General

[jstayton]

• Code line length should be no longer than 120 characters, unless the language/framework has an existing convention.
• Comment line length should be no longer than 80 characters, unless the language/framework has an existing convention. This includes pure documentation files like README.md.
• We adhere to the Manifesto for Agile Software Development and its twelve principles.

[jstayton]

The Twelve-Factor App is a good summary of best practices for web apps / services.