Have a look at Jalopy source and see what that does: http://jalopy.sourceforge.net/jalopy-eclipse/downloads.html
I recommend "The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse" by D'Anjou et al for a nice big fat book on how to implement Eclipse extensions. We did some work with the Eclipse RCP before looking at Flex. Tim. On Monday 03 Apr 2006 11:49, Michael Schmalle wrote: > You know, > > With my experience writting parsers and regular expressions I could write > one of these as an Eclipse plugin. > > The problem is, I love programming in Java(yes, I do know how ;-) But, I > looked at making Eclipse plugins in Eclipse's help. I got frekin lost. I > have to much stuff on my plate to figure that out right now. > > I was also thinking down the road of porting my as3/mxml documentor into an > Eclipse Plugin also. > > Can someone give me an honest assesment of how hard it is to create a > plugin if you already have the 'application logic written' ? > > Peace, Mike > > On 4/3/06, Michael Schmalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When you're working in a team, it helps to have a code formatter to > > > > enforce > > standard formatting across developers. > > > > Yeah, that makes a lot of sense! See, I didn't think of that but, I guess > > manully formatting for me, has made me a better programmer. When I was > > thinking of code formatters, I am from the flash dreamweaver area. So > > there was not comment manipulation etc. > > > > So as far as those thing are concerned, yeah a code/comment formatter > > would help. Maybe with options not to touch the 'formatting' but could > > parse comments. This would save a lot of time. > > > > though it could be > > interesting trying to format code within mxml files. > > > > > > Why?, if you were say parsing the mxml as xml, then slice out the AS, > > format it, then push it back into the xml. > > > > This is what I do with my document generator in AS3/mxml. > > > > Peace, Mike > > > > On 4/3/06, Tim Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We use an open source product called Jalopy ( > > > http://jalopy.sourceforge.net) <http://jalopy.sourceforge.net%29> > > > for formatting our Java code. I guess it'd be possible to fork this > > > project > > > and get it to work with Actionscript files instead, though it could be > > > interesting trying to format code within mxml files. > > > > > > When you're working in a team, it helps to have a code formatter to > > > enforce > > > standard formatting across developers. It's something we really miss > > > in > > > > > > Flex. It also helps when using CVS, because the diffs between versions > > > are > > > the actual code changes, not any formatting changes. > > > > > > When we format with Jalopy, it automatically adds in javadoc comments, > > > with > > > the comment as DOCUMENT ME!. It will also add in the appropriate > > > parameter > > > list ready for comments filling in. This all helps save time. > > > Combining > > > this with Eclipse's standard header comments and code generation makes > > > Java > > > code development more productive. > > > > > > I too would like to see a code formatter built into Flex. > > > > > > Tim. > > > > > > On Monday 03 Apr 2006 02:10, Michael Schmalle wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > This is just my opinion; > > > > > > > > I have a project I am working on that has over 50 classes/interfaces > > > > > > and > > > > > > > counting, I have written this all myself. My advice; > > > > > > > > When you create classes/interfaces, methods and properties, format > > > > > > them > > > > > > > manually and don't rely on code formatters. > > > > > > > > Hey, some will laugh at me for saying this but, it produces better > > > > > > code. > > > > > > > Mark my words it does. You tend to find mistakes quicker and after > > > > you > > > > > > have > > > > > > > exercised you formatting routine enough you find yourself formatting > > > > > > as > > > > > > > your write. > > > > > > > > You will also find yourself taking much more pride in the way your > > > > > > code > > > > > > > looks and know exactly how it got that way, becasue you did it. > > > > > > > > It's also a good way to get in the habit of writting really good > > > > documenting comments. I don't mean inline but, api doc comments. > > > > > > > > Just the 2 cent here. > > > > > > > > Peace, Mike > > > > > > > > On 4/2/06, bkeinan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I am working on a big project using flex for building the client > > > > > > side. > > > > > > > > We use the flex builder/SEPY for writing teh action scrip but none > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > them support good code formating that allows you to define the way > > > > > > you > > > > > > > > want the code to look like (like in the juva plug in of eclipse). > > > > > Do any of you knows a good code formatter for action script (free > > > > > or not)? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Benny > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > > > FAQ: > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > > > > > > > > Search Archives: > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > YAHOO! 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