ASDT is dead... :/ I would rather buy FDT or search for alternatives if I were on a mac of linux.. as I'm on windows, there's FlashDevelop, of course!
On 10/18/06, Ron Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You should be able to get Eclipse and asdt working pretty easily. osflash.org is the place to look for open source tools for Actionscript programming. Ron Andy Herrman wrote: > So, I haven't used Eclipse at all for Java. I've been using Netbeans > for the last year or so, and before that stuck with Vim and command > line tools. From what I hear, Eclipse/Netbeans is the new Emacs/Vim > debate. :) > > I found a free Eclipse plugin for AS but I couldn't get it to work. I > couldn't get it to see any of my code, and I think there were other > problems I ran into but I don't remember. > > I'm looking at FlashDevelop right now, but I probably won't be able to > use it much at the moment as the current stuff I need to work on is AS > 1.0. Other than the lack of options (like changing the color scheme, > I'm one of those crazies who likes a black background with white text) > it looks pretty good. > > -Andy > > On 10/16/06, Ron Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you are a Java programmer, you will probably find the Eclipse IDE the >> most comfortable place to work.. >> You might also be able to make some good suggestions about how to add >> the Java tools that are available under Eclipse to the Flash tools. >> >> IMHO while it may be true that Flash is the only IDE for Flash >> animation, Eclipse is the best IDE for developing Actionscript >> applications. >> >> Ron >> >> The Helmsman wrote: >> > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > [email protected] >> > 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 >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > [email protected] >> > 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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > 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 > > _______________________________________________ [email protected] 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
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