> - Code formatter to reformat code of sloppy developers not caring > about the format of their code.
This would be nice to have but I don't see it as essential. > - Import organization, which organizes, add/deletes imports as needed. Ctrl + Shift + O already organizes your imports. There is no auto add/delete (which would be nice) but unused classes don't get compiled into the app so its really just an aesthetics issue. > - Smarter indentation. Cut a section of code from one place in my > file to another, it should re-indent as necessary for the destination. This was something I had never seen before I used Visual Studio a while back but it was definitely way cool. > - Renaming or moving a class should go through the entire project >and refactor for me. Thats what the refactoring in FB3 does. I agree most of these would be (very) nice to have but I don't think any of them are deal-breakers. I am also curious which free IDEs have these. I guess I have heard the standard Java editor in Eclipse is pretty awesome but that has been around for quite a while and has a large community of developers around it. You also have to realize that FB2 was really a 1.0 product. The 2 was only to align it with the framework version but the tool was brand new. I think FB3 has a pretty decent set of improvements and considering the upgrade from FB2 is only $99 I think its a pretty fair deal. As the platform and tooling mature I am sure we'll see most if not all of these features added. In the meantime there are plenty of Eclipse plugin development tutorials out there so get cracking! :) Ben --- In [email protected], "dbronk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have seen a sneak peak a month or 2 ago of FlexBuilder 3. I've > tried to load Flex 3 Beta 1 on my box with no luck. It simply erred > out on the install. Have not tried beta 2 yet. But it is beta so > that is fine. > > But, from the sneak peak I saw, there were only a few IDE features > added that still leaves it behind almost every other IDE out there. I > know that Flex 3 will add some basic refactoring features and some > people said wow, that's cool!. But I said, wow, it's about time! My > question... How much effort is Adobe putting into the FlexBuilder IDE > (which we pay for) as it is very behind the times as far as expected > developer productivity features (found in almost all FREE progamming > language IDE's). I've been waiting for some extemely basic ones such as: > > - Code formatter to reformat code of sloppy developers not caring > about the format of their code. > > - Import organization, which organizes, add/deletes imports as needed. > > - Smarter indentation. Cut a section of code from one place in my > file to another, it should re-indent as necessary for the destination. > > - Renaming or moving a class should go through the entire project and > refactor for me. > > These are just some of the most basic things and the list goes on. > What, if any, should we expect to see in Flex 3? > > Don't get me wrong, I think Flex absolutely rocks! But, I do find > that I lose productivity with these very basic and completely expected > features that I'm use to having. > > Dale >
