Linting JavaScript codebase with Eslint
April 5, 2023Linting represents static code analysis based on specified rules. Please include it in the CI pipeline.
Setup
Run the following commands to generate the linter configuration using the eslint package.
npm init -ynpm init @eslint/config
Below is an example of the configuration. Some rules can be ignored or suppressed as warnings, ignore the files using ignores field.
// eslint.config.jsimport globals from 'globals';import pluginJs from '@eslint/js';export default [{ languageOptions: { globals: globals.node } },pluginJs.configs.recommended,{ignores: ['dist/**/*.js']},{rules: {'no-console': ['off'],'no-unused-vars': ['warn']}}];
Linting
Configure and run the script with the npm run lint command. Some errors can be fixed automatically with the --fix option.
// package.json{"scripts": {// ..."lint": "eslint .","lint:fix": "npm run lint -- --fix"}}