.jshintrc

{
    // JSHint Configuration, esri jsapi
    // Modified from [jshint web defaults][1].
    // Differences between the default and our file are noted
    // Options that are commented out completely are uneccesary or problematic for our codebase
    // [1] : https://github.com/jshint/jshint/blob/2.x/examples/.jshintrc
    // See http://jshint.com/docs/ for more details

    "maxerr"        : 5000,       // {int} Maximum error before stopping ** Get ALL the errors **

    // Enforcing - true = enforce this rule, false = don't enforce this rule
    "bitwise"       : true,     // true: Prohibit bitwise operators (&, |, ^, etc.)
    "camelcase"     : false,    // true: Identifiers must be in camelCase
    "curly"         : true,     // true: Require {} for every new block or scope
    "eqeqeq"        : false,    // true: Require triple equals (===) for comparison ** Just use triples with undefined, null, false, 0 and 1 **
    "es3"           : true,     // true: Adhere to ECMAScript 3 specification ** Still needed until IE8 support is dropped **
    "forin"         : true,     // true: Require filtering for..in loops with obj.hasOwnProperty() ** Still needed until IE8 support is dropped **
    "immed"         : true,     // true: Require immediate invocations to be wrapped in parens e.g. `(function () { } ());` ** Avoids confusion and minification errors **
    "latedef"       : false,    // true: Require variables/functions to be defined before being used
    "newcap"        : true,     // true: Require capitalization of all constructor functions e.g. `new F()` ** Coding style enforcement **
    "noarg"         : true,     // true: Prohibit use of `arguments.caller` and `arguments.callee`
    "noempty"       : true,     // true: Prohibit use of empty blocks
    "nonew"         : true,     // true: Prohibit use of constructors for side-effects (without assignment) ** Coding style enforcement **
    "plusplus"      : false,    // true: Prohibit use of `++` & `--`
    "quotmark"      : "single",     // Quotation mark consistency: ** Use the same style. Doubles should be used in most cases **
                                //   false    : do nothing (default)
                                //   true     : ensure whatever is used is consistent
                                //   "single" : require single quotes
                                //   "double" : require double quotes
    "undef"         : true,     // true: Require all non-global variables to be declared (prevents global leaks)
    "unused"        : "strict",   // true: Require all defined variables be used
    "strict"        : false,    // true: Requires all functions run in ES5 Strict Mode ** Dojo style and existing codebase conflicts **
    "trailing"      : false,    // true: Prohibit trailing whitespaces
    //"indent"        : 4,        // {int} Number of spaces to use for indentation
    //"maxparams"     : false,    // {int} Max number of formal params allowed per function
    //"maxdepth"      : false,    // {int} Max depth of nested blocks (within functions)
    //"maxstatements" : false,    // {int} Max number statements per function
    //"maxcomplexity" : false,    // {int} Max cyclomatic complexity per function
    //"maxlen"        : false,    // {int} Max number of characters per line

    // Relaxing - false = continue to enforce this rule, true = don't enforce this rule (relax it)
    "asi"           : false,     // true: Tolerate Automatic Semicolon Insertion (no semicolons)
    "boss"          : false,     // true: Tolerate assignments where comparisons would be expected
    "debug"         : false,     // true: Allow debugger statements e.g. browser breakpoints.
    "eqnull"        : true,      // true: Tolerate use of `== null`
    "es5"           : false,     // true: Allow ES5 syntax (ex: getters and setters)
    "esnext"        : false,     // true: Allow ES.next (ES6) syntax (ex: `const`)
    "moz"           : false,     // true: Allow Mozilla specific syntax (extends and overrides esnext features)
                                 // (ex: `for each`, multiple try/catch, function expression…)
    "evil"          : false,     // true: Tolerate use of `eval` and `new Function()`
    "expr"          : false,     // true: Tolerate `ExpressionStatement` as Programs
    "funcscope"     : true,      // true: Tolerate defining variables inside control statements ** Other variable checks keep use from abusing this **
    "globalstrict"  : false,     // true: Allow global "use strict" (also enables 'strict')
    "iterator"      : false,     // true: Tolerate using the `__iterator__` property
    "lastsemic"     : false,     // true: Tolerate omitting a semicolon for the last statement of a 1-line block
    "laxbreak"      : false,     // true: Tolerate possibly unsafe line breakings
    "laxcomma"      : false,     // true: Tolerate comma-first style coding
    "loopfunc"      : true,      // true: Tolerate functions being defined in loops ** Almost required in some callback & promise style code **
    "multistr"      : false,     // true: Tolerate multi-line strings
    "proto"         : false,     // true: Tolerate using the `__proto__` property
    "scripturl"     : true,      // true: Tolerate script-targeted URLs ** If this is being used, there is probably a good reason **
    "smarttabs"     : false,     // true: Tolerate mixed tabs/spaces when used for alignment
    "shadow"        : false,     // true: Allows re-define variables later in code e.g. `var x=1; x=2;`
    "sub"           : false,     // true: Tolerate using `[]` notation when it can still be expressed in dot notation
    "supernew"      : false,     // true: Tolerate `new function () { ... };` and `new Object;`
    "validthis"     : true,      // true: Tolerate using this in a non-constructor function ** We don't run in `strict mode` & coding style conflicts **

    // Environments
    "browser"       : true,     // Web Browser (window, document, etc)
    "devel"         : true,     // Development/debugging (alert, confirm, etc)
    "couch"         : false,    // CouchDB
    "dojo"          : false,    // Dojo Toolkit ** Don't use global dojo objects. Use AMD style coding **
    "jquery"        : false,    // jQuery
    "mootools"      : false,    // MooTools
    "node"          : false,    // Node.js
    "nonstandard"   : false,    // Widely adopted globals (escape, unescape, etc)
    "prototypejs"   : false,    // Prototype and Scriptaculous
    "rhino"         : false,    // Rhino
    "worker"        : false,    // Web Workers ** Make a jshint comment when this is `true` **
    "wsh"           : false,    // Windows Scripting Host
    "yui"           : false,    // Yahoo User Interface

    // Legacy ** According to jshint docs, these options are NOT to be used or relied on. Removing them.
    //"nomen"         : false,    // true: Prohibit dangling `_` in variables
    //"onevar"        : false,    // true: Allow only one `var` statement per function
    //"passfail"      : false,    // true: Stop on first error
    //"white"         : false,    // true: Check against strict whitespace and indentation rules

    // Custom Globals - additional predefined global variables
    // Using both `predef` and `globals` to support tools with older jshint parsers
    "predef"        : [
        "define",
        "require"
    ],
    "globals"       : { // ** `false` = don't allow variable to be redefined locally
        "define": false,
        "require": false
    }
}