[JS] Recommend beautifier, and other tools

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[JS] Recommend beautifier, and other tools
Topic Started: Mar 2 2010, 10:32 PM (103 Views)
sylas	Mar 2 2010, 10:32 PM Post #1
Posts: 10 Group: Member Member #3,712 Joined: Mar 1, 2010	What beautifiers (indent programs) do coders recommend for working with javascript? I am also interested in suggestions for editors, debuggers, etc; but Tools of the Trade by Reid seems to have that pretty well covered. I have obtained notepad++ on his recommendation. Now I need an indent tool, please!
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Reid	Mar 3 2010, 08:29 AM Post #2
What? The land of the free? Whoever told you that was your enemy. Posts: 1,790 Group: Distinguished Coder Member #148 Joined: Jul 20, 2008 Coding language JavaScript	http://javascript.about.com/library/blformat.htm Doesn't always work that well, and indeed it's quite ugly, but it does at least get the basics done Also, if you want to use a more programming oriented tool (with a much, much sharper learning curve) use Vim. There were four reasons I swapped to vim: 1. I use Linux, so Notepad++ had to go through Wine, which made it irritating and ugly 2. Vim handles indenting with spaces much better than Notepad++; primarily, Notepad++ can indent with spaces instead of tabs, but when you backspace, you have to backspace through all of the spaces on notepad++... vim's backspace treats 4 spaces as a tab 3. Vim supports smart indention; it actually indents for you. Notepad++ will keep your current level of indention, but you have to manually hit the tab key to move in a level. 4. Vim is a lot more powerful. I can autoindent an entire script in just a few keystrokes. I can go to the beginning and end of files using the gg and G commands. I can save and then quit just by typing :wq. Vim in general has such a huge learning curve, but in reality, it's so worth it.



sylas	Mar 3 2010, 03:34 PM Post #3
Posts: 10 Group: Member Member #3,712 Joined: Mar 1, 2010	Reid Mar 3 2010, 08:29 AM http://javascript.about.com/library/blformat.htm Doesn't always work that well, and indeed it's quite ugly, but it does at least get the basics done Also, if you want to use a more programming oriented tool (with a much, much sharper learning curve) use Vim. Thanks Reid. I'm a vi user from way back... started out computing on UNIX back in the 1970s. So vim might be my best option. These days I use windows XP and have a cygwin UNIX available for when I want to go back to the good old days of text based UNIX stuff. I have never actually got around to using Linux, but I don't want to reorganize my whole computer right now. I have a week to learn about ZB and get my new board ready to roll. Edited by sylas, Mar 3 2010, 03:34 PM.
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