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Do you recommend a specific IDE for javascript development?
davidjnelson edited this page Aug 27, 2012
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I wholeheartedly recommend using Jetbrains IntelliJ Premium Edition.
I used to use eclipse, but far prefer IntelliJ for these reasons:
- javascript intellisense auto completion works. this will save fingers TONS of time typing / copy-pasting variable names. this is HUGE. This never seems to work for me in eclipse.
- javascript refactoring support. This is HUGE.
- javascript 'Go To Declaration' works. This is HUGE.
- Fantastic support for static analysis / code quality for javascript and java. I've barely scratched the surface of these so far. Highly useful.
- syntax color highlighting is good, better than eclipse.
- UI is more responsive than eclipse.
- visual feedback when argument lists for method calls don't have correct number of required arguments passed
The webstorm IDE has all these features and only costs $49, if you only need javascript support.