Josh Goldberg 1/10/2024

Rust-Based JavaScript Linters: Fast, But No Typed Linting Right Now

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The article discusses the trend of rewriting JavaScript tooling in Rust for performance gains, focusing on linters like Biome and Oxc. It explains that while these Rust-based linters are fast, they currently cannot perform type-checked linting—a feature provided by typescript-eslint that uses TypeScript's type information for more powerful code analysis. The post highlights the trade-off between speed and functionality, noting that typed linting requires reading all project files, impacting performance.

Rust-Based JavaScript Linters: Fast, But No Typed Linting Right Now

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