diff --git a/.jshintignore b/.jshintignore
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index 0000000000..f2c93bcf07
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+node_modules/
+*.sublime-project
+*.sublime-workspace
+
+logs/
+/public/templates
+
+
+/coverage
+/build
+test
+src
+public
+/public/src/app.js
+/public/src/client.js
+/public/src/admin/admin.js
+/public/src/modules/translator.common.js
+/public/src/modules/pictureCropper.js
+/public/src/modules/ace-editor.js
+/public/src/client/account/header.js
+/public/src/client/test.js
+themes/
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diff --git a/.jshintrc b/.jshintrc
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+{
+    "node": true,
+    "esversion": 9,
+    "curly": true,
+    "eqeqeq": true,
+    "undef": true,
+    "globals": {
+        "console": true,
+        "module": true,
+        "db": true 
+    },
+    "indent": 4
+}
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diff --git a/install/docker/mongodb-user-init.js b/install/docker/mongodb-user-init.js
index 36b7079173..af888049d2 100644
--- a/install/docker/mongodb-user-init.js
+++ b/install/docker/mongodb-user-init.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-db.createUser( { user: 'nodebb', pwd: 'nodebb', roles: [ { role: 'readWrite', db: 'nodebb' }, { role: 'clusterMonitor', db: 'admin' } ] } )
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+db.createUser( { user: 'nodebb', pwd: 'nodebb', roles: [ { role: 'readWrite', db: 'nodebb' }, { role: 'clusterMonitor', db: 'admin' } ] } );
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diff --git a/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-composer-default/.jshintrc b/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-composer-default/.jshintrc
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index 1981c254c5..0000000000
--- a/node_modules/nodebb-plugin-composer-default/.jshintrc
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-{
-    // JSHint Default Configuration File (as on JSHint website)
-    // See http://jshint.com/docs/ for more details
-
-    "maxerr" : 50, // {int} Maximum error before stopping
-
-    // Enforcing
-    "bitwise" : true, // true: Prohibit bitwise operators (&, |, ^, etc.)
-    "camelcase" : false, // true: Identifiers must be in camelCase
-    "curly" : true, // true: Require {} for every new block or scope
-    "eqeqeq" : true, // true: Require triple equals (===) for comparison
-    "forin" : true, // true: Require filtering for..in loops with obj.hasOwnProperty()
-    "immed" : false, // true: Require immediate invocations to be wrapped in parens e.g. `(function () { } ());`
-    "indent" : 4, // {int} Number of spaces to use for indentation
-    "latedef" : false, // true: Require variables/functions to be defined before being used
-    "newcap" : false, // true: Require capitalization of all constructor functions e.g. `new F()`
-    "noarg" : true, // true: Prohibit use of `arguments.caller` and `arguments.callee`
-    "noempty" : true, // true: Prohibit use of empty blocks
-    "nonew" : false, // true: Prohibit use of constructors for side-effects (without assignment)
-    "plusplus" : false, // true: Prohibit use of `++` & `--`
-    "quotmark" : false, // Quotation mark consistency:
-                                // false : do nothing (default)
-                                // true : ensure whatever is used is consistent
-                                // "single" : require single quotes
-                                // "double" : require double quotes
-    "undef" : true, // true: Require all non-global variables to be declared (prevents global leaks)
-    "unused" : true, // true: Require all defined variables be used
-    "strict" : true, // true: Requires all functions run in ES5 Strict Mode
-    "trailing" : false, // true: Prohibit trailing whitespaces
-    "maxparams" : false, // {int} Max number of formal params allowed per function
-    "maxdepth" : false, // {int} Max depth of nested blocks (within functions)
-    "maxstatements" : false, // {int} Max number statements per function
-    "maxcomplexity" : false, // {int} Max cyclomatic complexity per function
-    "maxlen" : false, // {int} Max number of characters per line
-
-    // Relaxing
-    "asi" : false, // true: Tolerate Automatic Semicolon Insertion (no semicolons)
-    "boss" : false, // true: Tolerate assignments where comparisons would be expected
-    "debug" : false, // true: Allow debugger statements e.g. browser breakpoints.
-    "eqnull" : false, // true: Tolerate use of `== null`
-    "es5" : false, // true: Allow ES5 syntax (ex: getters and setters)
-    "esnext" : false, // true: Allow ES.next (ES6) syntax (ex: `const`)
-    "moz" : false, // true: Allow Mozilla specific syntax (extends and overrides esnext features)
-                                 // (ex: `for each`, multiple try/catch, function expression…)
-    "evil" : false, // true: Tolerate use of `eval` and `new Function()`
-    "expr" : false, // true: Tolerate `ExpressionStatement` as Programs
-    "funcscope" : false, // true: Tolerate defining variables inside control statements"
-    "globalstrict" : false, // true: Allow global "use strict" (also enables 'strict')
-    "iterator" : false, // true: Tolerate using the `__iterator__` property
-    "lastsemic" : false, // true: Tolerate omitting a semicolon for the last statement of a 1-line block
-    "laxbreak" : false, // true: Tolerate possibly unsafe line breakings
-    "laxcomma" : false, // true: Tolerate comma-first style coding
-    "loopfunc" : false, // true: Tolerate functions being defined in loops
-    "multistr" : false, // true: Tolerate multi-line strings
-    "proto" : false, // true: Tolerate using the `__proto__` property
-    "scripturl" : false, // true: Tolerate script-targeted URLs
-    "smarttabs" : false, // true: Tolerate mixed tabs/spaces when used for alignment
-    "shadow" : false, // true: Allows re-define variables later in code e.g. `var x=1; x=2;`
-    "sub" : false, // true: Tolerate using `[]` notation when it can still be expressed in dot notation
-    "supernew" : false, // true: Tolerate `new function () { ... };` and `new Object;`
-    "validthis" : false, // true: Tolerate using this in a non-constructor function
-
-    // Environments
-    "browser" : true, // Web Browser (window, document, etc)
-    "couch" : false, // CouchDB
-    "devel" : true, // Development/debugging (alert, confirm, etc)
-    "dojo" : false, // Dojo Toolkit
-    "jquery" : true, // jQuery
-    "mootools" : false, // MooTools
-    "node" : true, // Node.js
-    "nonstandard" : false, // Widely adopted globals (escape, unescape, etc)
-    "prototypejs" : false, // Prototype and Scriptaculous
-    "rhino" : false, // Rhino
-    "worker" : false, // Web Workers
-    "wsh" : false, // Windows Scripting Host
-    "yui" : false, // Yahoo User Interface
-
-    // Legacy
-    "nomen" : false, // true: Prohibit dangling `_` in variables
-    "onevar" : false, // true: Allow only one `var` statement per function
-    "passfail" : false, // true: Stop on first error
-    "white" : false, // true: Check against strict whitespace and indentation rules
-
-    // Custom Globals
-    "globals" : {} // additional predefined global variables
-}
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