How Visual Studio Handles JavaScript}
JavaScript support before jQuery
First, lets see how Visual Studio handles JavaScript in general, without jQuery. There are two general areas we should explore: coding (with the
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IntelliSense will spread the code out evenly and from then on will know that
a and b are parameters of x, and show them in x's parameter
list. It also will notify you of syntax errors in JavaScript code. Finally,
JavaScript is radically different from C# in that there are no classes for the
objects; you can dynamically add new members to objects, and the only way to
know the members is to not just compile the code but to actually run it. That
could make for a messy coding experience. In general, Microsoft had no choice
but to handle JavaScript differently with IntelliSense.
Now let's briefly try out the debugging.
