How to compile or check syntax error in Node.js application

Question

I have created a node.js application. I need to compile or do a check whether syntax error occurs before running the node.js service.I need to integrate this in jenkins. Kindly guide me to validate the node.js application

Answer 1

using eslint package https://www.npmjs.com/package/eslint It's a very common library to check the syntax of any JS/TS framework

Answer 2

Node.js provides CLI option --check or -c for checking a given file for syntax errors without running it. When working with Linux or MacOS a command like the following one helps with checking all obvious javascript files in a folder for containing basically working code:

find -name "*.js" | xargs node -c