Hello Community,
I’m a Software Engineer from Pakistan, and I’ve recently been working extensively with the Mission Planner source code, exploring its architecture and developing custom modules/plugins.
While working with the codebase, I realized that Mission Planner is extremely powerful but can be difficult for people who want to modify or extend it for their own projects, especially if they have little or no programming background.
Because of this, I’m planning to start a technical learning series focused on understanding and customizing Mission Planner.
The series is mainly aimed at people who want to customize Mission Planner for their specific needs.
Topics I plan to cover include:
• C# fundamentals relevant to Mission Planner
• WinForms fundamentals
• Building Mission Planner from source
• Understanding the Mission Planner codebase structure
• MAVLink communication inside Mission Planner
• Mission Planner plugin architecture
• Developing custom plugins and UI extensions
The goal is to break down the Mission Planner codebase step-by-step, so developers can confidently modify it and build solutions tailored to their own UAV workflows.
I would also appreciate feedback, suggestions, or topic requests from the community regarding what aspects of Mission Planner development would be most useful to cover.
Looking forward to learning and contributing together with the community. 