28-Point Pre-Launch Checklist Covers SEO, Security, and Mobile Readiness

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A developer at DEV Community has published a 28-point checklist designed to be run before any website goes live, addressing common oversights that often get deferred post-launch. The list is grouped by severity and spans four key areas: HTTP security headers, SEO configuration, mobile responsiveness, and performance. Critical items include ensuring no stray noindex tags remain from staging, verifying HTTPS redirects and HSTS headers, and confirming Open Graph tags render correctly on platforms like Slack and LinkedIn. Performance checks cover time-to-first-byte, compression, cache control, and image dimensions to prevent layout shifts. The author notes that completing all 28 checks manually takes around 40 minutes using browser devtools, curl, and a Slack DM test.

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