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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Variable Scope

Timothy Huxley
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Timothy Huxley
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Posted by Timothy Huxley
Timothy Huxley
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Are there any tools to give us warnings and help us avoid risky code?

(e.g. if I forget to declare a var in a function or use == instead of ===)

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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There are several code-checking tools for JavaScript.

Any search engine will easily turn up several. But these two are by far the most popular:

Timothy Huxley
Timothy Huxley
Courses Plus Student 4,781 Points
Timothy Huxley
Timothy Huxley
Courses Plus Student 4,781 Points

Thanks! I appreciate a recommendation over a search.

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eck
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eck
eck
43,038 Points

ESLint is another popular linter that has a pretty complete set of rules created and maintained by Air BnB.

Here you can learn about what rules they use and why: https://github.com/airbnb/javascript Here you can learn about how to set up different versions: https://www.npmjs.com/package/eslint-config-airbnb