Walkthrough: Code Linters and formatters

[mahesh-panchal]

How to lint and format code following best practices

• A linter is like a proofreader who checks your writing for grammar mistakes, logical errors, and awkward phrasing (potential bugs).

• A formatter is like a typesetter who adjusts the document's margins, font size, and line spacing to make it look clean and consistent.

Potential tools to cover:

• Nextflow lint and --format
• Python: Ruff
• R: Styler and lintr
• Shell: shellchk
• Javascript: ESLint and Prettier
• Markdown: Prettier

[jwindhager]

• Web: ESLint an prettier