Linter | Quasar Framework

Quasar CLI with Vite - @quasar/app-vite

Linter

Having a code linter (like ESLint v9+) in place is highly recommended and ensures your code looks legible. It also helps you capture some errors before even running the code.

When you scaffold a Quasar project folder it will ask you if you want ESLint (also prettier as a code formatter).

Javascript projects

Needed dependencies

Yarn

NPM

PNPM

Bun

$ yarn add --dev @eslint/js eslint@9 eslint-plugin-vue globals vite-plugin-checker

If you want prettier as a code formatter, then install these too:

Yarn

NPM

PNPM

Bun

$ yarn add --dev prettier@3 @vue/eslint-config-prettier

The quasar.config file settings

build: {
  vitePlugins: [
    ['vite-plugin-checker', {
      eslint: {
        lintCommand: 'eslint -c ./eslint.config.js "./src*/**/*.{js,mjs,cjs,vue}"',
        useFlatConfig: true
      }
    }, { server: false }]
  ]
}

The ESLint configuration

import js from '@eslint/js'
import globals from 'globals'
import pluginVue from 'eslint-plugin-vue'
import pluginQuasar from '@quasar/app-vite/eslint'

// the following is optional, if you want prettier too:
import prettierSkipFormatting from '@vue/eslint-config-prettier/skip-formatting'

export default [
  {
    /**
     * Ignore the following files.
     * Please note that pluginQuasar.configs.recommended() already ignores
     * the "node_modules" folder for you (and all other Quasar project
     * relevant folders and files).
     *
     * ESLint requires "ignores" key to be the only one in this object
     */
    // ignores: []
  },

  ...pluginQuasar.configs.recommended(),
  js.configs.recommended,

  /**
   * https://eslint.vuejs.org
   *
   * pluginVue.configs.base
   *   -> Settings and rules to enable correct ESLint parsing.
   * pluginVue.configs[ 'flat/essential']
   *   -> base, plus rules to prevent errors or unintended behavior.
   * pluginVue.configs["flat/strongly-recommended"]
   *   -> Above, plus rules to considerably improve code readability and/or dev experience.
   * pluginVue.configs["flat/recommended"]
   *   -> Above, plus rules to enforce subjective community defaults to ensure consistency.
   */
  ...pluginVue.configs[ 'flat/essential' ],

  {
    languageOptions: {
      ecmaVersion: 'latest',
      sourceType: 'module',

      globals: {
        ...globals.browser,
        ...globals.node, // SSR, Electron, config files
        process: 'readonly', // process.env.*
        ga: 'readonly', // Google Analytics
        cordova: 'readonly',
        Capacitor: 'readonly',
        chrome: 'readonly', // BEX related
        browser: 'readonly' // BEX related
      }
    },

    // add your custom rules here
    rules: {
      'prefer-promise-reject-errors': 'off',

      // allow debugger during development only
      'no-debugger': process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'error' : 'off'
    }
  },

  {
    files: [ 'src-pwa/custom-service-worker.js' ],
    languageOptions: {
      globals: {
        ...globals.serviceworker
      }
    }
  },

  prettierSkipFormatting // optional, if you want prettier
]

TypeScript projects

Dependencies

Yarn

NPM

PNPM

Bun

$ yarn add --dev vue-tsc @vue/eslint-config-typescript @eslint/js eslint@9 eslint-plugin-vue globals vite-plugin-checker

If you want prettier as a code formatter, then install these too:

Yarn

NPM

PNPM

Bun

$ yarn add --dev prettier@3 @vue/eslint-config-prettier

The quasar.config settings

build: {
  vitePlugins: [
    ['vite-plugin-checker', {
      vueTsc: true,
      eslint: {
        lintCommand: 'eslint -c ./eslint.config.js "./src*/**/*.{ts,js,mjs,cjs,vue}"',
        useFlatConfig: true
      }
    }, { server: false }]
  ]
}

