DeveloperTopics.md

+<!-- Name: DeveloperTopics -->
+<!-- Version: 11 -->
+<!-- Last-Modified: 2011/02/23 14:09:27 -->
+<!-- Author: roel_v -->
+# Development Ideas and Topics
+
+Please use this wiki page to share ideas, sketch plans, and discuss features.
+
+Any specific feature request or bug report should be created as a [new ticket](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/new).
+
+## Guidelines
+
+[Coding Standards](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/CodingStandards)
+
+[Stable merge queue](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/StableMergeQueue) - Mapnik stable releases
+
+[Package building](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/PackageBuilding) - Resources
+
+[Developing plugins](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/DevelopingPlugins) - Writing new datasource plugins
+
+
+## Resources
+
+[Faster compiling](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/FasterCompiling)
+
+[International text](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/InternationalText)
+
+[Bounds clipping](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/BoundsClipping)
+
+[Building with Autotools](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/BuildingwithAutotools)
+
+[Build bot](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/BuildBot)
+
+[Logging Framework](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/Logging)
+
+[Debugging mapnik](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/DebuggingMapnik) -- TODO!
+
+[Building on Windows](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/BuildingOnWindows)
+
+## TODO notes / Wish List
+
+[Ideas around compositing images](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/Ideas_Compositing)
+
+[Ideas for the future](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/Ideas_FutureMapnik)
+
+[DeveloperTodo](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/DeveloperTodo)
+
+
+## Sandbox
+
+[GSOC2010](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/GSOC2010)
+
+[Mapnik2](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/Mapnik2) - notes on getting running with the experimental Mapnik2 code
+
+[Compositing](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/Compositing) Compositing modes 
+
+[Legending](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/Legending)
+
+[XmlFormatDiscussion](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/XmlFormatDiscussion) -- freeform discussion on Mapnik's XML format
+
+[ShieldSymbolizerTests](https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/wiki/ShieldSymbolizerTests)