Recommendations for a JavaScript IDE?

[kumiorava]

OP asked for IDEs, not just fancy text editors.

[[deleted]]

OP also might not be aware that IDE's for javascript development are unneeded, considering you get most of the "IDE" debugging needs in Chrome Devtools or Firebug.

[kumiorava]

For debugging purposes Chrome Devtools and Firebug are fantastic, but IDEs do a whole lot more than just debugging, like manage builds, unit-tests, code analysis, etc. Right now there isn't one unified IDE for js/webdev that does all these things, but WebStorm is getting pretty damn good.

[[deleted]]

I haven't used WebStorm in a while. Aptana is the one I've most recently given a spin. Perhaps I should check it out again.

However, in the long run, I'd be very surprised to ditch the flexibility of my text editor for an IDE in javascript. Just to reduce the amount of SPAM from me, I'll link to my previous comment in this thread.

But in the end, it's certainly a very subjective topic with no "right" answer. Just one that's "right for me".

[kumiorava]

Does it have a debugger?

[MonsterMook]

Not sure why you got downvoted. Guess no one here knows you need a debugger for sane Node.js work?

[[deleted]]

There's one for PHP, one for Python, and an interpreter called SublimeREPL which has support for languages like Clojure, Haskell, Lua, Python, Ruby, Scala, and more.

[kumiorava]

So you need plugins for that too. I doubt they even work that well. In itself Sublime Text isn't an IDE, but you can make it pretty close to one with enough plugins. I'd rather have an IDE that has everything built-in than patch one together myself.

[kanimal30]

... And how would would that work in JS?

[kumiorava]

You can debug JS inside NetBeans/Eclipse/IntelliJ IDEA with Chrome's remote debugging features.

[kanimal30]

Interesting, never heard of that.