Introducing JSLint AIR Edition: Made with Aptana, Ext JS and Adobe Integrated Runtime
I've been dabbling with Ext JS for a while now in the hopes of integrating it into the various projects I have on the go. While exploring some ways to better construct a Javascript front end by separating out my code into 'components', I discovered JSLint, The Javascript Verifier. One thing lead to another and within a day I had a working Alpha version of JSLint as an AIR application...
JsLint has a tendency to hurt your feelings sometimes, missing semicolons, trailing commas, not using ()'s at the end of your constructors, etc. Put I'd like to make it a habit to run all of my code through it.
Some features I would suggest for the next version of your app.
- Escape HTML markup for the listing screen, since AIR renders HTML any markup in your listing won't show up properly
- Allow for entire directory parsing at once (not sure if this is possiblein the AIR file IO API)
- In some location always display the filename that is currently open (titlebar, statusbar, somewhere)
I am looking forward to seeing this application mature.
Totally appreciate the feedback. I agree that JSLint is rigorous. I was rudely awakened when I ran the code that I wrote to build the app through itself!
You can grab the latest version (0.5) at http://jslintair.riaforge.org/.
I've been hard at work porting the app to AIR Beta 2, but managed to squeeze in two of your feature requests. Processing an entire folder of js files will be a tad more difficult to pull off. ;)
Although, I have thought about a directory view similar to a TextMate project and multi-tabs, but it would probably be easier to learn how to create a TM Bundle or Aptana plugin for JSLint than building what would eventually amount to an AIR based JS IDE...