Hi guys,
I see lot of buzz around a _javascript_ update in Eclipse Neon but honestly, I don't see a real change :(
- I installed Eclipse for _javascript_ and Web Developers via Eclipse installer (was a nice experience)
- I created a _javascript_ project and the first thing I see is that it keep using _javascript_ libraries that are not updated since 2010 (system.js) and 2013 (browserWindow.js). I did a search for "console" and "log" and it just does not exist.
- I wrote this code:
class Pepe {
function lola() {
}
}
When I save it, I got a nashorn error "Undefined cannot be casted to String". If I write the right syntax it works fine.
- Ok, let's try with something simpler:
var a = "";
<ctrl+space>
It does not show any completions, just keywords, and an old "pepe" function I wrote before, it seems to be cached somewhere.
Actually, I don't get any _javascript_ global objects completions, like Math.
- Well... in the previous JSDT completions worked much much better.
- I saw somewhere there is a new JSON editor (but I did not find a wizard to create a JSON file). I had to create it via New File wizard.
In general, it was a frustrating experience :( I had lot of expectation for this release, but what I see are regressions or a work in progress.
(I did not test the stuff around nodejs)
Maybe I am missing something... some configuration... well, maybe it is just a matter of time, I know you are working hard on it and that there is a lot to do. I know there are other options like those based on tern.java (that works much better) but yet I prefer to keep on the standard tooling.
Best regards,
Arian
