Create an eslint plugin to suggest alternatives to high risk/bloat packages

[43081j]

I already did some of this a few years ago, so we can use it as reference at least: https://github.com/43081j/eslint-plugin-clutter

i would at least rename this as it is not all "clutter"

once we have a community org this stuff can belong to, it should be owned by that

basic requirements of such a plugin:

• detect and suggest alternatives to bloated packages
• detect and suggest native alternatives where possible

[43081j]

suggested by @thepassle, it is probably worth providing an open list of alternatives in its own repo. that way, other tools and docs can make use of it, not only the eslint plugin

so it seems we need:

• a repo for maintaining a list of alternatives (can be decided how we organise and publish that in the repo)
• an eslint plugin which consumes this list to warn on known packages consumers should likely replace

the plugin should really have at least two rules (these can be tracked better in the plugin's repo when it exists):

• detect imports of packages which provide functionality the platform has built in
  • may be worth making the target ES version configurable (i.e. so we can supress warnings for native functionality we don't have in our target platform)
• detect imports of packages which have considerable bloat/risk

it'd make sense to start with the native functionality rule since it is well known (e.g. we already know hasOwn should just be replaced by native hasOwnProperty)

ill create the org and repo this weekend (knowing we may later rename it or rework it, just a PoC for now)

[43081j]

this has been done

you can find the module replacements here: https://github.com/es-tooling/module-replacements

you can find the eslint plugin here: https://github.com/es-tooling/eslint-plugin-depend/