jsl

an esprima-based, modular linter. by default, it installs some comma-first rules, but it's designed to let you build your own linter easily.

api

lint = require('linter')

lint() -> Linter

create a new linter.

Linter.rule(selectNodeFunction, handleNodeFunction, errorLevel) -> Linter

selectNodeFunction :: Function(AST Node) -> Boolean -- determines whether to run handleNodeFunction on a given node, "selecting" the node. selectNodeFunction may also be a CSSauron-Falafel style selector string.

var lint = require('jsl')
  , linter

linter = lint()

linter.rule(function(node) { return !!node.params }, ..., 'error')
linter.rule('function > block > expr:first-child:last-child', ..., 'warn') 

handleNodeFunction :: Function(AST Node, subsourceFunction, alertFunction) -- once a node has been selected, determine whether or the node fails any style checks. It receives the node in question, as well as a subsource function and an alert function. alert produces messages at the selected error level, while subsource makes it easy to select ranges of strings while ignoring comments between nodes.

var lint = require('jsl')
  , linter

linter = lint()

linter.rule('array', function(node, subsource, alert) {
  var sub = subsource(node)
    , src

  // given `[a, b, c]`, `sub` will select:
  //          ^^
  // and return ', '.
  src = sub(node.elements[0].range[1], node.elements[1].range[0])

  // alert takes a node on which to attach the 
  // notification; a format string, and subsequent
  // arguments to place into the format string.
  alert(node, 'saw %r', src) 
}, 'general info')

Linter.rule(handleNodeFunction, errorLevel) -> Linter

If handleNodeFunction has a .selector property, it will be used.

This is primarily to enable simple require's.

// linter.js

linter.rule(require('./contrived-test'), 'warning')

// contrived-test.js

module.exports = contrived

// select the right descendant of any binary
// operator:
contrived.selector = 'binary > * + *'

function contrived(node, subsource, alert) {
  alert(node, 'never use binary expressions because reasons')
}

Linter.line(handleLineFunction, errorLevel) -> Linter

Handle a line of the file as a simple text chunk.

linter.line(function(line_number, line_string, alert) {
  if(line_string.length > 80) {
    alert('this line is too long.')
  }
}, 'error')

Linter() -> linterStream()

By invoking Linter, you receive a through stream that takes file data and emits messages:

{ type: String // "level" that the rule was assigned when given to the linter
, line: Number
, col: Number
, message: String // the message emitted
}

Linter.cli(exit=process.exit)

Run the linter as a CLI. The CLI will accept any number of files, run the linter on them, and output messages. If rules with a level of "error" emit messages, the CLI will exit with a non-zero exit code. It can be provided an optional exit function; if none is provided it will call process.exit with the number of error-level violations.

Linter.test(fileList[, readyCallback]) -> Function

Given an array of entry points, create a function that takes assert and runs the linter against your repository.

var test = require('tape')
  , your_rules = require('your-rules')

test('repository lints', your_rules.test([__filename])) 

Linter.transform()

TODO

Install a browserify transform that lints files as they come through, and if there are style violations, emits errors and halts compilation (borrowing a page from Go's book).

license

MIT