Prettier
Prettier: Opinionated Code Formatter
Prettier is an opinionated code formatter that supports multiple languages and integrates with most editors and build tools. It automatically formats code to consistent style rules, enhancing readability and collaboration.
What is Prettier?
Prettier is an open-source code formatter created by James Long and contributors. It aims to format source code automatically and consistently by parsing code and re-printing it following a set of opinionated rules with a focus on maximum readability.
Some key features of Prettier include:
- Supports many languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML, JSON, GraphQL, Markdown, and more
- Highly configurable formatting rules and options
- Integrates easily with most editors/IDEs
- Has minimal performance impact compared to unformatted code
- Focuses only on formatting style, not code functionality
- Encourages consistent code style across teams/projects for better readability and collaboration
Overall, Prettier is a very useful code formatting tool for development teams to quickly tidy up code, enforce consistent style, improve readability, and reduce format-related reviews and discussions.
Prettier Features
Features
- Format JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, SCSS, Less, JSX, Angular, Vue, GraphQL, JSON, Markdown and more
- Integrates with most editors
- Supports many languages and file types
- Automatic formatting based on opinionated style rules
- Configurable formatting options
Pricing
- Open Source
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