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SRobertJames
SRobertJames

Reputation: 9206

Static checking of AngularJS

One of the great features of PHP was php -l, which checked all the code for syntax without executing it. Is there a similar way to do so for JavaScript in AngularJS? That is, in addition to my test suite coverage (which may not be 100%, and won't be instant if it is), is there a way to (perhaps using Node) check that all of my code compiles properly etc.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2702

Answers (1)

aludvigsen
aludvigsen

Reputation: 5981

By using node.js and a build tool called Gulp, you can easily set up and manage an automatic code validation. In fact, you can automate linting, minification and copying of JavaScript files, bundling/concat, renaming, testing, test code coverage etc etc.. List goes on.

How to install and use gulp is documented on their Github repository, and there is even a sample file to get you started. Smahing Magazine have a detailed tutorial about using Gulp as a build/test tool aswell.

Lint JavaScript files example:

// Gulpfile.js
var gulp   = require('gulp'),
    jshint = require('gulp-jshint');

gulp.task('js-lint', function () {       // Task name
   return gulp.src('js/*.js')            // source files
      .pipe(jshint())                    // library
      .pipe(jshint.reporter('default'))  // reporter 
});

Upvotes: 1

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