WebStorm, Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio Code, NetBeans, Komodo, and Eclipse pull out the stops for JavaScript, Node.js, and friends. JavaScript is used for many different kinds of applications ...

As promised in February, Microsoft embraced the wildly popular React JavaScript library in Visual Studio 2015 by providing built-in support for its JSX syntax. So I took it for a spin. It works.

If you're using an earlier version of Visual Studio, you may need to install TypeScript from Visual Studio's Tools | Extensions and Updates menu. I didn't have to add a definition file to support ...

Node.js has quickly become one of the most popular platforms for writing server-side code. Windows, however, was never quite the right operating system to develop node.js applications on. That may be ...

Visual Studio Code is a great, free, cross-platform, open source code editor with an extensive library of prebuilt extensions for all kinds of useful, add-on functionality. Sometimes, however, you don ...

Visual Studio Code has been the center of Microsoft's attention lately when it comes to announcing developer-oriented features. The company recently revealed its roadmap for Java developers who use ...

In a previous column, I showed how to create a "Hello, World" application that integrated JavaScript functions and C# Blazor methods. However, my Blazor-world and JavaScript-world code didn't interact ...

Microsoft ’s approach to openness is continuing positively; from a software application development perspective at least. Naysayers will still argue that it’s too little, too late and that it is ...

WinJS JavaScript toolbox focuses on 'universal experiences' for Windows 10, while Visual Studio will get Enterprise, Professional, and Community editions Microsoft is making more accommodations for ...

As the company continues to court programmers developing on software stacks that aren’t its own, Microsoft has released a plugin for Visual Studio that provides extensive support for Node.js within ...

Syntax highlighting and auto-complete with IntelliSense. Smart completions based on variable types, function definitions, and imported modules. It is Extensible and customizable, supports Git commands ...