The days of noisy “linters” and glorified spell checkers for JavaScript are over. Static source code analysis tools are now accurate and trustworthy. They can find complex JavaScript inter-procedural coding defects a human would never see. This presentation gives a high-level overview on how to perform static analysis against JavaScript code in a manual and automated fashion, with the emphasis on:
* Common review methods
* Common security issues
* Strongly typed JavaScript and Transpiling
* Tools and Linters
* Customizing Tools and Linters
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Further reading: Open Source JavaScript Code Analysis Tools