Astro Language Server and Prettier

[matadaniel]

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Astro language server

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https://docs.astro.build/en/editor-setup/

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Prettier is a popular formatter for JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and more. If you’re using the Astro VS Code Extension or the Astro language server within another editor, code formatting with Prettier is included.

This contradicts https://github.com/withastro/language-tools/tree/df90fe5f79978b567387cc1b0cedcc23a43bd156/packages/language-server#formatting-does-not-work.

I was not able to format Astro files in Neovim until I installed prettier and prettier-plugin-astro as dependencies.

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[gsong]

I think this depends on how you set up Neovim. For example, if you're using LazyVim, I believe if you install prettier extra, it would ensure that prettier is installed via mason. That said, I always feel it's best to explicitly include dev dependencies such as prettier and biome (both of which can format .astro files), so you can be sure to use the exact version for that specific project.