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ESLint vs SonarQube: What are the differences?

ESLint and SonarQube are popular code analysis tools used by developers and teams to ensure code quality and maintainability. Let's explore the key differences between ESLint and SonarQube:

  1. Features and Scope: ESLint is a JavaScript and TypeScript linter tool that enforces coding standards, catches bugs, and improves code quality. It focuses on code style and best practices. SonarQube, on the other hand, is a comprehensive code quality management platform supporting multiple languages. It provides static code analysis, security vulnerability detection, code coverage metrics, and more.

  2. Integration and Ecosystem: ESLint is lightweight, customizable, and integrates well with popular editors and build systems. It can be seamlessly integrated into development workflows and IDEs. SonarQube requires a dedicated server installation and offers advanced features like centralized reporting and historical analysis. It integrates with build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and code repositories.

  3. Code Analysis Capabilities: ESLint enforces coding standards, catches potential errors, and checks code consistency. It supports custom rules and plugins. SonarQube performs static code analysis, detects code smells, security vulnerabilities, code duplications, and provides in-depth insights into code quality metrics and complexity analysis.

  4. Reporting and Visualization: ESLint provides detailed reports and feedback within code editors, highlighting issues and suggesting fixes. SonarQube offers comprehensive dashboards and reports, providing a holistic view of code quality. It generates visualizations, metrics, and trends to track progress and prioritize code quality efforts.

  5. Community and Support: ESLint has a large community of JavaScript developers, extensive documentation, and an active GitHub repository. SonarQube also has a strong community, active development, and maintenance. It offers comprehensive documentation, forums, and community support.

In summary, ESLint is focused on JavaScript and TypeScript linting, enforcing coding standards, and catching potential errors, while SonarQube provides a more comprehensive code quality management platform with support for multiple languages and extensive analysis capabilities.

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Scenario: I want to integrate Prettier in our code base which is currently using ESLint (for .js and .scss both). The project is using gulp.

It doesn't feel quite right to me to use ESLint, I wonder if it would be better to use Stylelint or Sass Lint instead.

I completed integrating ESLint + Prettier, Planning to do the same with [ Stylelint || Sasslint || EsLint] + Prettier.

And have gulp 'fix' on file save (Watcher).

Any recommendation is appreciated.

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Amaro Mariño
Senior Frontend Developer at Landbot.io · | 6 upvotes · 151K views
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In the case of .js files I would recommend using both Eslint and Prettier.

You can set up Prettier as an Eslint rule using the following plugin:

https://github.com/prettier/eslint-plugin-prettier

And in order to avoid conflicts between Prettier and Eslint, you can use this config:

https://github.com/prettier/eslint-config-prettier

Which turns off all Eslint rules that are unnecessary or might conflict with Prettier.

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Alexis Villegas Torres
Software Engineer at SpeedUrWeb · | 5 upvotes · 150.7K views
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Pura vida! Well, I had a similar issue and at the end I decided to use Stylelint + Prettier for that job, in our case, we wanted that our linting process includes the SCSS files and not only the JS file, base on that we concluded that using only ESLint to do both things wasn't the best option, so, we integrated prettier with Stylelint, and for that we used a neat plugin that allowed us to use Prettier inside Stylelint here is the link, https://github.com/prettier/stylelint-prettier#recommended-configuration, I hope that this can help you, hasta pronto!, :)

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Alex Spieslechner

you don't actually have to choose between these tools as they have vastly different purposes. i think its more a matter of understanding how to use them.

while eslint and stylelint are used to notify you about code quality issues, to guide you to write better code, prettier automatically handles code formatting (without notifying me). nothing else.

prettier and eslint both officially discourage using the eslint-plugin-prettier way, as these tools actually do very different things. autofixing with linters on watch isnt a great idea either. auto-fixing should only be done intentionally. you're not alone though, as a lot of devs set this up wrong.

i encourage you to think about what problem you're trying to solve and configure accordingly.

for my teams i set it up like this: - eslint, stylelint, prettier locally installed for cli use and ide support - eslint config prettier (code formatting rules are not eslints business, so dont warn me about it) - vscode workspace config: format on save - separate npm scripts for linting, and formatting - precommit hooks (husky)

so you can easily integrate with gulp. its just js after all ;)

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Pros of ESLint
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    Consistent javascript - opinions don't matter anymore
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    Free
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    IDE Integration
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    Customizable
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    Focuses code review on quality not style
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    Broad ecosystem of support & users
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    Tracks code complexity and smell trends
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    IDE Integration
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    Complete code Review
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    Difficult to deploy

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Cons of ESLint
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      Sales process is long and unfriendly
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      Paid support is poor, techs arrogant and unhelpful
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      Does not integrate with Snyk

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    What is ESLint?

    A pluggable and configurable linter tool for identifying and reporting on patterns in JavaScript. Maintain your code quality with ease.

    What is SonarQube?

    SonarQube provides an overview of the overall health of your source code and even more importantly, it highlights issues found on new code. With a Quality Gate set on your project, you will simply fix the Leak and start mechanically improving.

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