We have recently transitioned from the Atom editor to VSCode for teaching beginner JavaScript concepts. One challenge we are facing is that VSCode requires installation of node and then running npm install eslint, whereas in Atom, we could easily use the atom package manager to download a linter-eslint package and point it to a global .eslint file. While installing and using node is not extremely difficult, our goal is to keep all things related to node for a more advanced class so we can focus on the basics.
Is there a way to utilize ESlint in VSCode without having to install it through node? Alternatively, are there any alternative extensions available that would provide similar functionality?