February 25, 2025
The Great Formatting Debate: ESLint, Prettier, and TypeScript
Josh Goldberg joins Amy and Brad to unpack the recent ESLint V9 release and its impact on the TypeScript ecosystem. From explaining the nuances of flat config migration to debating the proper separation between Prettier and ESLint, Josh offers practical advice for improving developer workflows. The conversation covers Josh's journey as a full-time open source maintainer, the Open Source Pledge initiative, and best practices for implementing linting in CI/CD pipelines. Plus, Josh shares behind-the-scenes details from the inaugural SquiggleConf event.
COMPRESSED.fm Episode 198
The Great Formatting Debate: ESLint, Prettier, and TypeScript
Josh Goldberg
Open Source Developer
Hi, I'm Josh! I'm a frontend developer from New York with a passion for open source, static analysis, and the web. I'm a full time open source maintainer and work on projects in the TypeScript ecosystem such as typescript-eslint and TypeStat. I'm also the author of the Learning TypeScript book, published by O'Reilly. My work focuses on bringing accessible education to the masses in a sustainable way.
Jump Links
Links
- TypeScript ESLint
- ESLint v9 migration docs
- ESLint Config Inspector
- Sentry Gave $750k to Open Source Maintainers
- Open Source Pledge initiative
- Squiggle Conf website
- Prisma Pulse
- Philips Hue smart lighting
- The Inheritance Games
- Brad's BlueSky account: @bradgarropy.com
- Amy's BlueSky account: @selfteachme
- Josh Goldberg's BlueSky Account: @joshuakgoldberg.com
- ESLint Stylistic project
- ESLint Config Prettier
- ESLint Plugin Prettier
- "Create TypeScript Apps" project (Josh's tooling package)
- Awesome ESLint repo (collection of ESLint plugins)
- Manual to Magical: AI in Developer Tooling: Tobbe's talk on using AI to write code mods
- Nicholas Zakas discussing the ESLint config system on Syntax podcast
- Husky
- Lint-staged
- Cursor
- Biome
- OXLint
- GitHub Actions
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