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The reason for using an IDE is the comprehensive facilities it provides.

Therefore, I assume there is a Javascript editor for Eclipse that provides basic outliner-based IDE facilities such as:

  • Outliner with Object Literal support (which apparently is rare)
  • Intelligent Code Completion using Outliner data
  • Intelligent Code Highlighting using Outliner data, not just similar words
  • Inter-file scoping (@include "otherfile.js")

However, for Javascript, these features seem scattered across multiple editors:

Javascript is a very popular language, and more and more frameworks such as ExtJS rely solely on JSON-like Object Notation.

Are there any Javascript editors for Eclipse that provide full Outliner-support? How else do these developers (e.g. for ExtJS) facilitate their Javascript development for modern frameworks?

Although lacking specifics, this is a good and popular question in general that is yet to be answered to satisfaction:

Note that devs depend on an IDE by preference and dependence on other Eclipse plugins such as the Chome Developer Tools and the V8 Debugger. Therefore, the scope of this question is Eclipse plugins only.

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  • Sorry, we specifically discourage questions which ask for product recommendations. They attract spam and link rot. If it gets reopened by vote a mod will most likely close it again. –  Jul 05 '12 at 15:17
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    That's unfortunate, because I've asked and googled around a LOT to figure out what Eclipse-editor folks use to have those facilities that are pretty self-evident for an IDE (as opposed to subjective). It seems like a lot of minds wonder the same thing, and we're all looking for someone professional to shine a light on this. – Redsandro Jul 05 '12 at 21:50
  • Try Visual Studio 2012 Express for Web. It has awesome JS support. – Monomachus Nov 12 '12 at 10:05
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    The question itself is already quite helpful, since it provides some of the results you get after googling for an hour or so. And it would be even more helpful, if people were actually allowed to answer. I'd be VERY happy to see some more solutions :-( – Jack Feb 11 '14 at 13:00

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If you want the best JavaScript editor (not free) then go with PhpStrom from JetBrains

You can use one month trial and this will fulfill all your requirements.

If you want to go with open source then I would recommend you to go with Aptana.

Hope this solve your problem :)

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