Rules Reference

Enforce return statements in callbacks of array methods

Require super() calls in constructors

Enforce “for” loop update clause moving the counter in the right direction

Enforce return statements in getters

Disallow using an async function as a Promise executor

Disallow await inside of loops

Disallow reassigning class members

Disallow comparing against -0

Disallow assignment operators in conditional expressions

Disallow reassigning const variables

Disallow expressions where the operation doesn’t affect the value

Disallow constant expressions in conditions

Disallow returning value from constructor

Disallow control characters in regular expressions

Disallow the use of debugger

Disallow duplicate arguments in function definitions

Disallow duplicate class members

Disallow duplicate conditions in if-else-if chains

Disallow duplicate keys in object literals

Disallow duplicate case labels

Disallow duplicate module imports

Disallow empty character classes in regular expressions

Disallow empty destructuring patterns

Disallow reassigning exceptions in catch clauses

Disallow fallthrough of case statements

Disallow reassigning function declarations

Disallow assigning to imported bindings

Disallow variable or function declarations in nested blocks

Disallow invalid regular expression strings in RegExp constructors

Disallow irregular whitespace

Disallow literal numbers that lose precision

Disallow characters which are made with multiple code points in character class syntax

Disallow new operators with global non-constructor functions

Disallow new operators with the Symbol object

Disallow calling global object properties as functions

Disallow returning values from Promise executor functions

Disallow calling some Object.prototype methods directly on objects

Disallow assignments where both sides are exactly the same

Disallow comparisons where both sides are exactly the same

Disallow returning values from setters

Disallow sparse arrays

Disallow template literal placeholder syntax in regular strings

Disallow this/super before calling super() in constructors

Disallow the use of undeclared variables unless mentioned in /*global */ comments

Disallow confusing multiline expressions

Disallow unmodified loop conditions

Disallow unreachable code after return, throw, continue, and break statements

Disallow loops with a body that allows only one iteration

Disallow control flow statements in finally blocks

Disallow negating the left operand of relational operators

Disallow use of optional chaining in contexts where the undefined value is not allowed

Disallow unused private class members

Disallow unused variables

Disallow the use of variables before they are defined

Disallow useless backreferences in regular expressions

Disallow assignments that can lead to race conditions due to usage of await or yield

Require calls to isNaN() when checking for NaN

Enforce comparing typeof expressions against valid strings

Enforce getter and setter pairs in objects and classes

Require braces around arrow function bodies

Enforce the use of variables within the scope they are defined

Enforce camelcase naming convention

Enforce or disallow capitalization of the first letter of a comment

Enforce that class methods utilize this

Enforce a maximum cyclomatic complexity allowed in a program

Require return statements to either always or never specify values

Enforce consistent naming when capturing the current execution context

Enforce consistent brace style for all control statements

Require default cases in switch statements

Enforce default clauses in switch statements to be last

Enforce default parameters to be last

Enforce dot notation whenever possible

Require the use of === and !==

Require function names to match the name of the variable or property to which they are assigned

Require or disallow named function expressions

Enforce the consistent use of either function declarations or expressions

Require grouped accessor pairs in object literals and classes

Require for-in loops to include an if statement

Disallow specified identifiers

Enforce minimum and maximum identifier lengths

Require identifiers to match a specified regular expression

Require or disallow initialization in variable declarations

Require or disallow logical assignment operator shorthand

Enforce a maximum number of classes per file

Enforce a maximum depth that blocks can be nested

Enforce a maximum number of lines per file

Enforce a maximum number of lines of code in a function

Enforce a maximum depth that callbacks can be nested

Enforce a maximum number of parameters in function definitions

Enforce a maximum number of statements allowed in function blocks

Enforce a particular style for multiline comments

Require constructor names to begin with a capital letter

Disallow the use of alert, confirm, and prompt

Disallow Array constructors

Disallow bitwise operators

Disallow the use of arguments.caller or arguments.callee

Disallow lexical declarations in case clauses

Disallow the use of console

Disallow continue statements

Disallow deleting variables

Disallow equal signs explicitly at the beginning of regular expressions

Disallow else blocks after return statements in if statements

Disallow empty block statements

Disallow empty functions

Disallow empty static blocks

Disallow null comparisons without type-checking operators

Disallow the use of eval()

