What makes a website “ready” for delivery to a customer?

Question

Sorry if this question has already been given, and sorry if it is too subjective to make sense, or for StackOverflow.

I deliver the site to the client and I want to send them high quality HTML / CSS / JS, fully tested, accessible, etc.

So, I am compiling a list of things to check and useful tools for doing this before passing the code. Here is a partial list, but what am I missing?

• Link checking for any broken links I might have missed - W3C link checker
• HTML Validation for Availability and Inoperability - W3C HTML Validator
• CSS Validation - W3C CSS Validator
• Check page elements with slow loading - Firebug and YSlow plugin

What was lost - if you were a client, what else would you like to make sure was checked?

I am curious about the etiquette of things such as comments, indents and thumbnails; is it good practice to sort this out? What else did I miss?

Thank:)

Answer 1

Here are some well-known checklists:

http://launchlist.net/

[EDIT] and the other: http://www.boxuk.com/blog/the-ultimate-website-launch-checklist

Answer 2

I cannot help but feel that you are doing the wrong way ...

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Answer 3

JSLint? JavaScript. (: JSLint .)

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Answer 5

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Answer 6

I cannot help but feel that the browser check is not on your list. Nothing beats a website in every browser where you can get your hands on.