@eslint-kit/configure NPM

Before you start

The README on main branch can contain some unreleased changes.

Go to release branch to see the actual README for the latest version from NPM.

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Why?

Most configs contain too common rules inside, so you need to do a lot of things to finalize them for your project
The other configs are bound to specific stack/technology, so it's hard to extend them in a way you're like
Sometimes, configs use formatting rules. Formatting is not the ESLint's job, so it's a high chance to get the conflict someday
Together, above means that most likely you'll need a different ESLint config for each of your project
You may often need to install a lot of dependencies: eslint, plugins, configs, parser, etc.
You may often face the problems with eslint/parser/plugin/config versions. It takes time to find the issue and solution.

ESLint Kit is solving all these problems by providing a many small presets, each performing a specific task.

You can select presets by using configure function in your .eslintrc.js file:

const { configure, presets } = require('@eslint-kit/configure')

module.exports = configure({
  presets: [
    presets.typescript(),
    presets.prettier(),
    presets.node(),
    presets.react({ version: '18.0' }),
    presets.alias({
      root: './src',
      paths: { '@app': './' }
    })
  ],
  extend: {
    rules: {
      'some-rule': 'off'
    }
  }
})

@eslint-kit/configure package contains all the dependencies you might need. It's ok - this is a development dependency, so you won't get any bundle size problems.

The ESLint Kit presets try to contain only the best-practice rules to make overwriting as rare as possible. But you can still easily override them by using extend property.

Installation

NPM:

npm install -D @eslint-kit/configure

Yarn:

yarn add -D @eslint-kit/configure

After installing, add the .eslintrc.js file in your project root:

const { configure, presets } = require('@eslint-kit/configure')

module.exports = configure({
  presets: [],
})

Now, just select the presets you need. The full information about them is located in Presets section.

You can also set up your editor if you haven't already.

Presets

Changes parser to @typescript-eslint/parser
Allows the usage of .ts and .tsx extensions
Adds some TypeScript specific rules (for TS files)
Replaces some default ESLint rules with their TypeScript analogues (for TS files)

configure({
  presets: [
    presets.typescript({
      // (optional) Project's root
      root: './',

      // (optional) A path to tsconfig file
      tsconfig: 'tsconfig.json'
    })
  ]
})

Enables the rule prettier/prettier from Prettier ESLint plugin

configure({
  presets: [
    /*
     * Optionally, you can pass the Prettier config
     * Note: it will merge and override any options set with .prettierrc files
     */
    presets.prettier({
      semi: false,
      singleQuote: true
      // ...
    })
  ]
})

The recommended Prettier config:

{
  "semi": false,
  "singleQuote": true,
  "tabWidth": 2,
  "quoteProps": "consistent",
  "endOfLine": "lf",
  "importOrder": [
    "^(child_process|crypto|events|fs|http|https|os|path)(\\/(.*))?$",
    "<THIRD_PARTY_MODULES>",
    "^~(\\/(.*))?$",
    "^@(\\/(.*))?$",
    "^@app(\\/(.*))?$",
    "^[./]"
  ],
  "experimentalBabelParserPluginsList": [
    "jsx",
    "typescript"
  ]
}

As you see, we use @trivago/prettier-plugin-sort-imports. You can find the options on its README page.

Enables node environment

configure({
  presets: [presets.node()]
})

Adds some React and React Hooks rules
Enables browser environment and jsx ecma feature

configure({
  presets: [
    presets.react({
      // (optional) Allows to specify React version
      version: 'detect',
      // (optional) Allows using JSX without importing `React`
      newJSXTransform: false
    })
  ]
})

Adds vue plugin
Changes parser to vue-eslint-parser
Detects installed vue version and enables /recommended rules for it
Enables @typescript-eslint/parser for <script> blocks when typescript preset is used
Enables browser environment and jsx ecma feature
Allows export default

You still need to setup your editor / IDE to lint .vue files. You can use this guide from Vue documentation.

configure({
  presets: [
    presets.vue({
      // (optional) Allows to specify Vue version
      version: 'detect'
    })
  ]
})

Adds solid plugin and enables /recommended rules
Enables /typescript rules when typescript preset is active

configure({
  presets: [presets.solidJs()]
})

Adds effector plugin and enables /recommended, /scope, and /react rules

configure({
  presets: [
    presets.effector({
      // (optional) Enables /future rules
      onlySample: false
    })
  ]
})

Adds svelte3 plugin and configures it
Enables some TypeScript settings when typescript preset is active

You still need to setup your editor / IDE to lint .svelte files. You can use this guide from svelte3 plugin repo.

configure({
  presets: [
    presets.svelte({
      // (optional) Disable type checking for .svelte files
      noTypeCheck: true
    })
  ]
})

Enables @next/eslint-plugin-next plugin rules
Allows the usage of export default

configure({
  presets: [presets.nextJs()]
})

Allows to set the aliases for import plugin
Automatically uses tsconfig.json when typescript preset is applied

configure({
  presets: [
    presets.alias({
      // (optional) Base path for all aliases
      // Defaults to './'
      root: './src',

      // (optional) Alises, all paths should be relative or absolute
      // Defaults to empty object
      paths: { '@app': './' },

      // (optional) A path to jsconfig
      // When specified, also respects jsconfig's "compilerOptions.paths"
      jsconfig: 'jsconfig.json'
    })
  ]
})

Common issues

Q: My .eslintrc.js doesn't work, why?
A: It's a regular issue with tools like @vue/cli and create-react-app. Check package.json and remove eslintConfig if you find it. Otherwise, try to restart your editor.

Setting up editors

VSCode

Install ESLint VSCode extension:

Next, select from the following and click on it:

Click on Settings icon:

Select "Keyboard shortcuts"

Type "eslint" and click on "edit" button:

Finally, choose the keybind you like.

Click on Settings icon:

Select "Settings"

Switch to text mode:

Finally, add the following and save:

{
  "eslint.validate": [
    "javascript",
    "javascriptreact",
    "typescript",
    "typescriptreact",
  ],
  "editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
    "source.fixAll.eslint": true,
  },
}

Contributing

Fork this repo
Switch to new branch, it should start with feat/, fix/, docs/, refactor/, and etc., depending on the changes you want to propose
Make changes
Create a Pull Request into this repo's main branch
When the checks is done and review is passed, I'll merge it into main and it will create a new record in the changelog. Then, when release is finally ready, your changes will be released.

Maintenance

The dev branch is main - any developer changes is merged in there. Also, there is a release branch. It always contains the actual published release source code and tag.

All changes is made using Pull Requests - push is forbidden. PR can be merged only after successfull test-and-build workflow checks.

When PR is merged, release-drafter workflow creates/updates a draft release. The changelog is built from the merged branch scope (feat, fix, etc) and PR title. When release is ready - we publish the draft.

Then, the release workflow handles everything:

We run tests and build a package
Then, we merge release tag into the release branch
After, we restore build artifacts and publish it to NPM

Also, this repo has Renovate bot set up to auto-update typescript preset dependencies (they change frequently).

That's how it works:

Renovate bot creates a PR into release branch, cause we want to create a new release from the old one, without any pending dev changes
PR automatically merges after successfull checks
It triggers release-auto-update workflow
We take last tag from release branch, bump its minor number, and set the newly created tag at the latest commit from release
Then, we can create a Github release using this tag
A published release triggers release workflow, and it works just like the regular release