Hi guys,

I see lot of buzz around a JavaScript update in Eclipse Neon but honestly,
I don't see a real change :(

- I installed Eclipse for JavaScript and Web Developers via Eclipse
installer (was a nice experience)

- I created a JavaScript project and the first thing I see is that it keep
using JavaScript libraries that are not updated since 2010 (system.js) and
2013 (browserWindow.js). I did a search for "console" and "log" and it just
does not exist.

- I wrote this code:
class Pepe {
  function lola() {
  }
}
When I save it, I got a nashorn error "Undefined cannot be casted to
String". If I write the right syntax it works fine.

- Ok, let's try with something simpler:
var a = "";
<ctrl+space>
It does not show any completions, just keywords, and an old "pepe" function
I wrote before, it seems to be cached somewhere.
Actually, I don't get any JavaScript global objects completions, like Math.

- Well... in the previous JSDT completions worked much much better.

- I saw somewhere there is a new JSON editor (but I did not find a wizard
to create a JSON file). I had to create it via New File wizard.

In general, it was a frustrating experience :( I had lot of expectation for
this release, but what I see are regressions or a work in progress.

(I did not test the stuff around nodejs)

Maybe I am missing something... some configuration... well, maybe it is
just a matter of time, I know you are working hard on it and that there is
a lot to do. I know there are other options like those based on tern.java
(that works much better) but yet I prefer to keep on the standard tooling.

Best regards,
Arian
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