Web Standards - 4thPlanet/WebBureau GitHub Wiki

Every modern website should at least stay close to these objectives to be production ready:

  • Try to follow W3C Validation
  • Minify page requests
  • Leverage page/object/browser/database caching and expiration headers
  • Utilize optimization techniques using tools like Google Pagespeed, Pingdom or Nibblr
  • Design with mobile first in-mind
  • Ensure proper responsive techniques for consistent legibility in all screen sizes
  • Include modern web-fonts
  • Follow Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0