I was delighted to see javascript intellisense in Visual studio 2010 , but I don't see everything inside a particular object through it , in the below code

if (document.images[i].parentNode.tagName == "A"

"parentNode" doesn't shows up in intellisense which made me think that I was typing wrong code ,but it do exists and Visual studio doesn't show it..

How to fix this ?

Update Progress:

• Used NetBeans 7.1 it didn't helped me in JavaScript,
• Installed JScript Extensions for VStudio 2010 ,some improvements in js editing but no improved in Javascript intellisense,

I was delighted to see javascript intellisense in Visual studio 2010 , but I don't see everything inside a particular object through it , in the below code

if (document.images[i].parentNode.tagName == "A"

"parentNode" doesn't shows up in intellisense which made me think that I was typing wrong code ,but it do exists and Visual studio doesn't show it..

How to fix this ?

Update Progress:

• Used NetBeans 7.1 it didn't helped me in JavaScript,
• Installed JScript Extensions for VStudio 2010 ,some improvements in js editing but no improved in Javascript intellisense,

• javascript
• asp.net
• visual-studio-2010
• javascript-intellisense

• I have checked several solutions on SO but didn't find them useful – DayTimeCoder Commented Feb 14, 2012 at 17:28
• I have just downloaded NetBeans 7.1 but its Javascript intellisense is also not working :/ – DayTimeCoder Commented Feb 14, 2012 at 17:38
• 4 JavaScript intellisense is more difficult since its a loosely typed scripting language. There are some extensions that help, such as ReSharper and JScript. – jrummell Commented Feb 14, 2012 at 17:39
• NetBeans won't help you with ASP.NET ... – jrummell Commented Feb 14, 2012 at 17:42
• @jrummell Yes i know ,I would like to use it for Javascript only – DayTimeCoder Commented Feb 14, 2012 at 17:50

4 Answers 4

If you want to improve the default JavaScript experience in Visual Studio 2010 you need to install the JScript Extensions.

In VS > Tools > Extension Manager > Search for JScript

You will then be able to install the following extensions:

• JScript Brace Matching Extension
• JScript Editor Extension
• JScript IntelliSense Para Extension
• JScript Outloning Extension
• JScript WOrk Highlighter Extension

Good luck!

Out of the box you have some support for JavaScript in Visual Studio 2010 but it doesn't really cut it.

At the moment I am using Resharper 6.1 (Visual Studio plugin) which does cut it. It does exactly what you expect plus lots more. It's not free but I can advise it to anyone.

I do Unity3D game development, and my primary IDE is MonoDevelop. MonoDevelop with Unity3D appears to have strong support for JavaScript. Since I mostly do c#, I cannot say much about it, but you can play around with it.

I have found an Editor "Free JavaScript Editor" it has good intellisense support for javascript, it can tackle

• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript

It was all that I need right nowt..! :)

Thanks for all the replies and input...