Prettier Has a Free Code Formatter — End Style Debates Forever

Prettier formats your code automatically. No more arguing about tabs vs spaces, semicolons, or line length. Save the file, it's formatted. The Problem Prettier Solves Code review comment: 'Add a trailing comma here.' Code review comment: 'Remove the extra newline.' Code review comment: 'Use single quotes.' These comments waste time. Prettier eliminates ALL of them by formatting code to a consistent style automatically. What You Get for Free Opinionated formatting — few options, consistent output 20+ languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, HTML, JSON, Markdown, YAML, GraphQL, and more Editor integration — format on save in VS Code, WebStorm, Vim, Emacs CI integration — prettier --check fails if code isn't formatted Git hooks — format only changed files with lint-staged Quick Start npm i -D prettier echo '{}' > .prettierrc Format everything: npx prettier --write . Check in CI: npx prettier --check . VS Code Setup Install 'Prettier - Code formatter' extension Settings: "editor.formatOnSav