In one of my previous posts I described how to automatically check for PEP-8 violations on pull requests. But sometimes Python is not enough, and your project will require some JavaScript as well. Fortunately, you can modify the PEPing-tom bot to also use ESlint to ensure the quality of your whole codebase.

In this post I will show you how to update your linter to check also JavaScript files using Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide. To proceed you should first configure an automatic PEP-8 linter mentioned earlier.

Heroku configuration

First thing you need to do is add another buildpack. As you remember, last time you specifically told Heroku that your linter is a Python application. Now you need to treat is also as a JavaScript application, so the dependencies in package.json file can be properly installed.

Go to your app’s Settings and click Add buildpack button. Next, select nodejs buildpack:

Node.js buildpack

Now your app should have two buildpacks:

Two buildpacks

If you are passionate about the command line (like me), you can achieve the same effect this way:

heroku buildpacks:add heroku/nodejs

Now check if it worked:

$ heroku buildpacks
=== pep8-linter Buildpack URLs
1. heroku/python
2. heroku/nodejs

Code changes

Next you need to update your linter. New version is already available in my repository, you can just clone it and push it to Heroku. The only modification was to put proper modules in package.json file:

{
  "name": "lint-review",
  "version": "0.1.14",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "eslint": "^3.9.1",
    "eslint-config-airbnb": "^12.0.0",
    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.1.0",
    "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^2.2.3",
    "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.6.0"
  }
}

Of course, if you decide to use another linter (ESlint is not the only available option), then you will have to change the list of packages you want to install.

New configuration

Now you need to modify the configuration in the repository you want to be checked by your linter. Add eslint to the list of linters in .lintrc file:

[tools]
linters = flake8, eslint

Next create a new file with ESlint configuration (call it .eslintrc):

{
  "extends": "airbnb",
  "rules": {
    "no-use-before-define": ["error", {"functions":false}],
    "no-unused-vars": ["error", {"vars": "all", "args": "none"}],
    "prefer-const": ["error", {
      "destructuring": "all"
    }],
    "no-else-return": "off",
    "class-methods-use-this": "off",
    "no-continue": "off"
  },
}

This is of course my choice of linting rules. You can configure anything you like or anything your team agreed to use.

New bot in action

Now let’s check if your modified bot actually works. Create a new file main.js and put the following code in it:

var x = 5
a = x

Soon after creating a pull request with this file, you should notice that your bot is not very happy:

ESlint comments

You might also notice that the name PEPing-tom no longer suits your bot, since now it can also use ESlint. Maybe ESPEP would be better?

That’s it! Your linter is up and running. Now it should keep both Python and JavaScript developers on their toes.

I hope this tutorial will make your life a bit easier. If any instructions are unclear or not working, please let me know.