What editor do you use for JavaScript development?

[Arikon]

Hello. I have a question for all you, people.

What editor do you use for JavaScript development?

My everyday job is to code PHP, and I use ZDE (Zend Development Environment) for this. Also, I have some project to code them is JavaScript. Before this day I was using ZDE for PHP and for JavaScript, but today I've understood that ZDE is useless for JavaScript, because it has nothing but syntax highlighting. I want to try another editor, that will simplify JavaScript coding job.
Could you give me some advice, what editor I can use?

Thank you and sorry for my awfull english.

p.s.: today I've trying an Aptana IDE (www.aptana.com), based on Eclipse. But it is still in development and have some annoying bugs, like mistakes in syntax highlighting and tab replacing with spaces (I want 4 spaces for one tab, but it inserts only three, I can't understand why, thare is no cofig option for this).

[INeedADip]

I use Aptana and if you right click in the main window (where your script is) and click on preferences there is an option to specify tab width.

[Arikon]

INeedADip, thanks for hint. I already have '4' there, but sometimes it inserts only 3 spaces =)
I'll try to update all Eclispe plugins for latest versions.

[bradharris]

I've gone back and forth between the Aptana eclipse plugin, and the JSEclipse eclipse plugin. I like JSEclipse the best so far. It does a pretty good job with code completion, and variable highlighting is nice as well. Sometimes it takes awhile to refresh its outline of your js code, so code completion isn't always up to the minute.

[BernardChhun]

I use NotePad ++ :)

The macro builder is pretty cool as it registers what you're currently doing and using a simple shortcut , you can build the same thing over and over again.

I actually registered a lot of Ext's constructor :D for example, when I press shift + alt + g, it makes a complete grid constructor with a proxy and a reader.
The coloring is simple and the whole program is very lightweight. I think I got tired of heavy IDE when I use to work on ASP.NET projects using Visual Studio.... :roll:

[berend]

Emacs.

[brian]

textmate from http://macromates.com

[bitdifferent]

I use vim together with gnu screen. This works for me because my laptop runs vista, plus a Debian virtual machine which is a copy of my production server. I run putty on the windows side which ssh's into the VM, and then I launch a screen session. I have one screen tab for each part of my application - one for the JS, one for the PHP, one for my smarty templates, another providing a mysql prompt etc. The great thing is that this 'pseudo IDE' setup is running on the VM, so if I close putty, it's all still there ready for the next time I connect - and I can connect to it instantly from any one of the numerous computers in my house.

I did spend a long time getting my primary laptop to run Linux but I was spending too long messing with the latest Beryl plugins and not enough time coding ;) This way I get the best of both worlds!

[Jul]

I use both UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com/) and Dreamweaver depending on where the code is. Ultraedit for raw .js files and Dreamweaver when it's inside HTML.

[gounis]

Hello guys,

Has any used Spket IDe? Noone has mentioned it. Is it worth using?

Thank you /:)

[spacyspacy]

Has any used Spket IDe? Noone has mentioned it. Is it worth using?


I use Aptana with the Spket plugin, it's worth a try.

[KRavEN]

I use Aptana with the Spket plugin, it's worth a try.

I recently switched from Eclipse JSEditor plugin to Eclipse Spket plugin. The Spket guys ahve added some nice stuff in the recent builds that have made it my editor of choice.

[christocracy]

Eclipse / Aptana

[StarrHorne]

Vim (whoo hoo! I'm hardcore!)

[BernardChhun]

Vim (whoo hoo! I'm hardcore!)


Very Intense Masochist. indeed you are! >:)

[violinista]

I use Aptana, and have some strange issue: the application outline is displayed correctly except when I use application layout from this tutorial - http://extjs.com/learn/Tutorial:Application_Layout_for_Beginners

- in that case, application outline isn't showed correctly. This annoys me, does somebody have solution for it? I use that application layout every day.

[eddyoc]

End of.

[pmarcotte]

ActiveState has a free version of Komodo called Komodo Edit (http://www.activestate.com/Products/komodo_edit/). It's a project based IDE that has syntax highlighting and code completion for PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Javascript, Tcl. Also has code folding.

I'm primarily a CF developer, so I use eclipse SDK with cfeclipse, aptana and subclipse plugins. Aptana does the trick for me in terms of js. :)

[BernardChhun]

guys, add those IDEs/Editor in the manual ;)

http://extjs.com/learn/Manual:Resources#IDEs

Komodo Edit & Aptana are already in there by the way.

[steffenk]

i use PhpEd for all the php / html / css things. It also support JS but really minimal.
The best with this is that it support FTP, because i do a lot direct online - ftp is mapped like normal drive, easy work.

The other IDEs i use is eclipse PDT and TextPad. I don't really like to jump between IDEs because i like the automated things while working with same Editor.
But if there is something with completition/properties/project files etc. I'm very intersted in. Maybe someone can hint on the best for eclipse (some are still mentioned by others)

[antimatter15]

My editor of choice (for now) is notepad++, not because of it's [lack of] features, but because it's faster than aptana (though, it's much easier to code in aptana), full featured IDEs are just too slow for me.

[violinista]

But if there is something with completition/properties/project files etc. I'm very intersted in.

You can get Aptana (http://www.Aptana.com) and ExtJs plugin (http://extjs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10550)for code completion, it works very well ;)

[zlatko]

Also Aptana has FTP synchronization for your code after you save it

[steffenk]

thx for the tips, i will check Aptana.

[mdm-adph]

Notes/Domino Editor 6.5. I have little choice. :P

[AndreTheDiminutive]

Netbeans 6.5

It integrates well with legacy (java) & best practices (RoR) technologies.

[tim.sporcic]

Usually either Visual Studio 2008 or IntelliJ IDEA 8.0, since I use ExtJS with both of the underlying technologies. Both actually work very well for JavaScript, although IDEA seems to be the smartest when it comes to auto-completion and understanding the code.

[mschwartz]

Komodo Edit for JavaScript. It's built on top of Mozilla so it can and does use the JS engine for just about everything. The macros are in JavaScript, too. It highlights syntax errors and notifies you of dangling commas and that sort of thing. It also does a really good job of variable name completion and function completion (with arguments and JSDoc comments in the popup).

If you do anything but Java on the backend, the IDE version (costs $$$) has full local and remote debugging support for a variety of languages.

[guyfomi]

Spket IDE

[griffiti93]

Aptana w/ Spket IDE plugin.

[msinn]

Aptana (http://www.aptana.com/) + Spket (http://www.spket.com/)
or
Aptana (http://www.aptana.com/) + Ext JS Aptana Plugin (http://www.sencha.com/forum/showthread.php?89417-3.X.X-Aptana-plugin)

Firebug (http://getfirebug.com/) + Illumination for developers as Firebug plugin (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/247486/) + Fiddler (http://www.fiddler2.com/fiddler2/)

[jt1088]

Using IntelliJ X (which is nicely improved over 9)