README
NodeOS Standard Style
Simply a fork of Standard with different rules for the NodeOS team
No decisions to make. No .eslintrc, .jshintrc, or .jscsrc files to manage. It just
works.
This module saves you (and others!) time in two ways:
- No configuration. The easiest way to enforce consistent style in your project. Just drop it in.
- Catch style errors before they're submitted in PRs. Saves precious code review time by eliminating back-and-forth between maintainer and contributor.
Install with:
npm install nodeos-standard
The rules
For a quick list of the rules, please refer to ESLint's recommended rules here.
The specific additions to these rules are as followed:
- semicolons are optional
- Unix style line breaks
Table of Contents
- Install
- Usage
- FAQ
- How do I ignore files?
- How do I hide a certain warning?
- I use a library that pollutes the global namespace. How do I prevent "variable is not defined" errors?
- Can I use a custom JS parser for bleeding-edge ES6 or ES7 support?
- What about Web Workers?
- What about Mocha, Jasmine, QUnit, etc?
- Is there a Git
pre-commithook? - How do I make the output all colorful and pretty?
- Node.js API
- License
Install
The easiest way to use NodeOS Standard Style to check your code is to install
it globally as a Node command line program. To do so, simply run the following
command in your terminal (flag -g installs standard globally on your system,
omit it if you want to install in the current working directory):
npm install nodeos-standard --global
Or, you can run this command to install nodeos-standard locally, for use in your module:
npm install nodeos-standard --save-dev
Node.js and npm are required to run the preceding commands.
Usage
After you've installed nodeos-standard, you should be able to use the nodeos-standard program. The
simplest use case would be checking the style of all JavaScript files in the
current working directory:
$ nodeos-standard
Error: Use NodeOS Standard Style
lib/torrent.js:950:11: Expected '===' and instead saw '=='.
You can optionally pass in a directory (or directories) using the glob pattern. Be sure to quote paths containing glob patterns so that they are expanded by nodeos-standard instead of your shell:
$ nodeos-standard "src/util/**/*.js" "test/**/*.js"
Note: by default nodeos-standard will look for all files matching the patterns:
**/*.js, **/*.jsx.
What you might do if you're clever
- Add it to
package.json
{
"name": "my-cool-package",
"devDependencies": {
"nodeos-standard": "*"
},
"scripts": {
"test": "nodeos-standard && node my-tests.js"
}
}
- Check style automatically when you run
npm test
$ npm test
Error: Use NodeOS Standard Style
lib/torrent.js:950:11: Expected '===' and instead saw '=='.
- Never give style feedback on a pull request again!
How do I ignore files?
The paths node_modules/**, *.min.js, bundle.js, coverage/**, hidden
files/folders (beginning with .), and all patterns in a project's root
.gitignore file are automatically ignored.
Sometimes you need to ignore additional folders or specific minified files. To do
that, add a nodeos-standard.ignore property to package.json:
"nodeos-standard": {
"ignore": [
"**/out/",
"/lib/select2/",
"/lib/ckeditor/",
"tmp.js"
]
}
FAQ
How do I hide a certain warning?
In rare cases, you'll need to break a rule and hide the warning generated by
nodeos-standard.
NodeOS Standard Style uses eslint under-the-hood and
you can hide warnings as you normally would if you used eslint directly.
To get verbose output (so you can find the particular rule name to ignore), run:
$ nodeos-standard --verbose
Error: Use NodeOS Standard Style
routes/error.js:20:36: 'file' was used before it was defined. (no-use-before-define)
Disable all rules on a specific line:
file = 'I know what I am doing' // eslint-disable-line
Or, disable only the "no-use-before-define" rule:
file = 'I know what I am doing' // eslint-disable-line no-use-before-define
Or, disable the "no-use-before-define" rule for multiple lines:
/* eslint-disable no-use-before-define */
console.log('offending code goes here...')
console.log('offending code goes here...')
console.log('offending code goes here...')
/* eslint-enable no-use-before-define */
I use a library that pollutes the global namespace. How do I prevent "variable is not defined" errors?
Some packages (e.g. mocha) put their functions (e.g. describe, it) on the
global object (poor form!). Since these functions are not defined or required
anywhere in your code, nodeos-standard will warn that you're using a variable that is
not defined (usually, this rule is really useful for catching typos!). But we want
to disable it for these global variables.
To let nodeos-standard (as well as humans reading your code) know that certain variables
are global in your code, add this to the top of your file:
/* global myVar1, myVar2 */
If you have hundreds of files, adding comments to every file can be tedious. In
these cases, you can add this to package.json:
{
"nodeos-standard": {
"globals": [ "myVar1", "myVar2" ]
}
}
Can I use a custom JS parser for bleeding-edge ES6 or ES7 support?
nodeos-standard supports custom JS parsers. To use a custom parser, install it from npm
(example: npm install babel-eslint) and add this to your package.json:
{
"standard": {
"parser": "babel-eslint"
}
}
If you're using nodeos-standard globally (you installed it with -g), then you also
need to install babel-eslint globally with npm install babel-eslint -g.
What about Web Workers?
Add this to the top of your files:
/* eslint-env serviceworker */
This lets nodeos-standard (as well as humans reading your code) know that self is a
global in web worker code.
What about Mocha, Jasmine, QUnit, etc?
To support mocha in your test files, add this to the beginning of your test files:
/* eslint-env mocha */
Where mocha can be one of jasmine, qunit, phantomjs, and so on. To see a
full list, check ESLint's
specifying environments
documentation. For a list of what globals are available for these environments,
check the
globals npm
module.
Is there a Git pre-commit hook?
Funny you should ask!
#!/bin/sh
# Ensure all javascript files staged for commit pass standard code style
git diff --name-only --cached --relative | grep '\.jsx\?