Question

I’m writing a Javascript syntax highlighter and I am not 100% I have everything.

So far I have:

1. Comments (// and /* */)
2. Regex
3. Number Highlighting
4. Quotes (” and ‘)

I also have keyword highlighting:

1. if
2. else
3. new
4. var
5. function
6. for
7. return
8. this
9. do
10. while
11. true
12. false

Am I missing any constructs or keywords that would be essential to highlight? Better yet, if you have some list of all keywords and constructs that would be even better.

Answer 1

You are missing a few, e.g.: in, switch, break, try, catch, finally, throw, void, with, etc..

You can find a comprehensive list in the Specification:

• Keywords