"Georgi Naumov" <go******@gmail.comwrote in message
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What IDE you are using for JavaScript? Do you pleased? Sorry for my
bad english.
I use Scite because it's free and open source. But searching for
sometnig with good intelisince.
I'm still using HomeSite+ for HTML/JS more, at this point, out of habit than
anything else.
It has good color-coding for JS syntax and general editing features but not
much in the way of code insight for JS (although for HTML or ColdFusion it's
insanely useful). It's fast, solid and pretty lightweight (although not
nearly as lightweight as some).
Eclipse 3.x is probably the most likely replacement. There are some REALLY
nice JS plug-ins but Eclipse still has some issues with recognition of
plug-in priority with mixed files. A CFM containing HTML, CFML and JS for
example will always default to the CFEclipse toolset (because of the file
type mapping) for example rather than recognize when you're in a block of JS
code.
You can get around it for large projects by externalizing your code in JS
files but that only makes NOT having those features when integrating those
files all the more painful. I've only started playing with Eclipse but the
plug-ins I've been impressed with include:
CFEclipse: Mostly ColdFusion but has good color-coding and some extras for
JS, HTML and CSS as well -
essentailly an attempt to recreate HomeSite+ features in Eclipse.
JSEclipse: The most polished one I've found and also the most feature-rich.
Aptana: So far pretty impressive with good contextual documentation and a
decent syntax checker.
The biggest problem with Eclipse is... well, Eclipse. In trying to be the
be-all-end-all it tends to push some programming methods that aren't
completely compatible with the way most web-authors write. Things like
projects, code builds, etc.
While it's tremendously improved from the demonic version 2 (which, in the
guise of WebSphere Developer Studio (WSAD), I'm being forced to use) the
interface is still cumbersome and often confusing (understanding
perspectives, views and workspaces can be a major undertaking all by
itself...).
All told tho' it's actually growing on me... now if I could just get off of
WSAD at the office.
Jim Davis