Webstorm: Javascript Ide For Smart Coding

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WebStorm: JavaScript IDE for Smart Coding

JetBrains WebStorm is a lightweight, fast and smart JavaScript IDE.
It has a huge amount of free or paid competitive tools like Notepad++ and Vim but there are several reasons why WebStorm qualitatively differs from the other JavaScript IDE and editors:

WebStorm is not a plain text editor. Sure, it has usual text editor components such as auto-completion (it should be noted that it's smart browser-specific completion), code folding, syntax highlighting, and so on. But that is only the part. WebStorm is a JavaScript IDE and IDEs work with projects. You can open project from a remote host, FTP, or a mounted network drive using simple configuration and an intuitive user interface.

You can put your project under version control system as professional developers always do. WebStorm JavaScript IDE supports most popular VCS as Subversion, Mercurial, Git, Perforce, CVS and TFS. All the tedious tasks (adding, removing, deleting files) are performed automatically. ...
... A built-in visual merge tool resolves all conflicts in a quick and intuitive manner.

When you're creating a new project, it makes sense to begin with an appropriate starting template. WebStorm offers some well-known project templates to use depending on your needs: client-side (HTML5 Boilerplate, Twitter Bootstrap and Kickstrap) or server-side (Node.js Express application wizard).

In addition, to ensure better code quality, JetBrains WebStorm catches common errors in your JavaScript code on the fly by using code inspections and offers quick-fixes for bugs. JSLint/JSHint are also integrated in the JavaScript editor. It allows you to check your code just as you edit it.

If you're a JavaScript developer, you probably know that the quality and correctness of your application are crucial. WebStorm presents you JavaScript Unit Testing. Also JavaScript IDE has Code coverage for unit testing that provides a clear picture of which parts of your code remain untested.

WebStorm gives you an opportunity to use the power and speed of Zen coding. All abbreviations are available for creating new content and for wrapping an existing structure. Use language mixing and enjoy full coding assistance for CSS, HTML, SQL, etc. outside of JavaScript code blocks or inside JavaScript string literals.

Nicely enough, the developers of WebStorm release updates every few months and keep up to date with the latest web development standards. For those who prefer to stay one step ahead, WebStorm presents experimental support of a new ongoing ECMAScript version code-named Harmony. Also smart JavaScript IDE offers CoffeScript support «hot of the press». Sure there is HTML5 Support. And don't forget about Node.JS. WebStorm allows you to debug and validate your server-side JavaScript — Node.JS apps.

JetBrains knows — devil is in the details so it makes WebStorm so smart and thought out that you've got simply the best JavaScript IDE out there at the moment.