evhub/coconut

Improve Coconut tooling

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#236 opened on Mar 13, 2017

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good first issuetooling

Description

I think we should have a proper linter/checker for coconut, something like flake8 for pure Python. What do you think?

Contributor guide

Tech stack
python
Domain
developer experiencetooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
over 1 week
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
unclear
Prerequisites
PythonCoconut languageunderstanding of linting
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
20
Research direction
Explore the existing Coconut tooling ecosystem to understand what tools are already available. Study the architecture of flake8 for Python to get design ideas. Consider commenting on the issue with a proposal for a linter, including desired features and implementation approach. Look at issue comments to see if any prior discussion has narrowed down requirements.