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<h4 align="center">The Front-End Checklist is an exhaustive list of all elements you need to have / to test before launching your website / HTML page to production.</h4> <p align="center"> ย  <a href="http://makeapullrequest.com"> ย ย ย  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square" alt="PRs Welcome"> ย  </a> ย  ย  <a href="https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/graphs/contributors"> ย ย ย  <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist.svg?style=flat-square" alt="Contributors"> ย  </a> ย  <a href="https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/"> ย ย ย  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Frontโ€‘End_Checklist-followed-brightgreen.svg?style=flat-square" alt="Frontโ€‘End_Checklist followed"> </a> ย  ย  <a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"> ย ย ย  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-CC0-green.svg?style=flat-square" alt="CC0"> ย  </a> </p> <p align="center"> ย  <a href="#how-to-use">How To Use</a> โ€ข <a href="#contributing">Contributing</a> โ€ข <a href="https://frontendchecklist.io">Website</a> โ€ข <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/front-end-checklist">Product Hunt</a> </p> <p align="center"> <span>Other Checklists:</span> <br> ย  <a href="https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Performance-Checklist#---------front-end-performance-checklist-">๐ŸŽฎ Front-End Performance Checklist</a> โ€ข <a href="https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Design-Checklist#front-end-design-checklist">๐Ÿ’Ž Front-End Design Checklist</a> </p>

It is based on Front-End developer's years of experience, with the additions coming from some other open-source checklists.


How to use?

All items in the Front-End Checklist are required for the majority of the projects, but some elements can be omitted or are not essential (in the case of an administration web app, you may not need RSS feed for example). We choose to use 3 levels of flexibility:

Low indicates that the item is recommended but can be omitted in certain situations. Medium indicates that the item is highly recommended but can potentially be omitted in very specific cases. However, omitting these elements can negatively impact performance or SEO. High indicates that the item cannot be omitted under any circumstances. Removing these elements may result in page malfunctions or cause accessibility and SEO issues. Testing should prioritize these elements first.

Some resources possess an emoticon to help you understand which type of content / help you may find on the checklist:

You can contribute to the Front-End Checklist App reading the CONTRIBUTING.md file which explains everything about the project.


Head

Notes: You can find a list of everything that could be found in the <head> of an HTML document.

Meta tag

<!doctype html> <!-- HTML5 -->

The next 2 meta tags (Charset and Viewport) need to come first in the head.

<!-- Set character encoding for the document -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<!-- Viewport for responsive web design -->
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover">
<!-- Document Title -->
<title>Page Title less than 55 characters</title>
<!-- Meta Description -->
<meta name="description" content="Description of the page less than 150 characters">
<!-- Standard favicon -->
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="https://example.com/favicon.ico">
<!-- Recommended favicon format -->
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="https://example.com/favicon.png">
<!-- Recommended modern favicon format (not recommended for legacy browsers) -->
<link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="https://example.com/favicon.svg">
<!-- Apple Touch Icon (at least 200x200px) -->
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/custom-icon.png">

<!-- To run the web application in full-screen -->
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">

<!-- Status Bar Style (see Supported Meta Tags below for available values) -->
<!-- Has no effect unless you have the previous meta tag -->
<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black">
<!-- Microsoft Tiles -->
<meta name="msapplication-config" content="browserconfig.xml" />

Minimum required xml markup for the browserconfig.xml file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<browserconfig>
   <msapplication>
     <tile>
        <square70x70logo src="small.png"/>
        <square150x150logo src="medium.png"/>
        <wide310x150logo src="wide.png"/>
        <square310x310logo src="large.png"/>
     </tile>
   </msapplication>
</browserconfig>
<!-- Helps prevent duplicate content issues -->
<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.com/2017/09/a-new-article-to-read.html">

HTML tags

<html lang="en">
<html dir="rtl">
<link rel="alternate" href="https://es.example.com/" hreflang="es">
<link rel="alternate" href="https://example.com/" hreflang="x-default" />

Social meta

Visualize and generate automatically our social meta tags with Meta Tags

Facebook OG and Twitter Cards are, for any website, highly recommended. The other social media tags can be considered if you target a particular presence on those and want to ensure the display.

