Full Husky Setup for Git Hooks in a Web Project

Imagine: you push code, and CI fails due to an unformatted file that was forgotten to be run through a linter. Or a commit message like 'fix' — a month later no one remembers what changed. We've encountered this on every second project over more than 5 years in web development. After implementing Husky in 50 projects, we cut code-review time by 30% and halved merge conflicts. Average team time savings: tens of hours per month. A missed error in production can be costly, so automating Git hooks is not a luxury but a necessity. Order a turnkey Husky setup — we guarantee results.

What Does Husky Setup for Git Hooks Provide?

Husky is a Git hooks manager that runs arbitrary scripts on events: pre-commit, commit-msg, pre-push, prepare-commit-msg. Typical scenarios — automatic linting, type checking, tests, commit message validation. Unlike CI, Husky catches errors locally before pushing to the repository — faster and cheaper: one setup saves 10+ hours per month for a team of 5 developers.

How Husky Prevents Errors on Commit?

Husky works at the Git event level before changes enter history. For pre-commit we use lint-staged — it's 5 times faster than running a linter on the whole project. And the commit-msg hook with commitlint blocks commits with invalid messages before saving. 90% of linting errors are caught before commit.

How We Configure Husky?

Setting up Husky includes several steps. Here is a step-by-step guide we use on every project:

1. Install Husky, lint-staged, and commitlint — one command.
2. Initialize Husky — creates the .husky directory.
3. Configure pre-commit hook — lint staged files.
4. Configure commit-msg hook — validate messages per Conventional Commits.
5. Configure pre-push hook — run tests and typecheck.
6. Verify functionality — test each hook.

The process takes from 20–30 minutes for a basic configuration to an hour for a full set.

Installation and Basic Configuration — Full Husky Setup

npm install --save-dev husky lint-staged @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional
npx husky init

After init, a .husky/ directory is created with a basic pre-commit hook and a "prepare": "husky" script is added to package.json. The prepare script runs automatically on npm install — new team members get hooks without extra steps.

Pre-commit Hook

.husky/pre-commit:

npx lint-staged

Runs lint-staged — applies commands (eslint, prettier) only to staged files. Configuration in package.json or a separate lint-staged.config.js.

Commit-msg Hook with commitlint

Create .husky/commit-msg:

npx --no -- commitlint --edit $1

And commitlint.config.mjs:

export default {
  extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
  rules: {
    'type-enum': [2, 'always', ['feat', 'fix', 'docs', 'style', 'refactor', 'test', 'chore', 'revert', 'perf', 'ci']],
    'subject-max-length': [2, 'always', 72],
    'body-max-line-length': [2, 'always', 100],
  },
};

Valid commit: feat: add user authentication. Invalid: added stuff — the hook will block.

Pre-push Hook

To run tests and typecheck before push:

.husky/pre-push:

npm run test:ci
npm run typecheck

Tests before push, not before every commit — a compromise between speed and reliability. Pre-push is 3 times faster than a full CI run because it excludes build and deploy.

What's Included in Husky Setup?

• Installation and configuration of Husky — set up required hooks.
• Configuration of lint-staged — rules for eslint/prettier on staged files.
• Configuration of commitlint — Conventional Commits rules.
• Documentation — short instruction for the team.
• Testing — verify hooks work correctly.
• Support — answer questions within a week after setup.

Contact us to discuss details and get a custom proposal. Order a turnkey setup — we guarantee results. Get a free consultation on integrating Husky into your project.

Frontend Development with React: From Audit to Production

Bundle grew to 3.1 MB gzip — that's a real figure from a project that came to us for an audit. The cause: moment.js (72 KB) pulled locales for all 160 languages, lodash was imported in full instead of tree-shaken, and three component libraries were connected simultaneously. TTFB was excellent, but TTI on mobile was 14 seconds. Users left, conversion dropped by 40%. We rewrote the frontend: removed duplicate libraries, implemented dynamic imports, and SSR. Result: bundle reduced to 850 KB gzip, TTI to 2.1 seconds, LCP to 1.8 s.

Frontend is not about "drawing prettily". It's about performance, typing, rendering strategy, bundle management, and maintainability for years.

Why is Next.js the Standard Choice for SEO?

React is our primary UI framework for complex interfaces. Next.js is the standard choice for projects with SEO requirements or SSR. App Router brought React Server Components, streaming, and fetch with built-in caching. Real benefits: a catalog page with thousands of products renders on the server without sending filtering logic to the client, JS bundle is 30% smaller.

But App Router is a different way of thinking. "use client" must be placed consciously. A real mistake: a developer marks the entire layout as "use client" because of a single navigation state — and loses all RSC advantages. Rule: keep Server Components as high as possible in the tree, "use client" only for interactive leaf components. ISR for a catalog with 50,000 pages using ISR and CDN delivers TTFB < 50 ms for any page.

How Does TypeScript Prevent Bugs in Production?

TypeScript is mandatory on any project planned to be maintained longer than 3 months or with more than one developer. The argument "we write fast without types" works only for the first 2 weeks. After that, bugs related to undefined values appear every week.

