JSHint vs PHP_CodeSniffer
JSHint
jshint.comPHP_CodeSniffer
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| Figure | JSHint | PHP_CodeSniffer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Linters | 8.7 (#3) | 7.3 (#29) |
| Installation | Official installation supports browser-like standalone files, Mozilla Rhino, npm global installation and npm development dependencies. | The project documents installation through PHAR downloads, Composer, Phive, or a Git clone. |
| License | JSHint is licensed under the MIT Expat license. | The repository identifies PHP_CodeSniffer as BSD-3-Clause licensed. |
| Purpose | JSHint is a community-driven static analysis tool that detects errors and potential problems in JavaScript code. | PHP_CodeSniffer tokenizes PHP files and detects violations of a defined coding standard. |
| Support | The project directs users to report bugs and suggestions through GitHub Issues. | The project directs users to its GitHub issue tracker for bug reports and feature requests and to its wiki for documentation. |
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In their own words
JSHint
JSHint is a free, open-source static analysis tool for JavaScript. It checks code for syntax errors and potential problems such as implicit type conversion issues and leaking variables. The project aims to help JavaScript developers avoid typos and language gotchas while working on complex programs. JSHint is distributed as a Node module with a library and command-line program, and it can also be used through a JavaScript API. Configuration can come from command-line options, a .jshintrc file, package.json, or inline source directives. Standalone files are available for browser-like environments and Mozilla Rhino, with releases published to npm for Node.js. The install page lists integrations for editors and IDEs including Vim, Emacs, Sublime Text, Visual Studio, VS Code, Eclipse, and JetBrains IDEs, plus build integrations such as Grunt, Ant, Maven, pre-commit, and QUnit. JSHint is licensed under the MIT Expat license. Its documentation cautions that static analysis cannot determine whether a program is correct or fast, or whether it has memory leaks, and recommends using it alongside unit and functional tests and code reviews.
PHP_CodeSniffer
PHP_CodeSniffer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.