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As you may know from the previous post about JavaScript libraries in PhpStorm & WebStorm, the main benefit of specifying JavaScript libraries in your project is to populate a completion list with only relevant members. We have reorganized the configuration panel at Settings|JavaScript|Libraries, so it hopefully become easier to use. If you simply want to select a library for the whole project, check the corresponding box. For more complex library scopes configuration, click Manage Scopes... button. Also, for per-file scopes settings, you can use JavaScript file context menu trigg

When developing a Node.js application it can be convenient to have code completion, validation and debugging capabilities for Node core modules (fs, path, http, etc). Unfortunately, these modules are compiled into the binary. So you have to download the Node.js source code and attach it to the project (all the required sources are located in the lib/ folder). But every time you decide to upgrade your Node installation, you have to repeat these steps - and don't forget to detach previously attached sources to avoid confusion in code completion and navigation! Well, from now on there's an

This EAP brings significant updates in many areas. Technical details are available in the bug tracker and the highlights are: New name. JetBrains Web IDE editions receive they own respective names: JetBrains WebStorm and JetBrains PhpStorm. The branding is not complete yet so you'll see familiar white splashes and WI icons all over the place. The focus and target audiences remains the same: PHP/JS developers and web designers. PHP formatter got numerous fixes and finally gained its options (this was the most voted issue in tracker). Although preview panel is not yet working and formatter i

I guess pressing Ctl+S every 20 seconds is not just my muscular habit. But once I started using IntelliJ IDEA and now Web IDE, this habit vanishes. Files you are editing in Web IDE are instantly saved to disk when you switch to another application. This is not the only thing JetBrains IDEs do for us and comes very handy when you work on HTML and need to often check your changes in the browser. You just do a change and switch to the browser. Everything is saved and when you refresh the page, your changes are there. Forget about doing Ctrl+S! There are some related IDE settings that may be