Web Developer Checklist

[peterdesmet]

Based on http://webdevchecklist.com/

Best practices

• [x] Fix broken links
• [x] Spell-check
• [x] Check website in all browsers
• [x] Remove 'www' subdomain

  Mobile

• [ ] MobileOK score of 75+
• [ ] Use 'viewport' meta-tag
• [x] Use correct input types
• [x] Manual check using emulators

  Analytics

• [x] Uptime monitoring
• [x] Traffic analysis

  Performance

• [x] Google Page Speed score of 90+
• [x] Yahoo YSlow score of 85+
• [ ] Optimize HTTP headers
• [x] Optimize images

  Usability

• [x] HTML5 compatibility check
• [ ] Custom 404 page
• [x] Favicon
• [x] Use friendly URLs

  Optional

• [x] Add search feature
• [x] Environment Integration

  Semantics

• [x] Add meaning with Microdata
• [x] Check the semantics

  SEO

• [x] SenSEO score of 85+
• [x] Google Rich Snippets
• [x] robots.txt
• [x] XML sitemap

  Code quality

• [ ] HTML validation
• [x] CSS validation
• [x] Run CSS Lint
• [x] Run JSLint/JSHint
• [x] World ready
• [x] Automated testing

  Accessibility

• [x] Accessibility validation
• [x] Color contrast
• [x] WAI-ARIA Landmarks

  Security

• [x] Follow best practices
• [x] Cross-site scripting
• [x] Cross-site request forgery

  Optional

• [x] Secure connection (SSL)
• [x] HTTP Strict Transport Security

  Social Media

• [x] Open Graph protocol
• [x] Twitter Cards
• [x] Facebook Insights

  ...and finally

• [x] Add humans.txt

[peterdesmet]

• Google Page speed: 84

Did not:

• Test YSlow
• Optimize images
• Use SenSEO
• Add sitemap.xml
• Use JSLint
• Test Accessibility, except color contrast
• Test Security
• Test Social Media

[peterdesmet]

Time to close this issue. Custom 404 does not work: http://lifewatch.inbo.be/blog/unicorn, but that way you can at least verify that it's served from GitHub pages. 😝