hyperglass is primarily maintained by me, [Matt Love](https://github.com/checktheroads). This is my first ever open source application, and as such, it's kind of my "baby". When I first started writing hyperglass, I knew _nothing_ about development, Python, Javascript, or Github. I was a network engineer trying to solve a problem and learn a few things while I was at it.

Because I've been solo-maintaining and building hyperglass since around April 2019, I've become pretty particular about things that might seem trivial to someone just trying to help out. While I **absolutely welcome development contributions**, please don't be offended if pull requests are denied, or if I request things to be done a certain way. To help understand why, here are some of the development design goals for hyperglass:

- **Pristine code quality**
  - [Black](https://github.com/python/black) formatting for Python
  - Strict adherence to ESLint/Prettier configs for Javascript/React
  - *ZERO* linting errors
  - Linting exceptions only used when there is *no other way*, and should be accompanied with comments about why there is no other way.
- **No hard-coding**
  - Anything visible to the end-user *must* be customizable by the administrator. If it's not, or can't be, leave code or PR comments as to why.
  - This includes things like timeouts, error messages, etc.
- **Mobile & Accessible**
  - All UI element must be available on both desktop and mobile devices
  - UI must achieve a 100 Lighthouse/PageInsights score for accessibility
- **IPv6 Support**
  - Any new device support must include IPv6 commands
  - All frontend and backend code must support IPv6, both for running the application and processing queries