On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Peter Higgins <da...@dojotoolkit.org>wrote:
> On 1/28/11 8:50 AM, Max Vasiliev wrote: > >> It looks like an advanced text editor, not an IDE. I.e. it doesn't >> have any debugging features, can't do any refactorings, doesn't have >> true autocomplete. >> >> Seems like a blurry line ... At what point does a text editor become an > IDE? Is the requirement feature bloat? Embedded browsers to debug? > IMO, code insight and smart error reporting up front (more than just hooking up jslint) are a key factor here. Webstorm/Jetbrains scores very high, but the author plainly _refuses_ to even discuss making the auto-save "feature" of the IDE optional. With that thing on, I won't even consider buying it. I use Aptana myself, but the code completion sucks (turned it off) and the error reporting at some point stopped showing the actual errors (so now I get to guess what the squiggly red line means this time ;). I've not yet seen a full blown IDE that I'm satisfied with. Aptana is "fine" for me. For me personally, I can't code without code folding. But that's nowadays part of most text editors as well, one way or the other. Visual studio otoh has an epic fail in this regard. - peter -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@jsmentors.com/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/jsmentors@googlegroups.com/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jsmentors+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
