ESLint VS XO

Automating code checks with static code analysis allows us to enforce code styling effectively. By integrating tools into our workflow, we can identify errors at an early stage, while coding instead of blocking us at the end. For instance, flake8 checks Python code for style and errors, eslint performs similar checks for JavaScript, and prettier automatically formats code to maintain consistency.

If you're a developer, you're surely familiar with Prettier and ESLint. With over 8 years of existence, they have established themselves as references in the JavaScript ecosystem.

eslint is used to avoid code errors

No lint errors: The committed code does not contain any lint errors (eslint).

Let’s walk through the steps for a one-time setup to configure husky pre-commit and pre-push hooks, ESLint with code styles conventions, prettier code formatter, and lint-staged. Husky automatically runs a script on each commit or push. This is useful for linting files to enforce code styles that keeps the entire code base following conventions.

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ESLint: A pluggable and configurable linter tool for identifying and reporting on patterns in JavaScript.

ESLint

1. Lack of Static Code Analysis Static code analysis tools like TypeScript and ESLint play a crucial role in identifying and preventing bugs. TypeScript provides static typing, enhancing the robustness of the code. ESLint detects issues and enforces coding standards. The absence of these tools can significantly elevate the likelihood of bugs due to the lack of early detection and guidance provided during development.

The industry standard for JavaScript is ESLint. VS Code has an ESLint extension. Here is a guide.

Usually you would pick a config you like and set it up for your project, notable ones are already mentioned but I'll mention more:

- xo https://github.com/xojs/xo

You might enjoy `xo` :) https://github.com/xojs/xo

XO

The developer told me we could not do that because the linter we are using. (XO)[https://github.com/xojs/xo] started complaining.

Real world example: you are using create-react-app, and you want to also to use xo, as both come with their own version of ESLint pre-installed, you could end up with 2 ESLint installed.

One of the biggest hassles to update was the linter we are using: XO, which is a very opinionated, but customizable linter base on ESlint.

Projects: awesome, awesome-nodejs, avajs/ava, xojs/xo