I'm looking for something similar to LINQPad, except for JavaScript - specifically, a quick interpreter type of environment where I can prototype something very quickly without having to use a "full" development environment like Visual Studio or Eclipse.
The closest I've been able to find so far is this question on Stack Overflow. Unfortunately, the last release for the software recommended there was a beta release in 2010 (approximately 7 years ago at this point), so I'm assuming that it's abandonware, which is too bad because it seems to be exactly what I'm looking for. For reference, the developers described it as follows (and this is reflective of what I'm looking for as well):
The jQueryBuddy editor offers a speedy environment for testing snippets of html/css/javascript but more importantly jQuery!! It syntax highlights and offers basic intellisense primarily focused on integrating jQuery documentation in the same environment. It’s designed to be particularly useful if you’re new to jQuery and need somewhere to practice and learn. Here are the key features :
- Fast edit-run-view cycle very similar to LinqPad. (Note: This is my primary goal in having such a tool).
- Syntax highlighting.
- Error highlighting.
- Intellisense (primarily for jQuery but eventually for HTML too)
- Hands-on documentation (again primarily for jQuery)
- Compact deployment (just the exe should do and .Net 3.5 prerequisite of course)
With kind permission of Joseph Albahari the author of LinqPad, javascript objects now support the .Dump() method which formats and displays a javascript object in much the same way as LinqPad.
Is anyone aware of some kind of non-abandonware project that does something like this?