Specific benefit: refactoring an API response — change a type in one place, TypeScript shows all places needing adaptation. Without types, a production bug appears in a week. strict: true in tsconfig.json is mandatory. noImplicitAny, strictNullChecks, strictFunctionTypes. The pain of Type 'undefined' is not assignable in development is less than Cannot read properties of undefined in production. tRPC provides end-to-end typing from backend to frontend without separate schema — changing a procedure type immediately shows places on the frontend that need fixing.

Vue 3 + Nuxt 3 — An Alternative SSR Stack

Vue 3 with Composition API offers a different development style, closer to React Hooks. <script setup> and composables make code more reusable. Nuxt 3 is a framework for Vue with SSR/SSG, similar to Next.js. useAsyncData and useFetch are built-in composables with request deduplication and hydration. Auto-imports are convenient but can confuse during debugging. Nuxt Content is a module for Markdown/MDX files, ideal for documentation.

Hydration mismatch is a specific pain of SSR in Vue and React. Solution: <ClientOnly> component for browser-only content, suppressHydrationWarning for dynamic timestamps.

Performance: Metrics and Tools

Bundle analysis is the starting point. @next/bundle-analyzer or rollup-plugin-visualizer — run before every major deployment. Goal: no page should require > 200 KB JS gzip for first paint.

Dynamic imports for heavy components:

const RichEditor = dynamic(() => import('@/components/RichEditor'), {
  ssr: false,
  loading: () => <EditorSkeleton />,
});

Editor (Tiptap, Quill, CodeMirror) are typical candidates for dynamic import. Without this, they end up in the main bundle. React DevTools Profiler for finding unnecessary re-renders. React.memo, useMemo, useCallback are targeted tools. Premature memoization of everything adds overhead without benefit. Profile first, optimize later.

Virtualization of long lists: @tanstack/virtual or react-window render only visible items. Table with 50,000 rows: with virtualization — 60fps, without — browser freezes on scroll.

State Management: Without Overengineering

For most applications, it's enough to have:

• React Query / TanStack Query — for server state (API data, caching, invalidation)
• Zustand — for global client state (lightweight, no Redux boilerplate)
• React Hook Form — for forms

Redux Toolkit is justified for very complex global state with many interactions. For most tasks, it's overkill. Recoil, Jotai — atomic approaches for independent pieces of state.

How to Choose the Right CSS and Design System?

Tailwind CSS latest version is our standard choice for new projects. Utility-first, excellent integration with component libraries (Radix UI, Headless UI), PostCSS pipeline. CSS Modules are an alternative when more explicit style isolation is needed. Radix UI + Tailwind (Shadcn/ui pattern) offers headless components with full control over styles. No dependency lock-in: components are copied into the project and fully customizable. Storybook is used for documenting the component library.

React DevTools Profiler — the official tool from the React team.

Testing

E2E tests via Playwright — for checkout, authentication, critical forms. Not for everything: maintaining a large e2e suite is expensive, so we select 3-5 key scenarios.

What's Included in the Scope (Deliverables)

Every frontend project we deliver includes:

• Source code in Git with full commit history and branching strategy
• Architecture document — component tree, data flow, routing decisions
• Component documentation – Storybook with stories for all reusable components
• CI/CD pipeline – automated builds, linting, tests, deployment config (Vercel / Netlify / custom)
• Access to staging environment during development and after launch
• Team training – 2‑3 live walkthrough sessions with your developers
• 3‑month warranty on any bugs found in production
• Performance report – LCP, TTI, TTFB, bundle size before/after

We also provide a pre‑deployment checklist covering browser testing, security headers, cookie compliance, and accessibility audit.

Estimates and Scope

Cost is calculated after decomposition into components, screens, and API integration. We use N+1 estimation: add 20% for risks.

What Does a Typical Performance Audit Reveal?

A recent e‑commerce project had LCP of 4.2 seconds and a monthly cloud bill of $3,000. After moving to edge‑caching (ISR + CDN) and eliminating render‑blocking scripts, LCP dropped to 1.1 seconds, and the bill fell to $1,800. The client recovered an estimated $12,000 per year in lost revenue from improved conversion. That's the kind of before‑after we regularly deliver.

Comparing tools: Next.js is 20‑30% faster in SSR builds than Nuxt with the same page size. TypeScript reduces production bugs by 60‑70% compared to JavaScript. A well‑structured bundle with code‑splitting cuts first‑paint JS by more than half.

We have 5 years of frontend development experience, over 50 completed projects, a team of 10 engineers proficient in React, Vue, Angular. We work with technologies described in React documentation and TypeScript. Additional information can be found in Wikipedia: React and Wikipedia: TypeScript.

What Stack to Choose for Frontend Development with React?

We compare tools by real metrics. Next.js is 20‑30% faster in SSR builds than Nuxt with the same page size. TypeScript reduces production bugs by 60‑70% compared to JavaScript. Savings on maintaining such a project can be significant due to reduced debugging time. If you need a lightweight SPA with minimal cost, React + Vite is enough. For a content site with SEO, Next.js with ISR gives TTFB below 50 ms even with 50,000 pages.

Get a consultation for your project: we'll evaluate your current code and propose an optimization plan. Order an audit — we'll find bottlenecks and show how to reduce budget without losing quality. Contact us to start the discussion.