When comparing Google Web Designer vs JSHint, the Slant community recommends Google Web Designer for most people. In the question“What are the best tools for front-end JavaScript development?” Google Web Designer is ranked 5th while JSHint is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Google Web Designer is:
Google Web Designer supports Mac, Windows and Linux.
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Pros
Pro Multi platform
Google Web Designer supports Mac, Windows and Linux.
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.
Pro Comes with support for many librariers
JSHint supports libraries like QUnit, NodeJS, jQuery, Mocha out of the box.
Pro Basic ES6 support
Basic ES6 support is included.
Cons
Con It is not a tool for website design
It's only for animations, banners and so on.
Con Currently in Beta
Google Web Designer was launched in 2013, and still remains in beta.
Con No way to support ESnext
There's no support for ESnext available.
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.
