SonarQube: Integrate ESLint for JavaScript in SonarQube?

Question

We have determined our rules, which should be used for JavaScript code, with ESLint. Now we want to integrate ESLint to SonarQube as we did it before the same way with Checkstyle for JavaCode.

Under the following link it is described why SonarQube doesn't want to provide a plugin for ESLint: http://www.sonarqube.org/sonarqube-javascript-plugin-why-compete-with-jslint-and-jshint/

Is there still no plugin fir ESLint in SonarQube? Isn't this part of a marketing strategy? There is also a plugin for Checkstyle, FindBugs etc... Why does SonarQube suddenly stop to support the integration of other code analysing tools?

Answer 1

Yes, there is still no plugin for ESLint, and this is part of the strategy, but in the other direction.

In fact, our first plugins were for external analyzers, and over time we realized that simply aggregating other tools' results didn't truly serve the community because that community was coming to us with rule bugs, requests and suggestions for improvement - and all we could do was refer them on the tools' makers.

So we started writing our own rules instead for better responsiveness and, we believe, enhanced accuracy.

I urge you to take the rules you feel are missing to the SonarQube Google Group

Edit The strategy has come full circle. SonarJS now imports ESLint reports.

Answer 2

I have not tried it yet, but I've just discovered this plugin that seems to be very promising for any front end project:

https://github.com/groupe-sii/sonar-web-frontend-plugin

It may worth giving a try