What are the rules that you have to follow for wordpress plugin development?

[chinmay.sahoo]

• Create a unique name
  Create the plugin's folder
  Create a sub-folder for PHP files, translations and assets
  Create the main plug-in file and fill in header information
  Create activation and de-activation functions
  Create an uninstall script
  Create a readme.txt file
  To detect paths to plugin file use proper constants and functions