Scripting in Visual Studio 2013 against Sharepoint online - is it possible?

Hi,
I've been plowing through documentation on developing SharePoint apps but all I really want to do (right now anyways) is getting a more robust environment for coding scripts and HTML on SharePoint online 2013.
Currently I'm using SharePoint Designer 2013 to edit scripts that are in webparts like the Content Editor. It works but SharePoint Designer has terrible syntax highlighting and when things get complex it's a pain.
Question is: How can I point Visual Studio 2013 Community at a SharePoint 2013 online (Office 365) site so that I can open scripts and edit/publish like is done in SharePoint designer? I need to be able to achieve this without all the sharepoint server
malarkey.
Is it possible? Can someone point me at a resource? I've done a lot of digging but can't find anything so maybe not doable but couldn't hurt to ask.
Thanks,
Jerry

While working with app development, especially SharePoint hosted apps you can use SPFastDeploy VS extension to deploy the changes from your app.
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9e03d0f5-f931-4125-a5d1-7c1529554fbd
If you create a SharePoint will create set of script files where App.js is the Key file and for HTML you can use Default.aspx. You can make changes to these files and just deploy only those changes to the App which will save lot of time and you can see the
changes immediately.
Regarding VS 2013 community, i haven't tried yet specific to SharePoint apps development.
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