Someone at work asked me the question "Do you know of any good javascript editors out there with documentation and intellisense built-in?"
Visual Studio has never been really smart about javascript. Yes, it does provide intellisense, but only at a very minimal level. Only if you are typing within a
<script></script> block contained in an HTML or ASPX page, does it provide you with anything, and even then, InterDev left a better footprint of intellisense. VS doesn't validate syntax, or even precompile classes in javascript. VS is very limited. Perhaps in future versions, Micro$oft will
Believe it or not, I didn't have an answer for him. I had been doing javascript for so long (almost 10 years now) that I didn't really have a personal need for intellisense. Everything I put together, I usually knew what I was looking for. Javascript has just become so native for me, that I rarely have to look up documentation for a method or property.
But in the spirit of being a good sport, I decided to see if I could find him one. I did a little research on the net. I came across a few, that looked like they had potential, but I wasn't really love with any of them.
That is, until I stumbled upon
Aptana.
Aptana is a full-blown javascript IDE with massive intellisense, syntax validation, and precompilation which lends itself to intellisense. It totally rocks, dude! Nice. But don't take my word for it. Go check it out for yourself.
http://www.aptana.com/Labels: ASP.Net, C Sharp, Javascript, Programming, Technology, VB.Net, Web Development