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RuboCop vs TSLint: What are the differences?

What is RuboCop? A Ruby static code analyzer, based on the community Ruby style guide. RuboCop is a Ruby static code analyzer. Out of the box it will enforce many of the guidelines outlined in the community Ruby Style Guide.

What is TSLint? 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.

RuboCop and TSLint belong to "Code Review" category of the tech stack.

RuboCop is an open source tool with 10.1K GitHub stars and 2.14K GitHub forks. Here's a link to RuboCop's open source repository on GitHub.

StackShare, Talkable, and WeLab Limited are some of the popular companies that use RuboCop, whereas TSLint is used by AgFlow, Sofit Software, and Netcentric. RuboCop has a broader approval, being mentioned in 44 company stacks & 25 developers stacks; compared to TSLint, which is listed in 22 company stacks and 30 developer stacks.

Decisions about RuboCop and TSLint
Weverton Timoteo

To communicate isn’t just getting rid of syntax errors and making code work. The code should communicate ideas to people through a programming language that computers can also understand.

You should adopt semantic variables, classes, modules, and methods names. For instance, in Ruby, we avoid using particular prefixes such as is_paid, get_name and set_name. In their places, we use directly paid?, name, and name=.

My advice is to use idiomatic and features that the programming language you use offers to you whenever possible, and figure out ways to better pass the message.

Why wouldn’t we be worried about semantics, typos, and styles? We should care for the quality of our code, and the many concepts that define it. You can start by using a linter to collect some issues from your codebase automatically.

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    Open-source
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    Completely free
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    Runs Offline
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    Follows the Ruby Style Guide by default
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    Can automatically fix some problems
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    What is RuboCop?

    RuboCop is a Ruby static code analyzer. Out of the box it will enforce many of the guidelines outlined in the community Ruby Style Guide.

    What is TSLint?

    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.

    Need advice about which tool to choose?Ask the StackShare community!

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    RSpec
    Behaviour Driven Development for Ruby. Making TDD Productive and Fun.
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