Getting started with TsLint and tslint-consistent-codestyle in Angular 5+ projects, Part 2: VSTS builds integration

This article is the continuation of the following article: Getting started with TsLint and tslint-consistent-codestyle in Angular 5+ projects, Part 1: Visual Studio Code

Introduction

This article will help you configure TSLINT and some more code style rules to enforce consistent code style in your Angular application.
We are using Angular 5 in Visual Studio Code for this tutorial and VSTS to run a Continuous Integration (CI) build.

Step 1

Create a build definition in VSTS.

Configure your source repository location.

Step 2

Setup your agent phase, name it and select an Agent queue:

Step 3

Install dependencies simply by selecting the “install” command:

Step 4

Configure the build using a “custom” command like this:

Step 5

Configure TsLint using a “custom” command like this:

Step 6

Run the VSTS CI build and check your log ?

If your code doesn’t respect your TsLint rules it should make your build fail: