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Any other VS.NET/ReSharper folks get halfway through his list of things that IDEs don't do, quietly noting that our IDE does in fact do them, then quit reading?

Any other VS.NET/ReSharper folks get halfway through his list of things that IDEs don't do, quietly noting that our IDE does in fact do them, then quit reading? That's one of the big benefits of a compiled language like C#. The IDE can be continuously background-compiling, making things like Refactor/Rename work like the author wishes it would instead of replacing strings. Same with Find Usages, Find Declaration, and Automatically Import the Stuff I Need. Every time I wander off into Ruby or Python, I end up coming back a little bit sad. Such nice languages, but the tools just can't hang.

someone_here 16y ago
Which brings up a good point: Where are the Javascript IDEs?
- dagw 16y ago
  JetBrains WebStorm. While not really up to level of some of the better IDEs for other languages, it's probably the best JavaScript IDE currently available.
- Afton 16y ago
  I've used both vim and Visual Studio. The latter was surprisingly good, providing reasonable code-completion. (disclaimer: I currently work at MSFT, but am not anywhere near the VS team).
- sireat 16y ago
  This might sound heretical, but I find that current Eclipse 3.6 for Javascript is not bad at all. http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-javascript-web-developers/heliossr1 http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-javasc... Since hard drive space is cheap, I have different Eclipse installations for each language I use. This seems to cut down on plugin hell and slowdowns that people often complain about. I can't comment on how good Eclipse is actually for web development, but for embedded Javascript scripting it works splendidly. Most precisely, it lets me zoom in and out of abstractions in a large project with multiple files with ease.
  - someone_here 16y ago
    Does it have properties and method autocomplete?
rikthevik 16y ago
It's their dynamic nature. Static analysis is a big pain in the ass.

someone_here 16y ago

Which brings up a good point: Where are the Javascript IDEs?

dagw 16y ago
JetBrains WebStorm. While not really up to level of some of the better IDEs for other languages, it's probably the best JavaScript IDE currently available.
Afton 16y ago
I've used both vim and Visual Studio. The latter was surprisingly good, providing reasonable code-completion. (disclaimer: I currently work at MSFT, but am not anywhere near the VS team).
sireat 16y ago
This might sound heretical, but I find that current Eclipse 3.6 for Javascript is not bad at all. http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-javascript-web-developers/heliossr1 http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-javasc... Since hard drive space is cheap, I have different Eclipse installations for each language I use. This seems to cut down on plugin hell and slowdowns that people often complain about. I can't comment on how good Eclipse is actually for web development, but for embedded Javascript scripting it works splendidly. Most precisely, it lets me zoom in and out of abstractions in a large project with multiple files with ease.
- someone_here 16y ago
  Does it have properties and method autocomplete?

rikthevik 16y ago

It's their dynamic nature. Static analysis is a big pain in the ass.