ESLint configuration file

import js from '@eslint/js'
import globals from 'globals'
import pluginVue from 'eslint-plugin-vue'
import pluginQuasar from '@quasar/app-vite/eslint'
import { defineConfigWithVueTs, vueTsConfigs } from '@vue/eslint-config-typescript'

// the following is optional, if you want prettier too:
import prettierSkipFormatting from '@vue/eslint-config-prettier/skip-formatting'

export default defineConfigWithVueTs(
  {
    /**
     * Ignore the following files.
     * Please note that pluginQuasar.configs.recommended() already ignores
     * the "node_modules" folder for you (and all other Quasar project
     * relevant folders and files).
     *
     * ESLint requires "ignores" key to be the only one in this object
     */
    // ignores: []
  },

  pluginQuasar.configs.recommended(),
  js.configs.recommended,

  /**
   * https://eslint.vuejs.org
   *
   * pluginVue.configs.base
   *   -> Settings and rules to enable correct ESLint parsing.
   * pluginVue.configs[ 'flat/essential']
   *   -> base, plus rules to prevent errors or unintended behavior.
   * pluginVue.configs["flat/strongly-recommended"]
   *   -> Above, plus rules to considerably improve code readability and/or dev experience.
   * pluginVue.configs["flat/recommended"]
   *   -> Above, plus rules to enforce subjective community defaults to ensure consistency.
   */
  pluginVue.configs[ 'flat/essential' ],

  {
    files: ['**/*.ts', '**/*.vue'],
    rules: {
      '@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-imports': [
        'error',
        { prefer: 'type-imports' }
      ],
    }
  },
  vueTsConfigs.recommendedTypeChecked,

  {
    languageOptions: {
      ecmaVersion: 'latest',
      sourceType: 'module',

      globals: {
        ...globals.browser,
        ...globals.node, // SSR, Electron, config files
        process: 'readonly', // process.env.*
        ga: 'readonly', // Google Analytics
        cordova: 'readonly',
        Capacitor: 'readonly',
        chrome: 'readonly', // BEX related
        browser: 'readonly' // BEX related
      }
    },

    // add your custom rules here
    rules: {
      'prefer-promise-reject-errors': 'off',

      // allow debugger during development only
      'no-debugger': process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? 'error' : 'off'
    }
  },

  {
    files: [ 'src-pwa/custom-service-worker.ts' ],
    languageOptions: {
      globals: {
        ...globals.serviceworker
      }
    }
  },

  prettierSkipFormatting // optional, if you want prettier
)

Performance and ignoring files

WARNING

Please be sure to ignore unused files to increase performance. If you lint unused files/folders the UX will degrade significantly.

You can ignore files by editing your /eslint.config.js file:

export default [
  {
    /**
     * Ignore the following files.
     * Please note that pluginQuasar.configs.recommended() already ignores
     * the "node_modules" folder for you (and all other Quasar project
     * relevant folders and files).
     *
     * ESLint requires "ignores" key to be the only one in this object
     */
    ignores: [] // <<<---- here!
  },

Notice that pluginQuasar.configs.recommended() from a few sections above will add the following to your ESLint ignores setting (no need to add them yourself too!):

// not an exhaustive list auto-added to "ignores"
[
  'dist/*',
  'src-capacitor/*',
  'src-cordova/*',
  '.quasar/*',
  'quasar.config.*.temporary.compiled*'
]

Lint Rules

The linting rules can be removed, changed, or added. Notice some things:

Some rules are standard ESLint ones. Example: ‘brace-style’.
Some rules are for eslint-plugin-vue. Example: ‘vue/max-attributes-per-line’.

You can add/remove/change rules by first visiting https://eslint.org/docs/rules/ or https://eslint.vuejs.org/rules.

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1. Introduction

2. Javascript projects

2.1. Needed dependencies

2.2. The quasar.config file settings

2.3. The ESLint configuration

3. TypeScript projects

3.1. Dependencies

3.2. The quasar.config settings

3.3. ESLint configuration file

4. Performance and ignoring files

5. Lint Rules