort of standards while developing an open source jquery plugin?
2. Are there any online tools to validate if my plugin is up to those standards?

I tried to google about the same and couldn't find exact answer for it. So if any other suggestions related to this topic are more appreciated.

please pardon me if my doubts are silly as i mention earlier i'm a newbie. Thanks

Answer 1

jQuery site has an excellent tutorial and the best practices are also discussed.

http://learn.jquery.com/plugins/basic-plugin-creation/