This document covers some of the basics of mapbox.js v1's style and direction. It's not set in stone.
We use the Airbnb style for Javascript with only one difference:
4 space soft tabs always for Javascript, not 2.
No aligned =, no aligned arguments, spaces are either indents or the 1
space between expressions. No hard tabs, ever. Javascript code should pass
through JSHint with no warnings.
Controls are named with Control in their name. Layers are named with
Layer in their name. For example: L.mapbox.gridLayer, L.mapbox.geocoderControl.
Getter/setter methods are named getFoo and setFoo. Magic d3-style getter/setters
like foo([optional]) are not supported in the core.
Unless setFoo needs to have a return value, it returns the object so that
calls can be chained.
We use camelCase and preserve
the uppercaseness of acronyms. That is, setTileJSON(), not setTileJson().
Do as little in constructors as possible: it should always be possible to change values you provide in a constructor.
The public facing API of mapbox.js should not require new anywhere.