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JSHint Review

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Pros

Endi Sukaj
Andris Pelcbergs

Pro
Customizable ruleset

Since it's creation, JSHint was created to be a more configurable version of JSLint (it's actually a fork of JSLint itself). Every rule is configurable through a configuration file.

Endi Sukaj
Andris Pelcbergs

Pro
Comes with support for many librariers

JSHint supports libraries like QUnit, NodeJS, jQuery, Mocha out of the box.

Endi Sukaj
Andris Pelcbergs

Pro
Basic ES6 support

Basic ES6 support is included.

Cons

Endi Sukaj
Sergiy Kyrylkov

Con
No way to support ESnext

There's no support for ESnext available.

Endi Sukaj
Andris Pelcbergs

Con
Difficult to know which rule is causing an error

Because it does not display the rule name that is being broken, it's difficult to know which rule is actually causing the error.

Commonly Compared

JSHint
vs
Gulp
91 Recommendations
Webpack
84 Recommendations
JSLint
16 Recommendations
Emmet
58 Recommendations
ESLint
42 Recommendations
Origami
9 Recommendations
Sublimerge
28 Recommendations
File​Diffs
6 Recommendations
Mocha
81 Recommendations
Yeoman
42 Recommendations
SideBar Enhancements
62 Recommendations
sublimious
2 Recommendations
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