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--- misc:toward_a_webdev_environment [2013/11/01 22:54] – [Netbeans] mithat
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-===== Candidates for core editing =====
+===== Candidates for the core =====
 ==== Komodo Edit ====
-Komodo Edit is a FOSS "freemium" subset of Komodo IDE. Longish startup time. Reasonable tooltips and autocompletion. (You can add APIs and links to dirs that should be scanned.) Flexible JS linting. No code reformatting. Fairly easy to add external tools.
+Komodo Edit is a FOSS "freemium" subset of Komodo IDE.
+=== What I like ===
+  * Native font rendering.
+  * Decent syntax checking that uses standard tools and full configuration.
+  * Usable (but not awesome) tooltips and autocompletion.
+    * You can add APIs and links to dirs that should be scanned.
+  * Easy to add external tools to make up for shortfalls of what's built in.
+=== What I don't like ===
+  * Longish startup time.
+  * Spellcheck needs to be manually invoked.
+  * No code formatting.((Experimenting with external tool: js-beautify))
+  * No support for unit testing.((Experimenting with external tool: testem))
+  * No built-in change watching for the browser.((guard? grunt?))
 ==== Netbeans ====
-Netbeans has lots of support for HTML5 built in. Long startup time. Good tooltips and autocompletion. Inflexible linting, testing, etc. Can't add "external tools" to interface (plugins for this either don't work or work poorly on Linux). And oh-so-painful Swing font rendering on Linux. If it weren't for the font rendering, in spite of the other limitations this would still be a very attractive option.
+Netbeans has lots of support for HTML5 built in.
+=== What I like ===
+  * Built in server with auto-update in Chrome or Chromium.
+  * Pretty syntax checking icons.((I'd like to know the engine used because it caught one JS warning that Komodo Edit didn't.))
+    * Good HTML syntax checking.
+  * Good tooltips and autocompletion.
+  * Automatic spellcheck!
+  * Resource suggestion (e.g., ''<img src="img/'' will bring up a list of files).
+  * Good and easy autoformatting.
+  * Nifty "wrap in tag" feature.
+  * Built-in support for LESS/SASS.
+=== Neat but not that awersome (yet?) ===
+  * Built-in JavaScript debugger.
+=== What I don't like ===
+  * Long startup time.
+  * Inflexible linting, testing, etc.
+  * Adding "external tools" is not built in. Available plugins for this are either buggy or don't work.
+  * Oh-so-painful Swing font rendering on Linux.
 ==== Aptana ====