The magical land of AST's with babel, eslint and codemods
summary
Introduces Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs) and how they power tools like Babel and ESLint, then walks through creating Babel and ESLint plugins. Includes a practical introduction to codemods using jscodeshift and explains how working with ASTs clarifies JS scopes, transpilers/compilers, and leads to better JavaScript code.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 7:48STAGES OF ANY COMPILER
- 29:09WHY DO WE NEED A LINTER?
- 30:01Other JS linters available to us?
- 32:34WORKING WITH RULES
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