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hint
)If you want to have an idea of what webhint
does and you
have an updated version of npm
(v5.2.0) and Node.js LTS (v8.9.2)
or later, x64 version recommended
you can use the following command:
npx hint https://example.com
Alternatively, you can install it globally with:
npm install -g --engine-strict hint
hint https://example.com
You can also install it as a devDependency
if you prefer not to
have it globally (which is the team's preferred option).
NOTE: If you run into any issues during the install process please check the troubleshoot section.
Now that you have webhint
up and running, it is time to learn a bit
more about the different pieces:
To know more about the internals of webhint
, the structure of the
project, how to create new hints, collectors, formatters, etc, take a
look at the online contributor
guide (or the local
version).
This project adheres to the JS Foundation’s code of conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
The code is available under the Apache 2.0 license.
FAQs
The linting tool for the web
The npm package hint receives a total of 15,152 weekly downloads. As such, hint popularity was classified as popular.
We found that hint demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 5 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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