Disallow extending native types

Disallow unnecessary calls to .bind()

Disallow unnecessary boolean casts

Disallow unnecessary labels

Disallow assignments to native objects or read-only global variables

Disallow shorthand type conversions

Disallow declarations in the global scope

Disallow the use of eval()-like methods

Disallow inline comments after code

Disallow use of this in contexts where the value of this is undefined

Disallow the use of the __iterator__ property

Disallow labels that share a name with a variable

Disallow labeled statements

Disallow unnecessary nested blocks

Disallow if statements as the only statement in else blocks

Disallow function declarations that contain unsafe references inside loop statements

Disallow magic numbers

Disallow use of chained assignment expressions

Disallow multiline strings

Disallow negated conditions

Disallow nested ternary expressions

Disallow new operators outside of assignments or comparisons

Disallow new operators with the Function object

Disallow new operators with the String, Number, and Boolean objects

Disallow \8 and \9 escape sequences in string literals

Disallow calls to the Object constructor without an argument

Disallow octal literals

Disallow octal escape sequences in string literals

Disallow reassigning function parameters

Disallow the unary operators ++ and --

Disallow the use of the __proto__ property

Disallow variable redeclaration

Disallow multiple spaces in regular expressions

Disallow specified names in exports

Disallow specified global variables

Disallow specified modules when loaded by import

Disallow certain properties on certain objects

Disallow specified syntax

Disallow assignment operators in return statements

Disallow javascript: urls

Disallow comma operators

Disallow variable declarations from shadowing variables declared in the outer scope

Disallow identifiers from shadowing restricted names

Disallow ternary operators

Disallow throwing literals as exceptions

Disallow initializing variables to undefined

Disallow the use of undefined as an identifier

Disallow dangling underscores in identifiers

Disallow ternary operators when simpler alternatives exist

Disallow unused expressions

Disallow unused labels

Disallow unnecessary calls to .call() and .apply()

Disallow unnecessary catch clauses

Disallow unnecessary computed property keys in objects and classes

Disallow unnecessary concatenation of literals or template literals

Disallow unnecessary constructors

Disallow unnecessary escape characters

Disallow renaming import, export, and destructured assignments to the same name

Disallow redundant return statements

Require let or const instead of var

Disallow void operators

Disallow specified warning terms in comments

Disallow with statements

Require or disallow method and property shorthand syntax for object literals

Enforce variables to be declared either together or separately in functions

Require or disallow assignment operator shorthand where possible

Require using arrow functions for callbacks

Require const declarations for variables that are never reassigned after declared

Require destructuring from arrays and/or objects

Disallow the use of Math.pow in favor of the ** operator

Enforce using named capture group in regular expression

Disallow parseInt() and Number.parseInt() in favor of binary, octal, and hexadecimal literals

Disallow use of Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call() and prefer use of Object.hasOwn()

Disallow using Object.assign with an object literal as the first argument and prefer the use of object spread instead

Require using Error objects as Promise rejection reasons

Disallow use of the RegExp constructor in favor of regular expression literals

Require rest parameters instead of arguments

Require spread operators instead of .apply()

Require template literals instead of string concatenation

Enforce the consistent use of the radix argument when using parseInt()

Disallow async functions which have no await expression

Enforce the use of u or v flag on RegExp

Require generator functions to contain yield

Enforce sorted import declarations within modules

Require object keys to be sorted

Require variables within the same declaration block to be sorted

Require or disallow strict mode directives

Require symbol descriptions

Require var declarations be placed at the top of their containing scope

Require or disallow “Yoda” conditions

Enforce position of line comments

Require or disallow Unicode byte order mark (BOM)