Linting and pre-commit

Formatting

black provides Python code formatting via the [ms-python.python][python] VS Code extension.

prettier provides code formatting for front-end (CSS/JavaScript) via the esbenp.prettier-vscode VS Code extension.

See the .vscode/settings.json file for more information on how this is configured in the devcontainer.

Linting

flake8 provides Python code linting via the [ms-python.python][python] VS Code extension.

See the .vscode/settings.json file for more information on how this is configured in the devcontainer.

pre-commit

This repository uses pre-commit hooks to check and format code. The .pre-commit-config.yaml file defines a number of pre-commit hooks, including black, flake8, line ending and whitespace checkers, and more.

pre-commit is installed and activated within the devcontainer and runs automatically with each commit.

Branch protection rules on the environment branches in GitHub ensure that pre-commit checks have passed before a merge is allowed. See the workflow file at .github/workflows/pre-commit.yml.