# elsewhencode/project-guidelines

A set of best practices for JavaScript projects

Repository: https://github.com/elsewhencode/project-guidelines
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/project-guidelines
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: best-practices, maintainability, guidelines, javascript, javascript-best-practices, how-to
Last push: 2024-12-09T07:59:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3351, "days_push": 632, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 29451, forks 3144 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:53.486040+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of best practices for JavaScript projects covering Git workflows, documentation, testing, code style, API design, and accessibility. It is a documentation-style guide maintained by elsewhen, widely used as a reference for team conventions.

## Use cases
- set up git workflow conventions for a javascript team
- learn javascript project best practices
- write better commit messages
- standardize code style across a team
- design api guidelines for a node project
- onboard new developers to project conventions

## When to choose
- you are starting a new JavaScript project and want proven conventions
- you need a reference for git workflows, testing, and code style rules
- you want a checklist for maintaining long-term project health

## When to avoid
- you need executable tooling rather than written guidelines
- your project is not JavaScript-based
- you need enforceable linting configs instead of prose recommendations

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, tutorials
- platform: -
- tags: best-practices, code-style, git-workflow, guidelines, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- elsewhencode/project-guidelines (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:53.486040+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:53:00.274076+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/elsewhencode/project-guidelines (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:53.486040+00:00, sha 2bddd160e8a9)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/project-guidelines (fetched 2026-08-29T07:50:23.512843+00:00, sha 0435e696c8e8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.