buster-lint

An extension for buster.js to make linting your JavaScript part of the test run.

Installation

Get it from npm:

npm install buster-lint

Then add it to your buster.js config file:

config["My tests"] = {
  extensions: [ require("buster-lint") ]
};

Configuration

You'll probably want to change some options. All examples here show the default values, so while they are rather meaningless as actual configuration, they are illustrative.

Choice of linter

buster-lint comes bundled with jslint and jshint.

config["My tests"] = {
  extensions: [ require("buster-lint") ],
  "buster-lint": {
    linter: "jslint"
  }
};

Excluding files

To avoid linting dependencies or other nasty legacy bits, you can match the filename either by string or regexp.

config["My tests"] = {
  extensions: [ require("buster-lint") ],
  "buster-lint": {
    excludes: [ "jquery", "raphael" ] // default is [ ]
  }
};

Changing the rules

The defaults are very strict, so tweak them to your liking.

For jslint:

config["My tests"] = {
  extensions: [ require("buster-lint") ],
  "buster-lint": {
    linterOptions: {
      indent      : 4,     // the indentation factor
      maxlen      : 80,    // the maximum length of a source line
      maxerr      : 50,    // the maximum number of errors to report per file
      anon        : false, // true, if the space may be omitted in anonymous function declarations
      bitwise     : false, // true, if bitwise operators should be allowed
      browser     : false, // true, if the standard browser globals should be predefined
      cap         : false, // true, if upper case HTML should be allowed
      "continue"  : false, // true, if the continuation statement should be tolerated
      css         : false, // true, if CSS workarounds should be tolerated
      debug       : false, // true, if debugger statements should be allowed
      devel       : false, // true, if logging should be allowed (console, alert, etc.)
      eqeq        : false, // true, if == should be allowed
      es5         : false, // true, if ES5 syntax should be allowed
      evil        : false, // true, if eval should be allowed
      forin       : false, // true, if for in statements need not filter
      fragment    : false, // true, if HTML fragments should be allowed
      newcap      : false, // true, if constructor names capitalization is ignored
      node        : false, // true, if Node.js globals should be predefined
      nomen       : false, // true, if names may have dangling _
      on          : false, // true, if HTML event handlers should be allowed
      passfail    : false, // true, if the scan should stop on first error
      plusplus    : false, // true, if increment/decrement should be allowed
      properties  : false, // true, if all property names must be declared with /*properties*/
      regexp      : false, // true, if the . should be allowed in regexp literals
      rhino       : false, // true, if the Rhino environment globals should be predefined
      undef       : false, // true, if variables can be declared out of order
      unparam     : false, // true, if unused parameters should be tolerated
      sloppy      : false, // true, if the 'use strict'; pragma is optional
      sub         : false, // true, if all forms of subscript notation are tolerated
      vars        : false, // true, if multiple var statements per function should be allowed
      white       : false, // true, if sloppy whitespace is tolerated
      widget      : false, // true  if the Yahoo Widgets globals should be predefined
      windows     : false  // true, if MS Windows-specific globals should be predefined
    }
  }
};

For jshint:

config["My tests"] = {
  extensions: [ require("buster-lint") ],
  "buster-lint": {
    linterOptions: {
      asi         : true,  // true, if automatic semicolon insertion should be tolerated
      bitwise     : true,  // true, if bitwise operators should not be allowed
      boss        : true,  // true, if advanced usage of assignments should be allowed
      browser     : true,  // true, if the standard browser globals should be predefined
      couch       : true,  // true, if CouchDB globals should be predefined
      curly       : true,  // true, if curly braces around all blocks should be required
      debug       : true,  // true, if debugger statements should be allowed
      devel       : true,  // true, if logging globals should be predefined (console, alert, etc.)
      dojo        : true,  // true, if Dojo Toolkit globals should be predefined
      eqeqeq      : true,  // true, if === should be required
      eqnull      : true,  // true, if == null comparisons should be tolerated
      es5         : true,  // true, if ES5 syntax should be allowed
      esnext      : true,  // true, if es.next specific syntax should be allowed
      evil        : true,  // true, if eval should be allowed
      expr        : true,  // true, if ExpressionStatement should be allowed as Programs
      forin       : true,  // true, if for in statements must filter
      funcscope   : true,  // true, if only function scope should be used for scope tests
      globalstrict: true,  // true, if global "use strict"; should be allowed (also enables 'strict')
      immed       : true,  // true, if immediate invocations must be wrapped in parens
      iterator    : true,  // true, if the `__iterator__` property should be allowed
      jquery      : true,  // true, if jQuery globals should be predefined
      lastsemic   : true,  // true, if semicolons may be ommitted for the trailing statements inside of a one-line blocks.
      latedef     : true,  // true, if the use before definition should not be tolerated
      laxbreak    : true,  // true, if line breaks should not be checked
      laxcomma    : true,  // true, if line breaks should not be checked around commas
      loopfunc    : true,  // true, if functions should be allowed to be defined within loops
      mootools    : true,  // true, if MooTools globals should be predefined
      multistr    : true,  // true, allow multiline strings
      newcap      : true,  // true, if constructor names must be capitalized
      noarg       : true,  // true, if arguments.caller and arguments.callee should be disallowed
      node        : true,  // true, if the Node.js environment globals should be predefined
      noempty     : true,  // true, if empty blocks should be disallowed
      nonew       : true,  // true, if using `new` for side-effects should be disallowed
      nonstandard : true,  // true, if non-standard (but widely adopted) globals should be predefined
      nomen       : true,  // true, if names should be checked
      onevar      : true,  // true, if only one var statement per function should be allowed
      onecase     : true,  // true, if one case switch statements should be allowed
      passfail    : true,  // true, if the scan should stop on first error
      plusplus    : true,  // true, if increment/decrement should not be allowed
      proto       : true,  // true, if the `__proto__` property should be allowed
      prototypejs : true,  // true, if Prototype and Scriptaculous globals should be predefined
      regexdash   : true,  // true, if unescaped first/last dash (-) inside brackets should be tolerated
      regexp      : true,  // true, if the . should not be allowed in regexp literals
      rhino       : true,  // true, if the Rhino environment globals should be predefined
      undef       : true,  // true, if variables should be declared before used
      scripturl   : true,  // true, if script-targeted URLs should be tolerated
      shadow      : true,  // true, if variable shadowing should be tolerated
      smarttabs   : true,  // true, if smarttabs should be tolerated (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SmartTabs)
      strict      : true,  // true, if the "use strict"; pragma is required
      sub         : true,  // true, if all forms of subscript notation are tolerated
      supernew    : true,  // true, if `new function () { ... };` and `new Object;` should be tolerated
      trailing    : true,  // true, if trailing whitespace rules apply
      validthis   : true,  // true, if 'this' inside a non-constructor function is valid.
      white       : true,  // true, if strict whitespace rules apply
      wsh         : true   // true, if the Windows Scripting Host environment globals should be predefined
    }
  }
};

Configure with autolint

Since buster-lint uses autolint under the hood, the configuration couldn't be simpler:

config["My tests"] = {
  extensions: [ require("buster-lint") ],
  "buster-lint": require("./autolint.js")
};

License

Copyright 2012, Magnar Sveen.

Released under the BSD license.