Josh Goldberg 6/19/2023

The Blurry Line Between Formatting and Style

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This technical article discusses the sometimes blurry line between code formatting (handled by tools like Prettier) and stylistic rules (handled by linters like ESLint). It covers edge cases where formatting can technically change runtime behavior and where AST modifications create tooling challenges, using examples like curly bracket enforcement and the author's own plugin solution.

The Blurry Line Between Formatting and Style

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