Does Aptana support ES6?

Question

Aptana Studio gives me syntax errors for uses of function* and yield in JavaScript code.

These are ES6 features. Is it possible to configure Aptana to accept them?

Disparity

To whoever voted to close this as "too broad": can you please explain why? It seems very specific to me... – Disparity

It is back and I up-voted so you should be safe from deletion now (if it keeps having a non-negative score of course) – Aspergillus

Answer 1

No, Aptana does not support ES6 (nor JSX) and there are no plugins available to support it.

Aptana is compatible with all Eclipse plugins. The plugin "Enide Studio 2015" is tagged with ES6, which is disingenuous because as far as I can tell the only thing it enables a subset of the const keyword. Nothing else.

To install the plugin (which won't help you), visit the plugin page, then drag the "install" button into your Aptana editor.

Thumping

Thanks. Do you know of another IDE (preferably, but not necessarily, Eclipse-based) that has ES6 support? – Disparity

Webstorm is hands down the best IDE for Javascript editing. There's a 30 day free trial and after it expires you can use it for only 1hour at a time. If you can afford it (or get your company to pay for it), it's worth it. – Thumping

I don't doubt that JetBrains' product is top-notch. I was hoping for something free and open-source, though. Given that there are numerous high-quality open-source IDEs for other languages like Java, I'm surprised there isn't one for modern Javascript. – Disparity

@Disparity did you ever try Komodo Edit? Or did you end up finding something you like? – Phalanstery

Webstorm is by far the best Javascript editor available, but it costs money. Next best is Visual Studio Code, which is free. Next best is Sublime, but Sublime is just a text editor, Webstorm is a full IDE (a code editor), and VSCode is half way between an IDE and a text editor. – Thumping

Sublime Text Editor – Woebegone