Which Javascript / Chrome Extension IDE are you using? [closed]

Question

I'm currently develloping a Chrome Extension and i'm searching for more ergonomy by finding a good IDE who can manage javascript and also Chrome Extension API.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Use Aptana Studio and add the following scripts to File references.

• chrome_extensions.js
• webkit_dom.js

Congratulations! You now have a very capable javascript editor with autocomplete support for chrome APIs

EDIT

You can have the same functionality in Visual Studio, which has (in my opinion) even better support for javascript. In fact I think it's the best javascript editor around (quiet an achievement for microsoft :))

Just add the following comment to your js files:

/// <reference path="MyExternalFile.js" />

And you get:

Answer 2

I got this to work on IntelliJ by using this API stub (to make the chrome object appear in auto completion)

https://github.com/linux-china/chrome_js_api_stub

In combination with the chrome extension.js

https://code.google.com/p/closure-compiler/source/browse/contrib/externs/chrome_extensions.js

I then added the stub chrome_js_api_stub library and the chrome extension library by following the below directions

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/webhelp/configuring-javascript-libraries.html