Recommendations for Javascript Editor on Windows? [closed]

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Question

Are there any good recommendations anyone can provide for a good Javascript editor on Windows?

I currently use combinations of FireBug and TextPad but would hate to miss out on the party if there are better options out there.

Thanks.

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Solution

In case you're a .Net programmer: VS 2008 has pretty great JS support including intellisense on dynamically added methods/properties and comfortable debugging.

OTHER TIPS

I know jsight already mentioned this, but Aptana Studio really is a great, free editor for JavaScript if you find yourself doing a lot of work with it - it has great support for most of the well-known libraries. If it were not for the fact that I work with C# in addition to JavaScript, I would use Aptana for all of my work.

I use NotePad++ and am happy (of course, that is when I am not using Visual Studio).

NotePad++ contains support for intellisense type feature as well.

(This is a cross-answer post)

Netbeans

I've tried out all of the above and my vote goes for Netbeans, which has been mentioned. However the answer didn't really sell you on the features which you can find here.

It has:

  • Intellisense including jQuery built in
  • Extended (Eclipse-style) documentation for functions
  • Function and field outlining
  • Code folding
  • Refactoring

It makes Visual Studio 2010's Javascript support look very primitive.

Netbeans

The Zeus editor has support for Java Script.

It has the stock standard set of features like code folding and syntax highlighting features etc, but more importantly Zeus is fully scriptable and Zeus scripts can be written in Java Script.

The best that I've ever used is Netbeans, although its kind of heavyweight for some tasks due to being a fullblown multi-language IDE (not just Javascript). I've also had pretty good experiences with Aptana IDE, though, and I hear that IntelliJ is good if you don't mind paying the price.

WebStorm. If you have used any Jetbrains products you'll love it. It has Autocomplete and all the other javascript goodies. Even node.js support is provided. Check it out

If you are using eclipse, then I would recomend JSEclipse

I'm still a huge fan of HomeSite, even though Adobe discontinued development in May 2009: http://www.adobe.com/products/homesite/.

Both NetBeans and Eclipse have JavaScript editing support. The latest version of NetBeans actually does a really good job. They are both free and you can use them for other languages as well, this way you have a chance to get to know the IDE and the shortcuts as well.

Komodo Ide or Komodo Edit of course.

Editra may be worth a look, the code colouring isn't bad, and I believe it has plugins to enable script execution.. Although I have not used this myself.

GVim is still awesome - not only for JavaScript for for almost all languages.

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