Notes: Using og:image:width and og:image:height will specify the image dimensions to the crawler so that it can render the image immediately without having to asynchronously download and process it.

<meta property="og:type" content="website">
<meta property="og:url" content="https://example.com/page.html">
<meta property="og:title" content="Content Title">
<meta property="og:image" content="https://example.com/image.jpg">
<meta property="og:description" content="Description Here">
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Site Name">
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US">
<!-- Next tags are optional but recommended -->
<meta property="og:image:width" content="1200">
<meta property="og:image:height" content="630">
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary">
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@site_account">
<meta name="twitter:creator" content="@individual_account">
<meta name="twitter:url" content="https://example.com/page.html">
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Content Title">
<meta name="twitter:description" content="Content description less than 200 characters">
<meta name="twitter:image" content="https://example.com/image.jpg">

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HTML

Best practices

HTML testing

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Webfonts

Notes: Using web fonts may cause Flash Of Unstyled Text/Flash Of Invisible Text - consider having fallback fonts and/or utilizing web font loaders to control behavior.

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CSS

Notes: Take a look at CSS guidelines and Sass Guidelines followed by most Front-End developers. If you have a doubt about CSS properties, you can visit CSS Reference. There is also a short Code Guide for consistency.

<div id="js-slider" class="my-slider">
<!-- Or -->
<div id="id-used-by-cms" class="js-slider my-slider">

Performance

CSS testing

Pixel Perfect - Chrome Extension

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Images

Notes: For a complete understanding of image optimization, check the free ebook Essential Image Optimization from Addy Osmani.

Best practices

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JavaScript

Best practices

<noscript>
  You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.
</noscript>

JavaScript testing

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Security

Scan and check your web site

Best practices

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Performance

Best practices

Preparing upcoming requests

<link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://example.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://example.com">
<link rel="prefetch" href="image.png">
<link rel="preload" href="app.js">

Performance testing

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Accessibility

Notes: You can watch the playlist A11ycasts with Rob Dodson ๐Ÿ“น

Best practices

Headings

Semantics

Form

Accessibility testing

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SEO

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Translations

The Front-End Checklist is also available in other languages. Thanks for all translators and their awesome work!


Front-End Checklist Badge

If you want to show you are following the rules of the Front-End Checklist, put this badge on your README file!

โž” Frontโ€‘End_Checklist followed

[![Frontโ€‘End_Checklist followed](https://img.shields.io/badge/Frontโ€‘End_Checklist-followed-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/)

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Contributing

Open an issue or a pull request to suggest changes or additions.

Guide

The Front-End Checklist repository consists of two branches:

1. master

This branch consists of the README.md file that is automatically reflected on the Front-End Checklist website.

2. develop

This branch will be used to make some significant changes to the structure, content if needed. It is preferable to use the master branch to fix small errors or add a new item.

Support

If you have any question or suggestion, don't hesitate to use Gitter or Twitter:

Author

David Dias

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [Contribute]. <a href="https://github.com/thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist/graphs/contributors"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/contributors.svg?width=890" /></a>

Backers

Thank you to all our backers! ๐Ÿ™ [Become a backer]

<a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist#backers" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/backers.svg?width=890"></a>

Sponsors

Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website. [Become a sponsor]

<a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/0/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/0/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/1/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/1/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/2/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/2/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/3/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/3/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/4/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/4/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/5/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/5/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/6/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/6/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/7/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/7/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/8/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/8/avatar.svg"></a> <a href="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/9/website" target="_blank"><img src="https://opencollective.com/front-end-checklist/sponsor/9/avatar.svg"></a>

License

CC0

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