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Tools like prettier have gone a long way to standardizing formatting in JS.

by fiddlerwoaroof 7y ago

Aeolun 7y ago
Yeah, it’s just a matter of saying ‘we use prettier’ and that kills all discussion on coding standards.
- yawaramin 7y ago
  Prettier only enforces formatting standards. Coding standards are a different matter.
  - antigirl 7y ago
    eslint?
paulddraper 7y ago
Agreed. Prettier is de facto standard for new projects. It lets you choose quote character, indentation size, and that basically it.
- michaelcampbell 7y ago
  Well... https://prettier.io/docs/en/options.html https://prettier.io/docs/en/options.html
  - paulddraper 7y ago
    > --tab-width > --single-quote I mentioned. > --use-tabs Relates to the "indentation width." > --print-width Yes, that's another big user-configurable parameter. > --trailing-comma This exists only for JS version compatibility. > --no-semi > --no-bracket-spacing > --arrow-parens Yeah, those are there too. --- But that's really it for JavaScript formatting options. Like I said, this produces very standardized code in the ecosystem. Compare to clang-format (which suports JavaScript): http://releases.llvm.org/5.0.0/tools/clang/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html http://releases.llvm.org/5.0.0/tools/clang/docs/ClangFormatS...
    - onion2k 7y ago
      clang-format is nice but it's closer to eslint than Prettier. It does a lot more than just enforcing what the code looks like.
- 9935c101ab17a66 7y ago
  As michaelcampbell pointed out, prettier has ~20 pretty robust configuration options, and it's not exactly obscure information. If you're already aware of this, what do you feel is missing?
  - another-dave 7y ago
    I thought GP was saying "that's it" as in, "no more discussions about it" not "that's all it can do".
HJain13 7y ago
I recently had an idea, where a plugin could apply my coding style to code, when I open the code but when I save, it saves it back in coding style for whoever/organisation I'm working for. Didn't find a plugin that already did that, do you guys know of one?
- 9935c101ab17a66 7y ago
  Yah prettier does this (the tool the person you are replying to mentioned). It's very commonly used in JS dev, alongside things like husky which lets you do things like format code on commit. If you need more info, I can try and point you in the right direction.
  - rgoulter 7y ago
    I've seen Husky+Prettier used to format on the pre-commit hook. Is "format on checkout" common? That'd make 'git diff' quite noisy.

Tools like prettier have gone a long way to standardizing formatting in JS.

Aeolun 7y ago

Yeah, it’s just a matter of saying ‘we use prettier’ and that kills all discussion on coding standards.

yawaramin 7y ago
Prettier only enforces formatting standards. Coding standards are a different matter.
- antigirl 7y ago
  eslint?

paulddraper 7y ago

Agreed. Prettier is de facto standard for new projects. It lets you choose quote character, indentation size, and that basically it.

michaelcampbell 7y ago
Well... https://prettier.io/docs/en/options.html https://prettier.io/docs/en/options.html
- paulddraper 7y ago
  > --tab-width > --single-quote I mentioned. > --use-tabs Relates to the "indentation width." > --print-width Yes, that's another big user-configurable parameter. > --trailing-comma This exists only for JS version compatibility. > --no-semi > --no-bracket-spacing > --arrow-parens Yeah, those are there too. --- But that's really it for JavaScript formatting options. Like I said, this produces very standardized code in the ecosystem. Compare to clang-format (which suports JavaScript): http://releases.llvm.org/5.0.0/tools/clang/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html http://releases.llvm.org/5.0.0/tools/clang/docs/ClangFormatS...
  - onion2k 7y ago
    clang-format is nice but it's closer to eslint than Prettier. It does a lot more than just enforcing what the code looks like.
9935c101ab17a66 7y ago
As michaelcampbell pointed out, prettier has ~20 pretty robust configuration options, and it's not exactly obscure information. If you're already aware of this, what do you feel is missing?
- another-dave 7y ago
  I thought GP was saying "that's it" as in, "no more discussions about it" not "that's all it can do".

HJain13 7y ago

I recently had an idea, where a plugin could apply my coding style to code, when I open the code but when I save, it saves it back in coding style for whoever/organisation I'm working for. Didn't find a plugin that already did that, do you guys know of one?

9935c101ab17a66 7y ago
Yah prettier does this (the tool the person you are replying to mentioned). It's very commonly used in JS dev, alongside things like husky which lets you do things like format code on commit. If you need more info, I can try and point you in the right direction.
- rgoulter 7y ago
  I've seen Husky+Prettier used to format on the pre-commit hook. Is "format on checkout" common? That'd make 'git diff' quite noisy.