gistfile1.txt

For JS:

+ /project-root
|--+ /dist              Packaged stuff
|--+ /build             Compiled stuff
|--+ /bin               Sometimes these things have executables
|--+ /src               Source stuff
|  |--+ /stylus
|  |--+ /scripts        All JavasScript/LiveScript stuff
|  |  |--+ index.js     Entry point to the application
|  |  `--+ /modules     When it doesn't quite make sense to split as separated NPM repos
|  |--+ /images
|  |--+ /fonts
|  `--+ /resources      Other resources
|--+ /docs              Documentation stuff
|  |--+ /specs          Specification          |
|  |--+ /design         Design documents       |-> This is usually just Markdown
|  |--+ /api            API reference          |
|  `--+ /guide          Other guides           |
|--+ /tools             Anything related just to this project we need to automate
|--+ /vendor            All the stuff we grab from elsewhere
|--+ /test              Testing stuff
|  |--o tap.ls          Tap-based reporter
|  `--+ /specs          All property-based and example-based specifications
|--+ /node_modules      All dependencies
|--o README.md          Entry point information (installing, compiling, etc)
|--o package.json       Entry point meta-data
|--o Makefile/Gulpfile/Gruntfile
|--o .hgignore          Things we don't want in the repository
`--o .npmignore         Things we also don't want in our private NPM repository