Consider using an ESLint template

[baer]

Hello @gaearon! First, I should say thank you for all the amazing stuff you've been putting out lately! Also, since I am a Changelog listener I heard about your new position so congrats on that too. London is a great city.

tl;dr - you should consider using an eslint configuration instead of introducing your own into the world. I am partial to https://github.com/walmartlabs/eslint-config-defaults since I am the maintainer but there are many other excellent ones out there.

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Why do I care? - Over the past two years I have been working in a small group overseeing the development of a number of very large web applications. As the projects grow, engineers from all different background began to contribute. Jr. folks right out of college, Java lifers who are trying to learn FP concepts while adapting to new semantics, ops folks etc. In the end what I've come to understand is that being a beginner is really freaking hard. Especially in client side JS.

So, with that in mind I'm trying in a large number of small ways to make good tools and resources available to people who need them most. I think ESLint is one of those exceptional tools but it's config is not easy to read, not easy to manage and is kinda a pain in the butt to get set up. This is especially true as of 1.x since all rules are now off by default. eslint-config-defaults and other sharable configs are an attempt to make it quick and easy to get good tools up and running and I'd like to ask if you'd consider pulling one into your project in an attempt to spread the good word.