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by mmjaa 3311 days ago
>The IDE should do that for you.

Fail. IDE dependence is an anti-pattern and a programmer-smell.

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Either the IDE/editor is able to assist you or you have to consult the documentation regularly.

That's just how it is.

JS' standard library, for example, is really tiny but I haven't memorized all of it. If the editor can't clue me in, I have to check the docs.

Nothing wrong with doing any of it, as long as its a dependency you can manage while also maintaining productivity... but such is the life of a Javascript developer.