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[jwxie518]

I have tried many Javascript IDE.
Aptana seems to be the best, yet, I don't understand how to use the debugger. I already installed Firebug, and I can see the wrapper.

Say I want to run

var hellostring = "string";

I want to call hellostring, and output "string"

I can do this using the built-in debugger in the browser (for example, using Chrome).
Is there a solution to this?

Do I always have wrap my code around HTML? I am getting frustrated at how to develop javascript projects. I understand that JS needs HTML...

Thanks

[WingedPanther]

What are you trying to do?

Generally, you will need an html element that has an onclick event that calls a javascript function. You can then use FireBug to set a breakpoint on the function that will be called, and use it to monitor the state of the function's execution. Trying to debug Javascript outside of a function will be challenging.

[haltox]

You want to output hello how? document.write it? console.log it? alert it? And when is your code executed? Remember you can't access the DOM elements before the page is loaded!