Web App Checklist – bluebones.net

Throw objects not strings as exceptions in JavaScript:

throw {
    'name': 'MyException',
    'message': 'Something went wrong',
    'code': 500,
    'previous': e // Nested exception.
}

Controllers should be super-skinny (because they are hard to test).
HTML5
Only read querystring and post body in the controller.
Say *why* you did something in the commit message, don’t just describe what you did.
The first line of a commit message should be a short standalone message.
Err on the side of verbosity in commit messages.
Don’t form HTML in JavaScript strings.
Good internationalization is hard (ICU?).
Run the tests before pushing.
Automate deployment.
Keep markup as semantic as possible.
Code review is a priority.
LESS
SMACSS
Responsive Design
Backbone
Automatically pull dependencies in, don’t add them to the repo.
Don’t store artifacts generated by the build process alongside the source code.
git
Unit tests
The unit tests should run *fast* and offline.
Send the right HTTP response code.
JSON