What is the best and most powerful AJAX (including jQuery) code editor?
I can use Visual Studio for that but want to know what NON MICROSOFT people are using to write their JavaScript, AJAX and jQuery code.
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I use Notepad++. Free, lightweight, Windows friendly and very convenient.
Pablo Santa Cruz
2009-04-03 13:29:10
Yes, Notepad++ is awesome. I've actually made my own syntax-highlighting and method-completion for jQuery in it. If anyone is interested, I'll if I can share it with everyone. I also use PHPJS sometimes so it I have code highlighting and auto-completion for that too.
KyleFarris
2009-04-03 14:46:38
Do share please!
Pablo Santa Cruz
2009-04-03 14:56:59
I love notepad++. @KyleFarris, please do share, that would make it even better.
Pim Jager
2009-04-03 15:16:16
@KyleFariss, that would definitely be of interest!
Sean Vieira
2009-11-12 19:18:12
best thing is that you could use as default editor in windows
owca
2010-03-17 13:53:18
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In my opinion nothing beat a good text editor for javascript and html. I personally use UltraEdit.
One thing that is a must in any AJAX developers arsenol is FireBug and IE Web Development Helper
bendewey
2009-04-03 13:30:06
Thanks for mentioning IE Web Development Helper. I had no idea about this plugin. I've been using IE Developer Toolbar
Ionuț G. Stan
2009-04-03 13:51:58
Christian Sciberras
2010-07-11 13:26:27
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Eclipse? If only because I use it for everything else and code suggestions are great when learning a language.
CookieOfFortune
2009-04-03 13:30:24
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Eclipse with JSEclipse works very nicely.
Obviously with the VIM plugin enabled!
Brian Agnew
2009-04-03 13:31:26
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Netbeans IDE is great for javascript coding, irrespective of your favourite JS Library.
karim79
2009-04-03 13:31:46
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I'll support Pablo by saying that Notepad++ really is a very convenient editor. Do give it a try :) (I like the Ctrl+Enter combination, very smart, although could be improved)
Peter Perháč
2009-04-03 13:33:18
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This is turning into a who's who here, but I still believe IntelliJ IDEA is one of the leaders in javascript support.
krosenvold
2009-04-03 13:39:48
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Aptana has an excellent jquery editor built into its javascript editor.
Jeremy B.
2009-04-03 13:45:24
I use aptana at home (free), and intellij at work (not free), they're both great
Juan Mendes
2010-01-15 19:25:49
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I use Emacs with js2-mode for small to medium javascript projects.
For javascript projects with hundreds of modules stored in different files, nothing beats IntelliJ Idea. It parses all files in a project and allows you to jump from function call to function definition, from overriden method definition to the definition in parent class, etc.
I've tried Eclipse, Aptana, NetBeans, Komodo and others, and they aren't even close to Intellij Idea when it comes to javascript support.
On the other hand, such big projects in javascript are rare and usually emacs or any other editor is enough.
Eugene Morozov
2009-04-03 13:57:58
You don't need to have a large project to want the intellij features. It's useful even for jumping to function definitions within a file, provides refactoring for renaming and many .
Juan Mendes
2010-01-15 19:29:04
TextMate is wonderful. There is little that it does, that it doesn't do more comfortably than any heavy IDE I've used.
Mark
2009-04-03 14:05:19
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I'm a .Net developer, but I've been using the RubyMine beta for editing all JavaScript. I'm not sure if it has the same features as IntelliJ, the other JetBrains product being recommended, but RubyMine provides similar refactoring features for JavaScript, that ReSharper does for C#.
Mark
2009-04-03 14:02:31
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If you feel like dropping the change (who does?), Dreamweaver also supports type-ahead functionality:
jQuery API Extension for Dreamweaver
I want to say there's another editor out there that supports type-ahead (maybe not intellisense, but something).
Jared Farrish
2009-04-04 19:48:56
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Visual studio (i use it for almost everything) and it has intelisense for jQuery ! just stick with it
Yassir
2009-04-04 19:53:37
I know and i recomended that he stick with visual studio ... or don't i have the reghi to ? :)
Yassir
2009-04-04 23:19:57
right? sure whatever but the question was NON MICROSOFT (poster's caps).I could possible agree (sure, yeah, I love C# VS2005), but the question... Just sayin' right?
Jared Farrish
2009-04-04 23:54:17