Install ES Lint modules⌗

npm install --save-dev eslint-plugin-import eslint

Install Airbnb config⌗

Use the base version for Node.js applications. They also publish a version for React applications as eslint-config-airbnb.

npm install --save-dev eslint-config-airbnb-base

Config File⌗

Create a .eslintrc file with following contents to Airbnb rules for the Node.js Application.

{
    "extends": "eslint-config-airbnb-base"
}

NPM Scripts⌗

Create few npm scripts to integrate linting into development flow.

{
    "scripts":{
        "start": "node .",
        "lint": "eslint --fix .",
        "dev": "nodemon --exec 'npm run lint && npm run start'"
    }
}

VS Code⌗

There is an extension on VS Code for ES Lint, available at https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=dbaeumer.vscode-eslint