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I know this question has been asked previously, but they were asked a long time ago and answers to those questions weren't satisfactory. So I am asking it again - what is the best eclipse plugin available out there that can provide basic javascript as well as jquery auto-completion and intellisense if possible. I am looking for something other than Aptana Studio here.

I am using eclipse for J2EE developers version 3.6 Helios package (probably it has WTP installed from the start).

MD Sayem Ahmed
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In term of pure auto-completion, bugs like 159508, 121871 or 125088 seem to suggests it already exists, even though it doesn't have all the options of a Visual Studio IntelliSense.

However, a more complete version of IntelliSense was available with Aptana (as I reported in 2008), was still the best (in Eclipse world) in 2009, and can be installed as a plugin in an Eclipse (using the p2 update site http://update.aptana.com/install/studio):

See blog post jQuery IntelliSense (code assists) on Eclipse 3.5 (late 2010).

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VonC
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    Aptana makes my eclipse slow, very slow :( – MD Sayem Ahmed Apr 12 '11 at 06:11
  • @Sayem: did you try with an optimized `eclipse.ini`? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/142357/what-are-the-best-jvm-settings-for-eclipse/3275659#3275659 (and see if the problem persists) – VonC Apr 12 '11 at 06:15
  • Since I am new to eclipse IDE, I couldn't make any heads and tails of your answer, but I will certainly try. – MD Sayem Ahmed Apr 12 '11 at 07:22
  • @Sayem: the gist if it is simply to replace the `eclipse.ini` with the one I mentioned above (adapting the path of your JDK in it). I am interested to know if it can improve the performances in your case ;) – VonC Apr 12 '11 at 07:58
  • I forgot that I was running Eclipse on VM :-( . Anyway, it doesn't really makes my Eclipse slow and the auto-complete is working nicely. I am still afraid to use your settings because I think it may interfere with my plugin installations (I think after installing Aptana there are some extra content added in this file), so didn't try that :-(. But thank you very very much for your answer. – MD Sayem Ahmed Apr 12 '11 at 09:36
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I was going to suggest the WTP - does it lack the features you need? It usually works pretty well for basic Javascript.

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  • Yes, it has auto-completion for javascript, but no intellisense :( (like the small popup which opens describing what a function does when you type its name in visual studio). Also I can't figure out how to configure it to include jquery auto-completion. – MD Sayem Ahmed Apr 12 '11 at 05:18
  • I tried this previously - http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/jquerywtp but didn't have much luck. I used it quite a while ago, it may have improved. As for the Intellisense functionality... I don't think you'll find a solution that is exactly what you're looking for. – tamarintech Apr 12 '11 at 05:21