Nlint

Nlint does full project syntax linting. It runs your js/json/css files through linters to find errors that might not reveal themselves in testing.

• Async, multi process for faster reading and linting
• JSHint: JavaScript code quality tool
• JSCS: JavaScript code style checker
• CSSLint: Automated linting of Cascading Stylesheets
• JSONLint: JSON Linter that allows comments

Installation

$ npm install nlint

Usage

When installed globally npm install -g nlint, the nlint command may be used

$ nlint /path/to/dir/

To incorporate nlint into your build process, just trigger the render method

require( 'nlint' ).render( '/path/to/root/' );

Options

• use: List of linters to use. Comma separated list, or array of linters. Defaults to all linters.
• fork: Number of forked processes for use in linting. Will speed up large projects. Defaults to the number of cpus on the system.
• ignore: List of file paths to ignore. Should be an array of string paths.
• linters: Object of options that are passed to the linter function
• reset: Resets all previous options up to that directory (including global defaults)

Here is a sample nlint file that can be used (commented)

// .nlint.json
{
	// Use all linters
	"use": "*",

	// Ignore the .git generated directory because nothing good can come of it
	// Also ignore node_modules as third-party modules might not pass your standards
	"ignore": [
		".git/",
		"node_modules/"
	],

	// Tell jshint that the JavaScript files are for a nodejs enviornment
	"linters": {
		"jshint": {
			"node": true
		}
	}
}

.nlint

Nlint files define out options for the directory it's in, and each subdirectory following. Each following nlint file adds/overwrites the previous nlint file in the parent directories.

• .nlint, .nlint.json, .nlint.json5: JSON files mimicking options for that directory
• .nlint.js: module.exports is used as the options object for that directory

# Sample directory setup
/Users/me/my-project/.nlint.json
/Users/me/my-project/test/.nlint.json

When nlint is traversing your project, every file and directory that is not the /test directory inherits it's settings from the root /.nlint.json file.

When nlint is traversing your test directory, the settings used is the equivalent of the following

settings = extend(
	require( "/Users/me/my-project/.nlint.json" ),
	require( "/Users/me/my-project/test/.nlint.json" )
);

License

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2012-2014 Corey Hart

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