Intellisense doesn't work for JavaScript in Visual Studio 2012

Question

I have a clean, out-of-the-box installation of Visual Studio 2012 Web Developer Express and for some reason the support for JavaScript (both jQuery, jQuery UI and

Answer 1

Use NuGet IntelliSense documentation package for JQuery by installing it like this from the NuGet console:

Install-Package jQuery-vsdoc

After you install the package go to:

Tools>>Options>>Text Editor>>JavaScript>>Intellisense>>References

and Add reference to Implicit(Web) group by selecting the installed package location on your hard drive.

restart Visual Studio, and you will get the jQuery intellisense working.

Answer 2

Summary:

1. Drag the .js file you want to reference from Solution Explorer into your current one. (Visual studio will create a reference snippet.)