Improving Code Assist

[tomotaro1065]

Code assist now just doesn't work. I tried for http._ ant app._ in Express project.
It showed some beautiful menu with 10-15 option, but none where related to Node.js

[paulvi]

Hey, that was for VJET editor.
https://github.com/Nodeclipse/nodeclipse-blog/blob/master/Blog.md#vjet

[tomotaro1065]

Why did you close this issue? Do you mean we are going to use VJET Editor rather than improving our Nodeclipse Editor? I think the choice will lead to be not seamless editing and debugging. How do you think?

[paulvi]

The opening problem is not related to Nodeclipse.
For general Code Assist Improving, there should be concrete ideas how to do it.

[tomotaro1065]

No. It's an issue of Nodeclipse Editor.
I'm thinking now how to improve it.
It may be related to supporting TypeScript on Nodeclipse in the future.

[paulvi]

Then this issue becomes too general, and never will be closed.

I suggest to add Microsoft TypeScript support issue, like #12 CoffeeScript debugging support.

Note: our issues become discussions, and we need some sort of voting feature in GitHub to know what is the most hot and desired feature.

[paulvi]

Do you mean we are going to use VJET Editor rather than improving our Nodeclipse Editor? I think the choice will lead to be not seamless editing and debugging. How do you think?

We are not going to use VJET Editor. Currently it is worse for Node.js than Node[clipse] Editor.
However some users may want. And there are some other editors as I mentioned in #8

And yes, having several Editors may make it vague. But I am for giving users choice.

However, making full-featured JavaScript Editor is HUGE job. For example Code Assist is like adding information, that JavaScript code doesn't have from other files, guessing what type of variable will be in run-time.

I personally believe that we should leverage good things in Eclipse community, rather than try to undertake big projects. We should listen to Node.js developers to learn what is the most time-consuming activity or not possible thing and help with that. Starting with things, that can be done quicker.