I think the recent surge of open-source debugging-related software
indicates that Flash really does not a better debugging environment. We
have tools like X-Ray, the LuminicBox Logger (FlashInspector), Flashout,
and tons of other tools coming along as well. One thing that I find
though is that either these tools are tied to a single development
environment (eclipse) or they are built on top of Flash and therefore
they have performance isues and limited capacities in terms of string
searching and handling large amounts of data.
I would therefore propose a new project, the Flash debugging
environment, comprised of (at least) two distinct 'screens', one for
logging, with inline search, filtering, regex, etc, adn the other with
Flash movie inspection, similar to X-Ray. Additional screens could
include a NetConnection debugger, a packet sniffer, a performance
moniter (read: fps and cpu meter), and so on and so forth. This app
would be implemented in C-sharp or Java to achieve performance leaps and
bounds above what is currently offered by the Flash-based tools. It
would likely achieve Flash to app communication through an XML socket to
sort out performance issues with LocalConnection.
If anyone has free time and wants to pick up the idea, I will gladly
help publicize it and contribute to it depending on implementation language.
Patrick Mineault
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