I’ve been referred here from the EPP-Dev list. If there
is a better place for my questions, please advise.
While a long-time developer, I’m not a developer of
Eclipse tools, I work at the app level. I've taken interest in FOSS that
facilitates _javascript_ plugins to be run in the JRE. I’m running the latest
Eclipse Neon.1 plus Tern, and looking for the best Java + _javascript_ polyglot Code
Assist available with the current technology. For example, I can't find the
absolute latest answers to questions about code like this:
/**
How is this
reference to core namespace and class annotated?
And how and where
do I define the dependencies?
*/
var File = java.io.File,
myDir = new
File('TestDir'), // should offer assistance on constructors
myFile = new
File(myDir,'FileName');
if (!myFile.exists()) { // should recognize this method
// Where do I set path references for non-core resources?
var myClass =
new com.foo.bar.baz.Class();
myClass.doSomething(myFile); // and will it offer assistance for
references like this?
}
I believe I need to start fitting code like this with
JSDoc annotations to help the parsers. Before I go on a spree to annotate
everything, it would be helpful to know how to get the best code completion,
type recognition, etc from unannotated code.
To facilitate that, I will be looking for a mechanism
that allows for JSDoc annotation suggestions from selection of functions,
variables, etc. The default (Source > Generate Element Comment) don't seem
to work. Any tool recommendations?
I understand this forum is for Web Tool developers. I'm
hoping for recommendations for more user-oriented questions or to work with
developers toward specific issue resolution. When content assistance doesn't
work for the code above, for example, I don't know whether to look for a JSDT
forum, whether it's a Tern issue, one of the Tern plugins, a core Eclipse
issue, etc.
Thanks!
T
