"Turn" 3 Essential Sublime Text Plugins for Node & JavaScript Developers

Translated from: http://scottksmith.com/blog/2014/09/29/3-essential-sublime-text-plugins-for-node-and-javascript-developers/

Check out these 3 great and essential Sublime Text plugins every JavaScript and Node developer should know on and use.

Jsformat

Https://github.com/jdc0589/JsFormat

Jsformat is a JavaScript formatting plugin. Behind The scenes, it uses the command line formatter from jsbeautifier.org to format full or portions of JavaScript and J SON files.

Features

1. JavaScript formatting
2. JSON formatting
3. Full file formatting
4. Selected text formatting
5. Customizable settings for formatting options
6. Customize per project with. JSBEAUTIFYRC settings file

Usage

Either oncmd+alt+fOS X or onctrl+alt+flinux/windows

Jshint

Https://github.com/uipoet/sublime-jshint

"Jshint is a community-driven tool to detect errors and potential problems in JavaScript code and to enforce your team ' s C oding conventions. It's very flexible so can easily adjust it to your particular coding guidelines and the environment you expect your C Ode to execute in. Jshint is open source and would always stay the this. "-Jshint

Usage

ctrl+jOn OS X or onalt+jlinux/windows

If you would like to having Jshint run anytime you save a JavaScript file (highly suggest this), you'll need to install th E sublimeonsavebuild package.

Javascriptnext

Https://github.com/Benvie/JavaScriptNext.tmLanguage

This plugin was a better syntax highlighter for JavaScript. Does it improve syntax highlighting for current ES5, it also adds syntax highlighting for new ES6 syntax such as Modules, succinct methods, arrow functions, classes, and generators.

Here is the original JavaScript syntax highlighter:

Here is the new JavaScript syntax highlighter:

Usage

You can either set individual JavaScript files to use this syntax highlighter by changing it in the "View-Syntax" Me Nu or you can change it for all JavaScript files in the "View-Syntax, Open all with current extension as".

Wrap up

These 3 plugins has been very beneficial to me as a JavaScript and Node developer. If you know of other useful plugins, feel free to share them in the comments.

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"Turn" 3 Essential Sublime Text Plugins for Node & JavaScript Developers