

#Javascript lint command line for mac how to#
In this article, we'll go through how to setup your own custom lint rule for a JavaScript project using Markdown and MDX, starting from scratch.įork this repository with the complete tutorial, if you don't want to start from scratch.Ĭreate a new folder and enter it from your terminal. It doesn't matter if you're writing JavaScript in the browser or on the server, with or without a framework, ESLint can help your code live its best life.

In the last years, modern web development architectures based on client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs and prebuilt Markup ( JAMstack), and new web frameworks ( Gatsby, Gridsome or Next.js), have gained increased popularity amongst developers, and even allowed us to start using JSX within our Markdown ( MDX).Īs these solutions scale, and more content writers and developers start contributing to these documents, teams are encouraged to adopt linting programs to shape best practices around markdown and MDX, and enforcing styles and conventions. The pluggable linting utility for JavaScript and JSX ESLint is an open source project that helps you find and fix problems with your JavaScript code. There is a myriad of solutions out there to convert our Markdown into HTML pages or to scaffold entire websites out of our documents. Bring up the Command Palette ( Command+Shift+P on OS X, Control+Shift+P on Linux/Windows), then type JSLint. It's an exceptional tool to create text documents, blog posts, documentation articles, and it allows us to do so without having to worry about formatting, font styles, or having to set up HTML boilerplate.
