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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Creating a Spoiler Revealer Preparation

Kartik Shetty
Kartik Shetty
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Posted by Kartik Shetty
Kartik Shetty
4,914 Points

IDE for web development

Can someone recommend me an IDE for web developement?

7 Answers

Matt Williams
Matt Williams
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Matt Williams
Matt Williams
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Hey Kartik, my recommendation would be to use Atom by Github. I used to swear by Sublime Text until I tried out Atom, they're both incredibly good editors that are usually pitted against each other in the "Best Code Editor" blog posts around the web. Try them both out, we all have our own preferences :)

Kartik Shetty
Kartik Shetty
4,914 Points
Kartik Shetty
Kartik Shetty
4,914 Points

Hi Matt, I am finding trouble with treehouse workspace while doing my track in JS. I wanted to know how do i test my code locally?

Jakub Golan
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Jakub Golan
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Jakub Golan
Jakub Golan
Courses Plus Student 28,393 Points

Hey Kartik depends if you are looking for an IDE or just an editor. As Matt wrote for editors probably the best options are Atom or Sublime Text and Visual Studio isn't half bad either. As far as an IDE goes, I think the best one out there right now would be WebStorm by JetBrains, which is targeted specifically at HTML, CSS, JS web development and then they have other IDEs for PHP, Ruby, Java, Swift etc.

Darin Thompson
Darin Thompson
5,305 Points
Darin Thompson
Darin Thompson
5,305 Points

Learn VIM. Once you get over the initial learning curve you'll realize that there is nothing better.

Mayur Pande
Mayur Pande
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Mayur Pande
Mayur Pande
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I used to use vim for php, but then since learning js I haven't used it once, do you think it is worth using for js as well? If so do you use any plugins?

Darin Thompson
Darin Thompson
5,305 Points

Wow, I am so sorry. I don't know how I didn't see the reply to this. I do use it for JS. In fact that's what I was learning when I learned Vim. As for plugins...I would check out Vim Awesome and see if anything there fits your fancy. Cheers and sorry again for the astronomical lateness in a reply.

Lars Reimann
Lars Reimann
11,816 Points
Lars Reimann
Lars Reimann
11,816 Points

Visual Studio Code is also worth a look.

docgunthrop
docgunthrop
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docgunthrop
docgunthrop
12,445 Points

If you're looking for a web-based IDE, you can try out jsfiddle or jsbin (primarily for Javascript).