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VS Code doesn't show autocomplete for Mongoose MongoDB operators (like $elemMatch, $match,$gte and ...) in JavaScript, while WebStorm does
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Description
### Problem
When working with Mongoose in JavaScript (not TypeScript), VS Code does not show autocomplete suggestions for common MongoDB operators like `$inc`, `$eq`, `$ne`, etc.
However, when using WebStorm, these suggestions appear as expected.
### Example
```js
const result = await User.find({
$or: [
{ userName: { $elemMatch: { name: "Mehdi" } } },
{ age: { $gte: 18 } }
]
});
```
In the above example, $or doesn't appear in suggestions while typing in VS Code, but it does in WebStorm.
What I Know
I understand that VS Code relies heavily on TypeScript's language service for JavaScript intelligence.
But since this is a common pattern in many Node.js/Mongoose applications, I'm wondering:
Is there a way to configure VS Code (via jsconfig.json, type acquisition, or something else) to provide better autocomplete for these $ MongoDB operators in plain JavaScript files?
Environment
VS Code: latest
Language mode: JavaScript
Mongoose version: latest
Node.js version: 21
OS: Windows
Thanks for the awesome editor 🙌
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reproducing the missing suggestions in a plain JavaScript file using the Mongoose query from the issue. Investigate the mentioned jsconfig.json, type acquisition, and TypeScript language service behavior; done means establishing whether configuration or language-service support can provide MongoDB operator completion.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, mongodb, node.js, typescript
- Domain
- backend, databases, developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100