How Should You Use an Auto-Formatter?

1. 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.

2. InfluxDB

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3. husky

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   Git hooks made easy 🐶 woof!

   

   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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. SaaSHub

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