tslint.json is not working in VS Code

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So, I have my tsconfig.json and tslint.json at the root of my project. When I run tslint, it displays all of the errors in Terminal. But I do not get any hints/lines in VS Code. I'm driving myself crazy trying to figure out why it won't work. I deliberately went against a rule but nothing happens. I've tried force-quitting several times. I've tried other rules and going against them. (Note, I am not talking about the VSCode extension for TSLint.) I wrote a pretty basic one:

{
    "defaultSeverity": "error",
    "extends": [
        "tslint:recommended"
    ],
    "jsRules": {},
    "rules": {
        "quotemark": [
            true,
            "single",
            "avoid-escape"
        ],
        "semicolon": [
            true,
            "always"
        ]
    },
    "rulesDirectory": []
}

I have this under my scripts in my package.json - "lint": "tslint ./src/**/*.ts --exclude \"./**/node_modules/**/*.ts\"" — Clayton Ray
Do you have TypeScript and TSLint installed globally in npm? You need to have both installed globally for tslint to work. npm install typescript tslint -g — kenhowardpdx
This is not clear for me: You have installed the tslint extension right? Can you set up a basic example repo, so we can check it out? :-/ — Sebastian Sebald
I filed an issue on Github. Yeah, I didn't mean that I don't have the extension. I meant that I wasn't going against the extension's default rules; I was going against my rules, which I showed above in the code block. I actually got it working, but I am not sure what part did it. Here's the issue: github.com/Microsoft/vscode-tslint/issues/248 — Clayton Ray

Amid Amid · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-30T09:29:02

If you have not installed tslint extension and do not run tslint via task manually - VSCode will not "check" its rules.

VSCode has no "embedded" support of the tslint. You must install the aforementioned extension in order to get intellisense support you are looking after.

tslint.json is not working in VS Code

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