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• pyenv

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  Simple Python version management

  

  In the case of pre-commit hooks, the runtime either has to be installed manually by every user (in the case of Husky) or is handled in Python (in the case of pre-commit). Running Node.js through Python/pyenv introduces an additional layer of complexity, which can lead to issues like OpenSSL library incompatibilities.

• InfluxDB

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• husky

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  In the case of pre-commit hooks, the runtime either has to be installed manually by every user (in the case of Husky) or is handled in Python (in the case of pre-commit). Running Node.js through Python/pyenv introduces an additional layer of complexity, which can lead to issues like OpenSSL library incompatibilities.

• prettier

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  Prettier is an opinionated code formatter.

  

  Overall, we could probably say that formatting on save is less complex than formatting in a pre-commit hook, because most of the heavy lifting is done by the editor and the extension. Take the case of Prettier, the most common formatter for JavaScript/TypeScript. Since it requires Node.js, we want to run it in a context that abstracts away the installation of the runtime.

• pre-commit

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  A framework for managing and maintaining multi-language pre-commit hooks.

  

  In the case of pre-commit hooks, the runtime either has to be installed manually by every user (in the case of Husky) or is handled in Python (in the case of pre-commit). Running Node.js through Python/pyenv introduces an additional layer of complexity, which can lead to issues like OpenSSL library incompatibilities.

• Visual Studio Code

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  Visual Studio Code

  

  On the other hand, if everyone on the team uses the same editor, then you aren't really gaining much by being editor-agnostic. And at the time of this writing (July 2024), most of the industry has consolidated around VSCode for many languages. (Some even consider VSCode to be better than paid-for alternatives like WebStorm.) Languages like Java won't necessarily have one-editor-to-rule-them-all, but if your language does, then the benefit of being editor-agnostic is obviously lessened.

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