development/news/3.8M7/jsdt.xml

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	name="3.8 M7"
	root="../../.."
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<component name="JSDT">
		
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			<item title="New Node.js support"> 
				<description> 
					JSDT now provides a Node.js runtime definition via Eclipse Preferences -> JavaScript -> Runtimes
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					<img src="jsdt/node_runtime.png"  alt="Node.js Runtime" /> 
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					Also there is a new Node Launch configuration for running / debugging Node.js applications.
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					<img src="jsdt/node_launch.png"  alt="Node.js Launch" /> 
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					The process of debugging has been significantly improved. Now all debugging happens directly in the JSDT editor					
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					<img src="jsdt/node_debug.png"  alt="Node.js Debug" /> 
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					While debugging, all JavaScript variables will be available in the *Variables* view
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					<img src="jsdt/variables.png"  alt="Variables View" /> 
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					Hovering over variables in the editor is also supported: 					
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					<img src="jsdt/hover.png"  alt="Hovering over function" /> 
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					In order to use Live Edit funtionality just save the file with new changes, right click on it -> V8 Debugging -> Push Source Changes to VM:
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					<img src="jsdt/push_changes.png"  alt="Push Source Changes to VM" /> 
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