Hasty Treat - Code Quality Tooling

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about code quality tooling - how to get your code extra nice and clean, and the tools that will help you along the way.

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Show Notes

3:11 - ESLint / JSHint / Linters in general

• Eslint took over as a flexible solution for code style and quality
• Use plugins and presets to set your rules for different types of project
• Don’t be afraid to tweak rules, they are not the word of god

10:55 - Prettier

• Strictly formatting
• Can work with or without ESLint
• Provides an enforceable standard for teams
• Configurable
• Prettier for CSS, PHP, GraphQL, etc.

18:46 - VS Code

• Red underlines like spellcheck for code
• Tooltip for lint errors
• Fix on save vs fix on command

Links

• ESLint
• JSHint
• Prettier
• Wes’ dotfiles

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