how to do linting using nodemon?

Question

Can I use nodemon to lint my javascript? I am not using any build tool e.g. gulp or grunt and want to maximize the use of node and npm.

The output from nodemon can be piped. I want to use this for linting the changed file using eslint.

Here is my package.json

I tried this. But it doesn't work.It gives error.

       "scripts": {
    "start": "nodemon({ script: 'server.js' }).on('restart', function () {console.log('nodemon started');}).on('crash', function () {console.log('script crashed for some reason');});",
    "lint": "eslint"
  },

Answer 1

You can use the exec option of nodemon to run your tests as you save code. Here's an example:

nodemon server.js --exec 'npm run test && node'

This will cause nodemon to run npm run test && node server.js, and it won't start the server until all the tests have run successfully.