I think I've used all alternative editors to write AS files. I don't understand why you call them IDEs, because currently there is only one IDE which is Flash.
Now, I found that there are no editors which supports an AS 1.0 as well as AS 2.0 and is free. Here is a list of editors I used according in order as I've used them: Scite - absolutely great one to write AS 1.0, it's free and don't use a lot of CPU resources even if you open a lot of files. FlashDevelop - for most of people it's a favorite choice, but it lacks a lot of futures opposite to other ones which are older. It's a freeware and great to write AS 2.0 only. PrimalScript - a great one for AS 1.0 and AS 2.0, but it lacks some of features that FDT have and it's commercial not free. FDT - must be the choice for all who write a code using AS 2.0, in any other cases - don't use it! It is commercial and quite expensive. As far as I know there is no AS 3.0 support and it is quite difficult to set it up for the very first time for a newbie. The number of features it has for AS 2.0 is amazing! Sepy - can hold AS 2.0 and AS 1.0, and both of them works great! I use the last experimental version and it's really stable on my PC. Due to this time there is lack of updates and it seems that the developers in some kind of an idle :) Once they made a new version each week. Personally I prefer to use this editor because it is located in the middle regarding the features and have a great support of both versions of AS, it's free and because I have a lot of old projects in both versions I prefer to work with it. Igor Vasiliev Atidim 2, Tel-Aviv, Israel phone: +972-36471884 fax: +972-36472722 web: www.mixtv.tv email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Herrman Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:46 PM To: Flashcoders Subject: [Flashcoders] Alternative IDE for Flash Devel Forgive me if this has already been asked, but I didn't see anything in the archives. I'm new to Flash development and am working on both server and client side code (FMS 2.0 and Flash 7+). As someone who's used to doing Java development using Netbeans I find the Flash IDE very lacking for client side development, and there doesn't seem to be any IDE for FMS. Does anyone on this list know of a good alternative IDE for Flash? I've found a lot of references to using Eclipse but I haven't been able to get the plugin to work correctly. I'm specifically looking for something that can handle both Actionscript 1 and 2 and can still use the Flash 8 devel environment for the actual builds (I can't use MTASC). Unfortunately it will also have to be free, as I don't think I'll be able to get the company to buy an IDE for me to use. :( Is there anything out there I can use, or am I out of luck? Right now I'm just using Vim for editing the files themselves and switching to Flash 8 for building, but the lack of any kind of project management is getting annoying. Thanks! -Andy _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
