diff --git a/.jscsrc b/.jscsrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..285ada95c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jscsrc
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+{
+  "maximumLineLength": {
+    "value": 140,
+    "allowComments": true
+  },
+	"requireCurlyBraces": [
+    "for",
+    "do",
+    "try",
+    "catch"
+  ],
+  "requireSpaceAfterKeywords": [
+    "if",
+    "else",
+    "for",
+    "while",
+    "do",
+    "switch",
+    "case",
+    "return",
+    "try",
+    "catch",
+    "function",
+    "typeof"
+  ],
+  "requireSpaceBeforeBlockStatements": true,
+  "requireParenthesesAroundIIFE": true,
+  "requireSpacesInConditionalExpression": true,
+  "disallowSpacesInNamedFunctionExpression": {
+    "beforeOpeningRoundBrace": true
+  },
+  "disallowSpacesInFunctionDeclaration": {
+    "beforeOpeningRoundBrace": true
+  },
+  "requireSpaceBetweenArguments": true,
+  "disallowMultipleVarDecl": "exceptUndefined",
+  "disallowEmptyBlocks": true,
+  "requireCommaBeforeLineBreak": true,
+  "disallowSpaceAfterPrefixUnaryOperators": true,
+  "disallowSpaceBeforePostfixUnaryOperators": true,
+  "disallowSpaceBeforeBinaryOperators": [
+    ","
+  ],
+  "requireSpacesInForStatement": true,
+  "requireSpaceBeforeBinaryOperators": true,
+  "requireSpaceAfterBinaryOperators": true,
+  "disallowKeywords": [
+    "with"
+  ],
+  "validateIndentation": 2,
+  "validateQuoteMarks": { "mark": "'", "escape": true },
+  "disallowMixedSpacesAndTabs": true,
+  "disallowTrailingWhitespace": true,
+  "requireCapitalizedConstructors": true,
+  "requireDotNotation": true,
+  "disallowNewlineBeforeBlockStatements": true,
+  "disallowMultipleLineStrings": true
+}
diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e5b2febb1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc
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+{
+  // for files at project root
+  "node": true,
+
+  // shared with .jshintrc files for browser and node
+  "unused": false,
+  "bitwise": false,
+  "eqnull": true,
+  "eqeqeq": true,
+  "forin": true,
+  "immed": true,
+  "expr": true,
+  "latedef": "nofunc",
+  "noarg": true,
+  "noempty": true,
+  "undef": true,
+  "quotmark": "single",
+  "plusplus": false,
+  "boss": true,
+  "laxbreak": true,
+  "laxcomma": true,
+  "validthis": true,
+  "sub": true,
+  "-W084": true,
+  "scripturl": true,
+  "evil": true
+}
diff --git a/.jshintrc.browser b/.jshintrc.browser
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09cdd36321a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc.browser
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./.jshintrc",
+  "node": false,
+  "browser": true,
+
+  "predef": {
+    // require.js
+    "define": true,
+    "require": true,
+    "console": false,
+    "-event": true,
+    "-name": true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.jshintrc.node b/.jshintrc.node
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a77f81af35e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jshintrc.node
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./.jshintrc",
+  "node": true,
+
+  "globals": {
+    "Promise": true,
+    "status": true
+  }
+}