# nodelint

**Repository Path**: mirrors_wickedest/nodelint

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: nodelint
- **Description**: Run JSLint from the command line under NodeJS
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-19
- **Last Updated**: 2025-11-09

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

nodelint
--------

- [Node.js] is a [V8] based framework for writing Javascript applications outside
  the browser.

- [JSLint] is a code quality tool that checks for problems in Javascript programs.

- **nodelint** lets you run JSLint from the command line.

- nodelint currently supports node version 0.4.x and tested with 0.5.9 so should run on 0.6.x

[Node.js]: http://nodejs.org/
[V8]: http://code.google.com/p/v8/
[JSLint]: https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSLint


installation
------------

npm:

    $ npm install nodelint


If you clone nodelint from Github, you should init JSLint submodule:

    $ git submodule update --init


usage
-----

You can use `nodelint` directly if you have `node` in your $PATH,
or if you installed it using `npm -g`:

    $ nodelint path/to/your/file.js

Otherwise, you need to run it with node:

    $ node path/to/nodelint path/to/your/file.js

You can also specify a directory param and nodelint will find all .js files under that directory and its subdirectories:

    $ node path/to/nodelint dir1/ dir2/

Enjoy!


configuration
-------------

You can override default JSLint options by passing config file with the optional `--config` parameter:

    $ nodelint file1 file2 dir1 dir2 --config path/to/your/config/file.js

For example, if the default config.js has:

    var options = {
        adsafe       : false,
        bitwise      : true,
        ...
        "predef"     : []
    };

And your own path/to/your/config/file.js looks like:

    var options = {
        bitwise      : false,
        browser      : false
    };

Then the final options used will be:

    var options = {
        adsafe       : false,
        bitwise      : false,
        browser      : false,
        ...
        "predef"     : []
    };

Take a look at [JSLint's options] to see what to put in the `options` variable.

[JSLint's options]: http://www.jslint.com/lint.html#options

You can also add your configuration inside the JS files itself:
JSLint will use this one instead of the global one.

Simply add some comments at the beginning of the file.
Note that there is no space between /* and global and between /* and jslint:

    // define your global objects:
    /*global YUI, JQuery */

    // define your jslint-options:
    /*jslint white: true, onevar: true, undef: true, nomen: true */


reporters
---------

By default nodelint uses an internal `reporter` to output it's results to the console.
There may be times when a more customizable reporting system might be needed
(*i.e. IDE/Text Editor integrations or customized console outputs*).

`nodelint` allows you to designate a custom reporter for outputting the results
from JSLint's run. This `reporter` will override the default one
built into nodelint. To utilize a custom reporter first create a js file that
exports `reporter` function:

`example-reporter.js`:

    var util = require('util');

    function report(results) {
        var len = results.length;
        util.puts(len + ' error' + ((len === 1) ? '' : 's'));
    }

    exports.report = report;

Then when you run nodelint from the command line, pass in the customized
reporter:

`$ ./nodelint path/to/file.js --reporter path/to/file/example-reporter.js`

For brevity sake, this is a fairly simple reporter.

`nodelint` includes some build-in reportes for VIM, Textmate and JetBrains IDEA integration.

Also it include XML reporter, that produces reports which can
also be integrated with a Continuous Integration server like [Hudson] using the
[Violations Plugin].

Please see the [wiki][wiki] for integration with various editors.

[Hudson]: http://hudson-ci.org
[Violations Plugin]: http://wiki.hudson-ci.org/display/HUDSON/Violations


contribute
----------

To contribute any patches, simply fork this repository using GitHub and send a
pull request to me <<http://github.com/tav>>. Thanks!


credits
-------

- [tav], wrote nodelint

- [Felix Geisendörfer][felixge], clarified Node.js specific details

- [Douglas Crockford], wrote the original JSLint and rhino.js runner

- [Nathan Landis][my8bird], updated nodelint to Node's new API.

- [Oleg Efimov][Sannis], added support for overridable configurations, running
  nodelint from a symlink and updates to reflect Node.js API changes.

- [Matthew Kitt][mkitt], added support for configurable reporters, various code
  cleanups and improvements including updates to reflect Node.js API changes.

- [Corey Hart], updated nodelint with multiple files and config support.

- [Mamading Ceesay][evangineer], added support for using nodelint within Emacs.

- [Matt Ranney][mranney], updated nodelint to use sys.error.

- [Cliffano Subagio], added npm installation support, XML reporter, and directory param support.

- [Clemens Akens], updated to latest JSLint from Crockford repo

- [Paul Armstrong], updates to reflect Node.js and npm API changes

[tav]: http://tav.espians.com
[felixge]: http://debuggable.com
[Douglas Crockford]: http://www.crockford.com
[my8bird]: http://github.com/my8bird
[Sannis]: http://github.com/Sannis
[mkitt]: http://github.com/mkitt
[Corey Hart]: http://www.codenothing.com
[evangineer]: http://github.com/evangineer
[mranney]: http://github.com/mranney
[Cliffano Subagio]: http://blog.cliffano.com
[Clemens Akens]: https://github.com/clebert
[Paul Armstrong]: https://github.com/paularmstrong