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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.
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.
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.
In case you're a .Net programmer: VS 2008 has pretty great JS support including intellisense on dynamically added methods/properties and comfortable debugging.
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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I really like using CoffeeScript (1.1.1) for small projects and it worked out great so far. However before using it in a more broad environment I would like to hear second opinions on using it in production.
So my questions are:
How stable is the language itself?
Do I need to watch for upcoming changes which will break my code?
If the answer is yes to the question above: how well are older versions supported?
Is there a stable (bug-fix only) and a separate development branch?
If you already did use CoffeeScript in your product/website/etc please describe the scope in which it was used and your overall experience.
Thanks!
Note: I've already heard that "CoffeeScript support will be included in Ruby on Rails version 3.1." (Wikipedia) which is great because of the additional backing from the Rails community.
The language has been stable for the last six months (1.1.1 is basically just 1.0 with bugfixes). That's no guarantee of future stability, but I don't expect my book to be totally obsolete any time soon.
I'd say the best practices for avoiding version issues are
Make sure you document the version of CoffeeScript that your project was written for, and
Compile to JS under that version and keep the JS stored somewhere
Have good test coverage (in the words of Samuel Adams: Always a good decision!)
That way, when a new version of CoffeeScript is released, you have a JS backup to use in case your CoffeeScript code is broken. Breaking changes are a pain, but they're a pain common to nearly all languages except JavaScript—just ask a Rubyist who recently made the transition from 1.8 to 1.9, or a Pythonista who's still migrating their Python 2 code to Python 3.
The advice I can give for preventing your code from breaking under CoffeeScript version changes is to avoid syntactic edge cases. For example, func a:b, c used to mean func {a:b, c:c}, and now it means func {a:b}, c. That's an improvement (the old behavior was considered a bug), but some folks were caught off-guard by it. So use explicit punctuation whenever there's a hint of ambiguity; it makes for more readable code anyway.
Jeremy will have to comment on the stable/master distinction, since both branches exist but stable hasn't been updated since April (pre-1.1.0).
Check this: Has anyone used Coffeescript for a production application?
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In have a Motorola Xoom tablet and I would like to use it to develop some small Html / Css / JavaScript / jQuery applications. **Does anyone know a good IDE to do web development on Android?
I only need the IDE for: html, css, jQuery / JavaScript (other languages would be cool though).
Clarification: The development takes place on the tablet, so the IDE must run on the tablet. I would like to do some JSFiddle-like stuff when I'm travelling by train, that's why I need a offline editor.
You could use the online IDE. It's the Mozilla project that started out as Bespin a few years ago.
I've been playing with it for a while, and I am quite impressed with how well it works. And it hooks right into github.
There are even ways of running it in offline mode.
Try WebBaster's HTML Editor from Android Market (Pro version)
The IDE has syntax highlighting, code-completion and quick preview
Lite version is also available in Android Market
maybe an online editor like ACE (former Mozilla bespin/skywriter)?
Well, I would go with vim (dont forget to read the blog post about this Android version and this little tutorial with another solution) with zencoding plugin. But I'm a little biased since I use vim daily for development and I'm already used to it's modal approach.
It's a good opportunity to learn a new editor nonetheless, and understand why the hell these nutheads use vi.
There's a good post about vim as well, with some plugins for web development. Beware though that a lot may not work in your Android environment.
I had the same problem. You should try some text editors:
TextWarrior
JecEditor
Jota Edit
Touchqode
Silver Edit
etc.
The first 2 support multiple charsets and syntax highlighting. You can use andFTP as client if you work on remote servers. On LAN you can also flash a custom kernel to your device with cifs support, or load the cifs.ko module if you have root access, and mount the shared folder on the local filesystem (like mapping a network drive) for easier access to the files.
Another idea is to load Ubuntu on your device via chroot method, and use it connecting vnc to localhost, then you can use the arm ports of your favorite software, like geany, firefox, etc. Saludos
You can looks for Android Scripting.
I wrote simple JS solutions on it.
Perhaps this post can give you some path to an answer: Is possible install Eclipse IDE in a Galaxy Tab?
It looks the JVM is not ported yet on such platform.
Remember the Java technology is portable to any system as long a JVM exists for that platform (OS + CPU type).
But honestly, even with a full portability of the Eclipse IDE, I doubt the performance would be enough to be usable in the real programming task on the actual tablets (e.g. The samsung Galaxy Tab have a 1Ghz processor only... )
The Eclipse foundation started a project, too. It's called Orion and currently in Open Beta. It's ment to develope JavaScript and HTML and it has a build-in git repo.
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Do you have a favorite site or homegrown page in your toolbox to help you during development of your Javascript?
Something to help you:
validate
run
debug, inspect
unit test
Looking for somewhere to paste my JS into, click a Run button, and have it evaluate the statements. This might be for simple snippets for manipulation of numbers, strings, custom objects, etc.
ANSWER (since no answers before the question was closed actually address the requirements:
turb0js - lets you step through the code without having to open the browser's console and hunt for the right JavaScript file. Also allows adding an HTML description to the code snippet, and comments from other users. DOM and Console methods don't work.
jsbin with // noprotect at the beginning of the code, to enable debugging in the browser console
Non-answers: Codepen (can't debug due to its autorun on edit creating a new script); JSFiddle (no direct support for the browser console)
Give a look to JsBin it's a great online tool for collaborative JavaScript debugging...
You can easily incorporate the most popular JavaScript libraries, and you can even use it for Ajax Request Debugging...
Check the introductory videos...
jsfiddle.net is what you need
JSLint helps a lot for validating JS.
