Is there an IDE that highlights possible logical errors? If so, what is the best? [closed]

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For example, after spending an hour on the following javascript logic error, I finally realized the problem. Keep in mind that this if statement is embedded in a lot of other code.

for(i=0;i<alength;i++)
{
    if(myvar = correct)
    {
        //ommitted irrelevent code            
    }
}

As you know, I was assigning the correct variable to myvar as well as comparing it, so it should have been:

if(myvar == correct)

After finally realizing the error, I was very annoyed that I didn't recognize it much faster. I have been programming for over 5 years, mostly in java, but this happens quite often and I was wondering if there is an IDE or something that can highlight possible logical errors.

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You could have your code linted by JSHint. There should be plugins for any major editors.

In this case, it would have told you "Expected a conditional expression and instead saw an assignment."