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Difference between Prettier and ESLint

Prettier and ESLint are both tools used to improve the quality of your code, but they serve different purposes and work in different ways. ### Prettier - **Purpose**: Prettier is a code formatter. Its main goal is to enforce a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules. - **Functionality**: It automatically formats your code to ensure it adheres to a consistent style. This includes things like indentation, quotes, semicolons, and line breaks. - **Configuration**: Prettier has minimal configuration options. It focuses on providing a consistent style with as few options as possible to reduce debates over code style. - **Usage**: You run Prettier to format your code, and it makes changes directly to your files. ### ESLint - **Purpose**: ESLint is a linter. Its main goal is to identify and fix problems in your JavaScript code. - **Functionality**: It analyzes your code for potential errors, code smells, and deviations from best practices. It can also enforc...

ESLint in action

ESLint is a tool for identifying and fixing problems in JavaScript code. Here's a simple example to show ESLint in action. ### Step 1: Install ESLint First, you need to install ESLint. You can do this using npm (Node Package Manager): ```sh npm install eslint --save-dev ``` ### Step 2: Initialize ESLint Next, initialize ESLint in your project. This will create a configuration file: ```sh npx eslint --init ``` You'll be prompted to answer a few questions to set up your configuration. ### Step 3: Create a JavaScript File Create a JavaScript file, for example, `app.js`, with the following content: ```javascript function greet(name) {     console.log('Hello, ' + name); } greet('World'); ``` ### Step 4: Run ESLint Run ESLint on your JavaScript file: ```sh npx eslint app.js ``` ### Example Output If there are any issues, ESLint will output them. For example, you might see something like this: ```sh app.js   2:5  warning  Unexpected console statement  no-console ✖...