I am currently validating my JavaScript against JSLint and making progress on, it's assisting me to write better JavaScript - in particular in working with the Jquery library.  I have now come across JSHint, a fork of JSLint. So I am wondering f...

The following JS:  (function() {   "use strict";    $("#target").click(function(){     console.log("clicked");   });  }());   Yields:  test.js: line 5, col 3, '$' is not defined.   When linted using JSHint 0.5.5.  Any...

In my project we have some global variables that work as containers:  MyProject.MyFreature.someFunction = function() { ... }   So then I use that script across the site and JSLint / JSHint complains about that:     'MyProject' is not defined...

I've got a Grunt setup which uses Karma+Jasmine and JSHint. Whenever I run JSHint on my spec file, I get a series of "undefined" errors, most of which are for Jasmine's built-in functions. For example:  Running "jshint:test" (...

I'm using Gulp in my small project in order to run tests and lint my code. When any of those tasks fail, Gulp always exits with return code 0. If I run jshint by hand, it exits with non-zero code as it should.  Here's my very simple gulpfile....

I'm using JSHint, and it got the following error:  Script URL.   Which I noticed that happened because on this particular line there is a string containing a javascript:... URL.  I know that JSHint complained that because the scripturl option is...

I am playing around with the Facebook's react.js library. I am trying to use their JSX syntax which describes creating a view in the following way.  /** @jsx React.DOM */ var HelloMessage = React.createClass({   render: function() {     return &l...

I'm using JSHint for Visual Studio.  It's not uncommon for JSHint to issue a warning about an issue that I know it safe to ignore.  I have been putting // ignore jslint on the relevant line, but I see that we can also ignore specific error co...

JavaScript programs can be checked for errors in IDEs or using online web apps but I'm looking for a way to detect syntax errors alone.  I've tried JSLint and JSHint and looked at their options but I haven't been able to find a combinatio...

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