In terms of running/debugging, I use Firebug on Firefox, and Opera/Safari/IE8's built in JS debuggers. (None of these are online, but all are pretty powerful.) I think that Firebug Lite would make for a decent online JS debugger (in that it's a bookmarklet instead of a plugin or specific browser feature).
It's a Firefox extension, not an online service, but you should look into Firebug if you need to execute arbitrary JavaScript for debugging. Or Firebug Lite if you need support for other browsers.
If you're using a WebKit based browser, (Safari or Chrome), then you can use the Web Inspector. I think that IE 8 and Opera also have equivalent features.
If you need to run JavaScript from the command line, you can use SpiderMonkey directly; it has a JavaScript REPL that you can run.
You can run/debug javascript online with Overbyte
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What is a decent IDE for developing JavaScript, I'll be writing both client side stuff and writing for Rhino. Ideally It needs to run on Mac OSX, although something that runs on Windows too would be nice.
ADDITIONAL:
Having had a play with both js2 and Aptana, I think I'll be continuing to use Aptana. Mainly because I find emacs a bit hard to get my head round, although I did think that the error hi-lighting in js2 was better than that in Aptana.
I'm still looking for a way to visually debug my js code that is running atop Rhino...
Aptana IDE, absolutely. Stable, great syntax support for all the major javascript libraries, very good css and html editors. Also good support for php, air, ruby on rails and iPhone app development (I never tested this one).
Aptana can also connect to remote site via ftp (sftp in the pro edition) and to svn and cvs repositories.
It's based on Eclipse, so it's not exactly a lightweight application. But it's really, really good. You can also use it as an Eclipse plugin if you develop java wab app, but when I tested it in this version, about 1 year ago, it was not stable. Much better to use the standalone version.
If you're familiar with Emacs Steve Yegge's js2-mode could be worth a look.
Aptana Studio, both standalone and Eclipse plugin versions were quite ok last time I used them.
I have found the Spket Eclipse plugin very useful.
Take a look at WebStorm HTML/JavaScript Editor. It's lightweight and runs on MacOS. It supports debugging and running your code right from IDE and has very smart autocompletion capabilities for JavaScript both DOM-based and browser-based.
Komodo Edit/IDE is definitely the best IDE/editor (that I have used) for developing JavaScript.
Notable features include live error reporting, JavaScript macros and syntax auto-complete for ALL major frameworks!
If you have a very big application written in Javascript, there's only IntelliJ Idea. It parses multiple Javascript files and highlights not only syntax errors but undeclared variables and functions, allows to jump from function call to function definition, and more.
I've tried Emacs (because that's my favorite editor) and Komodo, and they don't come close. I guess it's the same for Eclipse.
Personally, I think that superior parsing and navigation abilties of Idea are only required when you're working with crappy undocumented code, otherwise I'd happily write the code in Emacs using js2-mode, but I'm working with huge poorly documented and buggy framework and it really helps to be able to jump to the source of the function or superclass to check how they work.
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I've found syntax highlighters that highlight pre-existing code, but I'd like to do it as you type with a WYSIWYG-style editor. I don't need auto-completed functions, just the highlighting.
As a follow-up question, what is the WYSIWYG editor that stackoverflow uses?
Edit: Thanks to the answer below, I found two that look like they might suit my needs:
EditArea and CodePress
EDIT: See this question also:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/379185/free-syntax-highlighting-editor-control-in-javascript
The question might be better stated as "What syntax-highlighting editor do you recommended to replace an html textarea in my web app?" (Some of the other answers here deal with desktop apps or pure-syntax highlighters, not client-side editors)
I also recommend CodeMirror, it's written in Javascript and supports lots of browsers. It uses a real parser (rather than regexps) so it can deal with complex problems like correctly highlighting escaped strings. The developer is also very responsive on the discussion group.
Here is a really interesting article about how to write one: (Even better, he gives the full source to a JavaScript formatter and colorizer.)
Implementing a syntax-higlighting JavaScript editor in JavaScript
or
A brutal odyssey to the dark side of the DOM tree
How does one do decent syntax
highlighting? A very simple scanning
can tell the difference between
strings, comments, keywords, and other
code. But this time I wanted to
actually be able to recognize regular
expressions, so that I didn't have any
blatant incorrect behaviour anymore.
Importantly, it handles regex correctly. Also of interest is that he used a continuation passing style lexer/parser instead of the more typical lex (or regex) based lexers that you'll see in the wild.
As a bonus he discusses a lot of real-world issues you'll run into when working with JavaScript in the browser.
See Google code pretify.
See this question for the edit control that stackoverflow uses.
Sorry to drag this back up but the best i have found in CodeMirror http://codemirror.net/
I dont program a lot of javascript but JSEclipse has been pretty helpful for me in the past. It comes as an Eclipse plug-in.
I've been using it for years for free
http://www.interaktonline.com/products/eclipse/jseclipse/overview/
I also rely heavily on FireBug for Firefox whenever I deal with Javascript
You can also try http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/ - it's fast, it supports not only javascript but many other languages. And if you need a live preview of how the highlighting will work, you can use setInterval to run the highlighting and show it in a separate box.
Although it has a steep learning curve, Vim is the best editor out there, for any language. It has a GUI version, but really shines in terminal editing. Any time spent learning how to use this editor is not time wasted. It has syntax highlighting, as you're looking for, as well as thousands (literally) of other features and plugins.
Gotta go with Bespin by Mozilla. It's built using HTML5 features (so it's quick and fast, but doesn't support legacy browsers though), but definitely amazing to use and beats everything I've come across - probably beacause it's Mozilla backing it, and they develop Firefox so yeah... There's also a jQuery Plugin which contains a extension for it to make it a bit easier to use with jQuery.