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EditorConfig vs Prettier: What are the differences?

EditorConfig: A file format and collection of text editor plugins for maintaining consistent coding styles *. It is a file format and collection of text editor plugins. It helps maintain consistent coding styles for multiple developers working on the same project across various editors and IDEs; *Prettier:** Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.

EditorConfig and Prettier can be categorized as "Code Review" tools.

Prettier is an open source tool with 32.7K GitHub stars and 1.81K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Prettier's open source repository on GitHub.

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    Customizable
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    Open Source
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    Atom/VSCode package
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    Follows the Ruby Style Guide by default
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    Runs offline
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    Completely free

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What is EditorConfig?

It is a file format and collection of text editor plugins. It helps maintain consistent coding styles for multiple developers working on the same project across various editors and IDEs.

What is Prettier?

Prettier is an opinionated code formatter. It enforces a consistent style by parsing your code and re-printing it with its own rules that take the maximum line length into account, wrapping code when necessary.

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