Learn only one thing at a time, and console.log instead of alert. I like Chrome's JS console. I code in a generic text editor with highlighting but no code completion. If you can't get your code to even parse correctly then it's a problem with writing too much code between runs, not the tools.
When I saw this post on HN, the first thing I did was to search for "completion" in the page. I have been looking for this feature since I started to write my first JavaScript.
Based on your recommendation, I tried Sublime Text 2. It looks good but the code completion is partial; just like it is in the Chrome console or Visual Studio.
For example, if you type: var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); req.
the methods available for req (instance of XMLHttpRequest) do not show up.
Yea that is true. That's when I would normally open the Chrome console, set a break point, and click through the local variable to see what might work for me, then try it out in the console until I get what I want, then paste it into sublime.
Sublime's auto completion just helps me a lot when I have to repeat things or if I have to change lots of text in different places all at once (tip: hold down command when clicking when you have your cursor somewhere else on the page)
