Tree-sitter
Tree-sitter is a parser generator tool and incremental parsing library that builds concrete syntax trees for source code. It is designed to be fast, robust, and support multiple programming languages, enabling features like syntax highlighting, code folding, and structural editing in text editors and IDEs. By providing a standardized way to parse code, it allows tools to understand and manipulate source code structure efficiently.
Developers should learn and use Tree-sitter when building or enhancing code editors, linters, or static analysis tools that require real-time parsing and syntax-aware operations. It is particularly valuable for implementing features like syntax highlighting that update incrementally as code changes, improving performance in large files. Use cases include integrating it into editors like Neovim or VS Code extensions to support multiple languages without custom parsers.