Plugin with javascript intellisense and autocomplete support?

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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).

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:07:02Z

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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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answered Apr 12, 2011 at 5:56

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MD Sayem Ahmed Over a year ago

Aptana makes my eclipse slow, very slow :(

VonC Over a year ago

@Sayem: did you try with an optimized eclipse.ini? stackoverflow.com/questions/142357/… (and see if the problem persists)

MD Sayem Ahmed Over a year ago

Since I am new to eclipse IDE, I couldn't make any heads and tails of your answer, but I will certainly try.

VonC Over a year ago

@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 ;)

MD Sayem Ahmed Over a year ago

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.

tamarintech · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-12 05:15:32Z

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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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MD Sayem Ahmed Over a year ago

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.

tamarintech Over a year ago

I tried this previously - 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.

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