It is recommanded to use the Eclipse JEE distribution because Tern Eclipse IDE works with WebTools and JSDT (extends completion of JSDT), see the Technical-information and issue #29.

• Install Tern Eclipse IDE via the update site or with Marketplace .
• By default, tern.java uses embed node.js, so you can use tern.java out of box, but you can configure Node.js.

Tern project properties used to configure tern, is available:

• in JavaScript / Tern if your project has JavaScript Nature (JSDT):

• Tern if your project has NOT JavaScript Nature (JSDT):

With Tern property, you can configure:

• ECMAScript version and if you wish to use ECMASCript modules:

• use of JSDoc support.

Select your tern modules according the JavaScript framework you wish to use (jQuery, Node.js, etc):

Once those configuration are done, you can benefit from Tern's auto-completion, hover, hyperlink and validation.