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Javascript news for this week. Best IDEs for Javascript development

29 points by hugohabel 15y ago

Tyrant505 15y ago
index page not found.
- hugohabel 15y ago
  Fixed. Thank you :)
CJefferson 15y ago
Has anyone found a pleasant way of doing off-line development of Javascript on the iPad? I'd quite like to play with it on the train to and from work, but don't get internet. This might simply be a bad idea.
- hugohabel 15y ago
  Vim is already available for the iPad. But I am not quite sure you are able to test your code on the browser.
- lightblade 15y ago
  Well..I don't know about iPad. But there's an App on the Android market called Terminal IDE that lets you do programming using Vim right inside your device. It even come bundled with Android SDK. "Yo dawg, I heard you like to program Android. So I put an IDE in your Android so you can program Android while you're using Android!"
- mappu 15y ago
  I understand you can get Bochs for iOS, so maybe you could install a small distro inside that.
- comicjk 15y ago
  Why don't you write an offline Javascript app to do it? Use one of the javascript syntax highlighters for the editor, the localstorage api to save, eval() to run, etc.
- TazeTSchnitzel 15y ago
  There's an iPod/iPhone app called jsAnywhere that's free and I like it. You can create projects, have an HTML, CSS and JS file, and run it. Might not have an iPad version.
- jballanc 15y ago
  Not JavaScript, but you can play with Lua in a really nice environment with Codea: http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/
lightblade 15y ago
Somehow...it makes me more want to stick with Vim.
- pinchyfingers 15y ago
  I'm with you, except I'm sticking with Emacs ;-)
publicus 15y ago
Visual Studio is by far the best IDE for Javascript, it actually runs the code in a VM and then use the info to offer autocomplete
- afsina 15y ago
  Jetbrains editors probably sweep the floor with VS or any other IDE developed. http://www.jetbrains.com/editors/javascript_editor.jsp?ide=webstorm http://www.jetbrains.com/editors/javascript_editor.jsp?ide=w...
  - khyryk 15y ago
    I'd say Netbeans is a comparable free option. VS isn't generally known for its JavaScript capabilities.
    - hugohabel 15y ago
      The problem I see with NetBeans is that it consumes a lot of resources. There are better & lighter options.
      - khyryk 15y ago
        While I don't have Webstorm, IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition consumes 250,000 kb with an empty project open while Netbeans consumes a bit under 400,000 kb, both without any sort of tweaking -- that's not that great of a difference to me. Vim, for instance, would be light.
- publicus 15y ago
  Have you people even tried VS2010 for js? That thing actually executes your js in real-time so it knows the exact type of variables even after re-assignment and can offer type info/auto-complete that is 100% accurate.
  - hugohabel 15y ago
    Can you please post a link to see the features of VS2010? So we can compare. Thank you.

29 points by hugohabel 15y ago

Tyrant505 15y ago

index page not found.

hugohabel 15y ago
Fixed. Thank you :)

CJefferson 15y ago

Has anyone found a pleasant way of doing off-line development of Javascript on the iPad? I'd quite like to play with it on the train to and from work, but don't get internet. This might simply be a bad idea.

hugohabel 15y ago
Vim is already available for the iPad. But I am not quite sure you are able to test your code on the browser.
lightblade 15y ago
Well..I don't know about iPad. But there's an App on the Android market called Terminal IDE that lets you do programming using Vim right inside your device. It even come bundled with Android SDK. "Yo dawg, I heard you like to program Android. So I put an IDE in your Android so you can program Android while you're using Android!"
mappu 15y ago
I understand you can get Bochs for iOS, so maybe you could install a small distro inside that.
comicjk 15y ago
Why don't you write an offline Javascript app to do it? Use one of the javascript syntax highlighters for the editor, the localstorage api to save, eval() to run, etc.
TazeTSchnitzel 15y ago
There's an iPod/iPhone app called jsAnywhere that's free and I like it. You can create projects, have an HTML, CSS and JS file, and run it. Might not have an iPad version.
jballanc 15y ago
Not JavaScript, but you can play with Lua in a really nice environment with Codea: http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/ http://twolivesleft.com/Codea/

lightblade 15y ago

Somehow...it makes me more want to stick with Vim.

pinchyfingers 15y ago
I'm with you, except I'm sticking with Emacs ;-)

publicus 15y ago

Visual Studio is by far the best IDE for Javascript, it actually runs the code in a VM and then use the info to offer autocomplete

afsina 15y ago
Jetbrains editors probably sweep the floor with VS or any other IDE developed. http://www.jetbrains.com/editors/javascript_editor.jsp?ide=webstorm http://www.jetbrains.com/editors/javascript_editor.jsp?ide=w...
- khyryk 15y ago
  I'd say Netbeans is a comparable free option. VS isn't generally known for its JavaScript capabilities.
  - hugohabel 15y ago
    The problem I see with NetBeans is that it consumes a lot of resources. There are better & lighter options.
    - khyryk 15y ago
      While I don't have Webstorm, IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition consumes 250,000 kb with an empty project open while Netbeans consumes a bit under 400,000 kb, both without any sort of tweaking -- that's not that great of a difference to me. Vim, for instance, would be light.
publicus 15y ago
Have you people even tried VS2010 for js? That thing actually executes your js in real-time so it knows the exact type of variables even after re-assignment and can offer type info/auto-complete that is 100% accurate.
- hugohabel 15y ago
  Can you please post a link to see the features of VS2010? So we can compare. Thank you.