Exploring JavaScript Lint

[MikeGale]

I've briefly explored the JSLint tool.

Here's some findings:

1) For a bit about the messages and what they mean see
http://wolfram.kriesing.de/blog/index.php/2007/understanding-jslint-output

2) To take control of the configuration you can alter the settings in CSE to something like:

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-nologo -nofilelisting -nocontext -conf DRIVE:\Path\to\file\jsl.cse.MyVersion.conf -process "%FILE%"

The original setting is in the help file so you always change it back if you make a mistake!

3) An error suppresses following warnings. When you clear an error you may get a crop of warnings appear.

4) There seem to be several JSLint tools. Look for the Matthias Miller version.

5) You can switch checking off for a whole file or part of it:

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/*jsl:ignoreall*/

/*jsl:ignore*/
(code that fires warnings)
/*jsl:end*/

6) I can confirm that with some of the extra features inside JSLint (Like: /*jsl:option explicit*/ to force variable declaration, /*jsl:import Whatever.js*/ to declare a dependency on another file and +define window (or whatever) in your configuration) it is possible to work well with the tool and get zero errors and warning messages, where you deserve it!!

[Albert Wiersch]

I have noticed a lot of warnings from third party JavaScript files. I have no test cases for such code so am unlikely to touch it, ever. In these cases a way to tell JS Lint to never touch the file would have value.

So you would like to see a way to exclude certain documents from JavaScript Lint checking, perhaps similar to some of the Batch Wizard exclude options? I'm thinking that I could add a text box that lets someone specify strings that, if matched a document name, will cause no JavaScript checking to be done for the document.

On a side note, thanks for posting some of your findings on JavaScript Lint. I improved the documentation a bit because of some ideas I got from your findings.

[MikeGale]

I solved this problem in my own files, thanks to that JavaScript Lint research.

For a file that you want to totally ignore use:

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/*jsl:ignoreall*/

and for a section that you want to ignore use

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/*jsl:ignore*/
...
/*jsl:end*/

So provided that CSE users are happy to insert these fairly innocuous comments there is actually an existing solution.

Something layered over the top of that might confuse.

I spent a bit more time than expected investigating these switches, but the time was well spent. The Lint tool has been nicely thought through, and can do what I want.

[Albert Wiersch]

I spent a bit more time than expected investigating these switches, but the time was well spent. The Lint tool has been nicely thought through, and can do what I want.

Sounds good!