Intelligent JavaScript Editing

The Intelligent JavaScript Editing plugin integrates the tern.js intellisense engine enhance the JavaScript editor with the following features:

• Autocompletion on variables and properties
• Function argument hints
• Querying the type of an expression
• Finding the definition of something
• Automatic refactoring

 

The tern.js library supports a large list of JavaScript frameworks like:

• AngularJS
• AlloyUI
• CKEditor
• Closure Library
• CordovaJS
• Dojo Toolkit
• ExtJS
• Google Maps
• Grunt
• jQuery
• Liferay
• Meteor
• Node.js
• Qooxdoo
• RequireJS
• YUI Library

 

How do I install the Intelligent JavaScript Editing plugin?

	To use the Intelligent JavaScript Editing plugin: In the Project Explorer, right-click your project, and select Configure | Convert to Tern Project... Select the modules to activate in the Tern Modules property page. Click the OK button. Open a JavaScript file in the JavaScript editor and start taking advantage of the enhanced intellisense support.