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Prettier vs TSLint: What are the differences?
Developers describe Prettier as "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. On the other hand, TSLint is detailed as "An extensible linter for the TypeScript language". An extensible static analysis tool that checks TypeScript code for readability, maintainability, and functionality errors. It is widely supported across modern editors & build systems and can be customized with your own lint rules, configurations, and formatters.
Prettier and TSLint belong to "Code Review" category of the tech stack.
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.
Swat.io, HousingAnywhere, and AgFlow are some of the popular companies that use Prettier, whereas TSLint is used by AgFlow, Sofit Software, and Netcentric. Prettier has a broader approval, being mentioned in 63 company stacks & 60 developers stacks; compared to TSLint, which is listed in 22 company stacks and 30 developer stacks.
Pros of Prettier
- Customizable2
- Open Source1
- Atom/VSCode package1
- Follows the Ruby Style Guide by default1
- Runs offline1
- Completely free1