Introduction

JavaScript has gone beyond a simple tool for adding small effects or behaviors to web pages, and has now become one of the world's most-used languages, applied to all sorts of developments. Given the complexity and variety of packages, libraries, and frameworks these days, you wouldn't start working without a full set of tools, and in this chapter we will aim to set up a good development environment, so you can work in a most efficient fashion.

Let's start by setting up some tools that will come in handy for all our JS development. It's been said that a bad craftsman blames his tools, so let's avoid even a hint of that by making some good choices!