Change default of "tslint.jsEnable" to true (?)

[glen-84]

Or, better yet, base it on the presence of jsRules in tslint.json.

It's somewhat surprising that if you:

• Set allowJs to true in tsconfig.json, and
• Set jsRules to true (or to a non-empty object) in tslint.json

... there is still no linting in JS files.

[SharakPL]

What is "tslint.jsEnable": true suppose to do anyway? I have typescript and tslint installed globally (tslint@5.12.0, typescript@3.2.2) and have this extension installed in my vscode. I expected for typescript linting to work without the need for // @ts-check in my js files, but it doesn't.

[glen-84]

@SharakPL,

It tells this VS Code extension to lint the file. However, tslint itself won't lint the file unless you set jsRules to true in your tslint.json/yaml file (where true could also be a list of JS-compatible rules).

[SharakPL]

I used tslint --init in my terminal to create tslint.json file, then changed "jsRules": {} to "jsRules": true and I think tslint.jsEnable should stay false by default, because it's messing with eslint rules that are more commonly used in .js files. I guess it's better to keep those two separate. What I would like is simple type checking in js files without the need for // @ts-check in each files and let eslint do the linting.

[glen-84]

@SharakPL,

1. Remove jsRules if you don't want tslint to lint JavaScript files.
2. Set checkJs to true in tsconfig.json if you want TypeScript to check all JavaScript files.

PS. This is off-topic.

[mjbvz]

Closing as TSLint has been deprecated in favor of ESLint and this extension is no longer being maintained

Please look into migrating to use ESLint and the ESLint VS Code extension