Astro JS - Editor Setup

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Text Editors For Astro

The Astro framework can be run on any text editors of your choice. However, there are some text editors that are more popular among developers. Because these editors will provide you with additional features and enhancements that will make your development process easier and faster. Here are some popular text editors for Astro development:

• Visual Studio Code
• JetBrains IDEs
• Neovim

Astro in VSCode

Visual Studio Code is a popular code editor that supports Astro development. Astro works with any code editor. However, VS Code is our recommended editor for Astro projects. Astro have a dedicated vscode extension that provides syntax highlighting, code snippets, and more. You can install the Astro extension from the Visual Studio Code Marketplace.

This extension provides the following features:

• Syntax highlighting for .astro files.
• TypeScript type information for .astro files.
• VS Code Intellisense for code completion, hints and more.

JetBrains IDEs

JetBrains IDEs like WebStorm, and IntelliJ IDEA are also popular code editors for Astro development. Webstorm is a JavaScript and TypeScript IDE that added support for the Astro Language Server in version 2024.2. This update brings features like syntax highlighting, code completion, and formatting.

To get started with Astro in JetBrains, Install the official plugin through JetBrains Marketplace or by searching for “Astro” in the IDE’s Plugins tab. You can toggle the language server in Settings | Languages & Frameworks | TypeScript | Astro. This plugin provides the following features:

• Syntax highlighting for .astro files.
• Code completion for Astro components.
• Code formatting for Astro components.
• Code navigation for Astro components.

ESlint Setup

ESLint is a popular linter for JavaScript and JSX. It helps you find and fix problems in your JavaScript code. You can use ESLint with Astro to enforce coding standards and catch errors early. To set up ESLint in Astro, you need to install the ESLint package and create an ESLint configuration file. Here is how you can set up ESLint in Astro:

// Install ESLint
npm install eslint --save-dev

Now, we need to configure linting, use the following code.

// File: /eslint.config.js

import eslintPluginAstro from 'eslint-plugin-astro';
export default [
    // add more generic rule sets here, such as:
    // js.configs.recommended,
    ...eslintPluginAstro.configs.recommended,
    {
    rules: {
        // override/add rules settings here, such as:
        // "astro/no-set-html-directive": "error"
    }
    }
];

Prettier Setup

Prettier is a popular code formatter for JavaScript, TypeScript, and CSS. It helps you format your code automatically according to a set of rules. You can use Prettier with Astro to format your code consistently. To set up Prettier in Astro, you need to install the Prettier package and create a Prettier configuration file. Here is how you can set up Prettier in Astro:

Step 1: Install prettier

First install the prettier package and the prettier-plugin-astro plugin. Run the following command in your terminal:

>> npm install --save-dev --save-exact prettier prettier-plugin-astro

Step 2: Create a Prettier Configuration File

Create a .prettierrc configuration file (or .prettierrc.json, .prettierrc.mjs, or other supported formats) in the root of your project and add prettier-plugin-astro to it. In this file, also manually specify the parser for Astro files.

// File: .prettierrc

{
    "plugins": ["prettier-plugin-astro"],
    "overrides": [
      {
        "files": "*.astro",
        "options": {
          "parser": "astro",
        }
      }
    ]
}

Step 3: Run Command

Run the following command in your terminal to format your files. This will format all files in your project according to the Prettier rules.

>> npx prettier . --write