Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by jxm262 » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 9:32 PM UTC

I know there's a ton of debate on this, but I'm trying to get an idea of what the community thinks _overall_

Please list any ide you like. Also, list any ide you do not like and if there's enough results, I'll post an edit with a like/dislike ratio. I know there was a previous poll for favorite IDE, but it didn't mention language, which seems like an important distinction to make.

Also on reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/2m3rsh/poll_whats_your_favorite_ide_for_javascript/

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by johncoltrane » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 9:39 PM UTC

I don't use an IDE.

Text editing is done in Vim.

Debugging/profiling and quick prototyping are done in the browser using a mix of built-in dev tools and extensions.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by theaccordance » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 9:57 PM UTC

I've become a huge fan of Webstorm since focusing on developing MEAN-stack apps. 30 day trial, and $50 for a license. Not too bad if your dev activities are generating income.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by MalcolmDiggs » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 10:35 PM UTC

On a Mac: I'm a big fan of Sublime. The only things I don't like are the counter-intuitive keyboard shortcuts.

On a PC: Notepad++

In the terminal: vi or vim

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by joshschreuder » Wed, Nov 12, 2014, 10:54 PM UTC

Sublime Text 3 for me. It's not really an IDE but you can make it like one by using extensions such as SublimeLinter, build tasks and SublimeCodeIntel (which I sadly can't get working)

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by brickcap » Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 1:40 AM UTC

After going through what seems like every editor ever made i have finally settled on Emacs. For javascript I sometimes use js2 mode.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

#7

Post by _RPM » Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 1:40 AM UTC

VIM

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by escherize » Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 1:44 AM UTC

brickcap wrote: post #6

After going through what seems like every editor ever made i have finally settled on Emacs. For javascript I sometimes use js2 mode.

Are there any other packages you would recommend?

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by brickcap » Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 3:19 AM UTC

escherize wrote: post #8

brickcap wrote: post #6

After going through what seems like every editor ever made i have finally settled on Emacs. For javascript I sometimes use js2 mode.

Are there any other packages you would recommend?

For web development I absolutely love emmet mode. Some times web mode can come in handy (for templates like mustache etc). Also emacs has lots of functions to jump around tags. So if you can,loot into them ( Disclaimer: I have been neglecting this for far too long!) And finally if you use firefox then it's all text plugin can be a life saver. It allows you to type comments from your favourite editor.

What about you? What plugins do you use?

Re: Poll: What's Your Favorite IDE for JavaScript?

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Post by bzalasky » Thu, Nov 13, 2014, 6:45 AM UTC

escherize wrote: post #8

brickcap wrote: post #6

After going through what seems like every editor ever made i have finally settled on Emacs. For javascript I sometimes use js2 mode.

Are there any other packages you would recommend?

I lean on dired mode (replaces the file tree) and rgrep (searching across files in a project) a lot. There's a multiple cursors package I've been meaning to check out that seems like it emulates the behavior in Sublime. Web mode is good for working with embedded JavaScript and or *.erb files.