tuesday tip

Team Creativity

30 de abril de 2019

Code Lint

If you write code, you want your code to look a certain way. You want the syntax to meet your stylistic requirements.

But when a team of developers writes code, the syntax should not show the author. The code should look the same and conform to the same rules regardless of who wrote it.

A linter is a tool that helps you achieve that goal. It scans your code for deviations from the rules your team set up. You can even use it to automatically correct your code.

Well, but it’s not only about that, even though that is important. A linter will also help avoid errors, things that could not be errors (but look like them) or could be potentially dangerous, by warning you of them.

Search for the most appropriate one for you and for the programming language you are using, and start linting your code now!