Best light weight JavaScript IDE

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Best light weight JavaScript IDE

What is a good light weight JavaScript IDE?

I don't care too much for the one built into VS because it seams lacking.

I've been using 1st JavaScript Editor Pro as a alternative for working with JavaScript but I wanted to see if there is any thing else out there that is better and light weight.

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Aptana - may be its not very lightweight, but definitely the best. And free.

maxnk 2008-12-15 14:24:37

Aptana is a good JavaScript editor but most of the time it just seams like over kill.

Superdumbell 2008-12-15 14:29:29

by "light weight" something that I can paste in some java script and debug with out having too much over head.

Superdumbell 2008-12-15 14:33:41

I liked some of its features but I found it to be a little flaky on Windows. It also takes a LONG time to fire up on my machine.

Dana Robinson 2009-02-07 18:19:03

+5 A:

Eugene Lazutkin 2008-12-15 14:27:03

+1 for Komodo Edit. I've just started using this one but I really like how it shows you strict warnings right on the page.

Dana Robinson 2009-02-07 18:20:14

???confused??? The OP asked for an IDE. Komodo Edit is not an IDE, only an editor. Komodo IDE is available (though not free)

Jason S 2009-03-20 14:00:32

Now I am confused. How does it matter? Komodo Edit supports projects and practically all major things of the paid version. It doesn't support debugging of JavaScript (the paid version can do that only with Firefox --- browser-specific debuggers are better), and "team development" --- use VCS.

Eugene Lazutkin 2009-03-23 15:38:21

Eclipse with the webtools plugin. Not exactly lightweight, but definitely the best.

adam 2008-12-15 14:28:49

+7 A:

Notepad++ is a great lightweight text editor that includes support for JavaScript and many many other languages. It's simple, customizable, free, open-source, and gets the job done.

2008-12-16 02:32:33

+1 for Notepad++. I really like this editor, both as a quick source code editor and notepad replacement.

Dana Robinson 2009-02-07 18:19:43

jussij 2008-12-17 03:08:50

I agree with maxnk. Aptana Studio is awesome

ListenToRick 2008-12-18 15:52:19

Aptana Studio is great but SO EXTREMELY(sic) SLOW sometimes! I was using Aptana but I am now searching for an alternative too, as I can't stand its sluggishness any longer!

2009-01-22 19:56:56

+1 A:

At JetBrains we've just developed lightweight web IDE WebStorm that includes very smart JavaScript Editor with DOM-based and browser-based autocompletion.

Javascript Editor in fact is the same as in IntelliJ IDEA but the IDE itself is much easier and much cheaper too ;) Only features you need when you work with plain HTML/JS/CSS.

Alexey Korsun 2010-06-11 13:27:21

I'm not sure if NetBeans counts as light weight but it's still quite a decent IDE for JS. It does not include a specific project type for JavaScript, though. You can use Ruby or PHP project to get started.

Besides JS, it offers good CSS and HTML editors as well. Nice bonus considering the usual nature of JS development. Notably the CSS editor provides nice preview functionality.

Netbeans provides native support for Mercurial. The integration is seamless. Git and co. are available as plugins.

If you happen to like vim, there's a nice plugin available that you might find interesting. With jVi you just might get the best of the both worlds. :)

bebraw 2010-06-11 13:41:19

Notepad2 for me, bit lighter/quicker than ++, and easy instructions to replace windows notepad (so can run from commandline) : NotePad2

NimChimpsky 2010-07-09 09:23:25

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