Setting up ESLint on VS Code with Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide

1. cd coding-directory
2. npm init -y
3. npm install --save-dev --save-exact eslint eslint-config-airbnb-base eslint-plugin-import
4. Create .eslintrc.js file with following content:

module.exports={

      “extends”: “airbnb-base”,

      “env”: {

      “browser”: true,

      “node”: true

      },

      “parser”:”babel-eslint”,

}

5. Install ESLint plugin (extension) in Visual Studio Code (shift + command + x / VScode -> View -> Extension)
6. Restart Visual Studio Code

To check result

if you get error like

ESLint Parsing error: Unexpected token

Solved it by installing babel-eslint using npm

npm install babel-eslint --save-dev

Secondly, add this configuration in .eslintrc file

{
   "parser":"babel-eslint"
}