[Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript 3.0 projects?
I'm not sure if this is typical, but the ActionScript editor and also the debugger in Flash CS4 Professional, on my machine, are almost unusably slow. Do other people find this to be the case? On my machine, it might take ten seconds to step from one line to the next, even when there isn't much going on in the program, and editing the code takes five seconds for the cursor to appear in the code, and waiting to backspace takes several seconds, and the menus are very slow, and so on. So I would actually like to code and debug in some other environment than Flash CS4 Professional. What are my options? What editors and debuggers do you use? I'm using FlashDevelop for coding, and that seems good. Much much faster. But it's not integrated with a compiler/debugger. I see there is an Alpha version of flexdbg, which purports to be a debugger for FlashDevelop. Alpha?? How come all these Flash dev tools are all in Alpha?? ja? http://vispo.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript 3.0 projects?
Try http://www.demonsterdebugger.com/features/howitworks HTH Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Jim Andrews Sent: zondag 2 mei 2010 10:10 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript 3.0 projects? I'm not sure if this is typical, but the ActionScript editor and also the debugger in Flash CS4 Professional, on my machine, are almost unusably slow. Do other people find this to be the case? On my machine, it might take ten seconds to step from one line to the next, even when there isn't much going on in the program, and editing the code takes five seconds for the cursor to appear in the code, and waiting to backspace takes several seconds, and the menus are very slow, and so on. So I would actually like to code and debug in some other environment than Flash CS4 Professional. What are my options? What editors and debuggers do you use? I'm using FlashDevelop for coding, and that seems good. Much much faster. But it's not integrated with a compiler/debugger. I see there is an Alpha version of flexdbg, which purports to be a debugger for FlashDevelop. Alpha?? How come all these Flash dev tools are all in Alpha?? ja? http://vispo.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 9.0.814 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/2847 - datum van uitgifte: 05/01/10 20:27:00 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Benchmarking
When you debug in Flash IDE, but that will always be local: - click Debug Begin Remote Debug Session Actionscript 3.0 - Open up the swf in a browser. - Traces appear in the trace window. else/or: - flash debugger for browser - Flashtracer Firefox add-on: http://www.sephiroth.it/firefox/flashtracer/ - Firebug https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/1843 with thunderbold: http://www.websector.de/blog/2008/06/01/the-new-thunderbolt-as3-console-based-on-adobe-air/ *Beatrix Kruemmer-Frau* Dipl. Ing. Designer|CEH-LPIG-1 Flash/Flex Developer Network Security Administrator Blog http://www.blog.dieanstalt.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Birikini Xing http://www.xing.com/profile/Beatrix_KruemmerFrau LinkenID http://de.linkedin.com/in/beatrixkruemmerfrau Am 02.05.2010 07:11, schrieb Karl DeSaulniers: Hello, Is there a website that can benchmark my sites for me? For example, a site you go to that you load your site in a window provided and it tells you how fast your site loaded, how many errors, how many things cached? Or would a site like this just be a big security violation? I am wanting to test how my sites load through a browser, but get a little deeper of info to how the AS is executing. Not sure if the Debuggers of browsers do that. They don't get into the swf like that. I think I remember something about being able to debug from the flash IDE like this, but not sure how to do that. I know how to test the swf locally, don't get me wrong, just not on the server. TIA Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
[Flashcoders] Event Listener on MC with dynamic text field
Hi
I convert some AS2 code to AS3 and found one thing that works well for
AS2 but I cannot find solution for AS3
For example:
There is mc btnAbout on the stage with dynamic text field
Code in frame
btnAbout.deepLink = 'about';
function btnClick(e:MouseEvent) {
trace(e.target.deepLink);
}
btnAbout.buttonMode= true;
btnAbout.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
trace(e.target.deepLink) show “about” if text is static and gives
error if text is dynamic
Error #1069: Property deepLink not found on flash.text.TextField and
there is no default value.
Also buttonMode does not work for mc with dynamic text. If I
trace(e.target) it also gives error. So it looks like I can not add
Event Listener on mc that has dynamic text field inside.
How to do that correctly?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript3.0 projects?
I had installed and uninstalled the DeMonster bugger already. The Demonster debugger is good if you already have an SWF. But it doesn't work for simply compiling the SWF. Is there an alternative debugger for both compilation and run-time debugging? Or do we do the compilation debugging in the IDE and the run-time debugging in Demonster? Are other people experiencing the same incredible slowness of the Flash Pro CS4 IDE concerning script editing, script debugging, and even access to the menus in the IDE? What are the key things I can do to speed the Flash Pro CS$ IDE up a bit?? ja?? http://vispo.com - Original Message - From: Cor c...@chello.nl To: 'Flash Coders List' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 1:34 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript3.0 projects? Try http://www.demonsterdebugger.com/features/howitworks HTH Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Jim Andrews Sent: zondag 2 mei 2010 10:10 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript 3.0 projects? I'm not sure if this is typical, but the ActionScript editor and also the debugger in Flash CS4 Professional, on my machine, are almost unusably slow. Do other people find this to be the case? On my machine, it might take ten seconds to step from one line to the next, even when there isn't much going on in the program, and editing the code takes five seconds for the cursor to appear in the code, and waiting to backspace takes several seconds, and the menus are very slow, and so on. So I would actually like to code and debug in some other environment than Flash CS4 Professional. What are my options? What editors and debuggers do you use? I'm using FlashDevelop for coding, and that seems good. Much much faster. But it's not integrated with a compiler/debugger. I see there is an Alpha version of flexdbg, which purports to be a debugger for FlashDevelop. Alpha?? How come all these Flash dev tools are all in Alpha?? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript3.0 projects?
The compilation can be done in many ways: Flash IDE Flexbuilder FlashDevelop with Flash IDE or Flex3 SDK And this list is nowhere complete! For the debugging part I still recommend demonsterdebugger. There is a tutorial video on the site. HTH Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Jim Andrews Sent: zondag 2 mei 2010 14:10 To: Flash Coders List Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript3.0 projects? I had installed and uninstalled the DeMonster bugger already. The Demonster debugger is good if you already have an SWF. But it doesn't work for simply compiling the SWF. Is there an alternative debugger for both compilation and run-time debugging? Or do we do the compilation debugging in the IDE and the run-time debugging in Demonster? Are other people experiencing the same incredible slowness of the Flash Pro CS4 IDE concerning script editing, script debugging, and even access to the menus in the IDE? What are the key things I can do to speed the Flash Pro CS$ IDE up a bit?? ja?? http://vispo.com - Original Message - From: Cor c...@chello.nl To: 'Flash Coders List' flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 1:34 AM Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript3.0 projects? Try http://www.demonsterdebugger.com/features/howitworks HTH Cor -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Jim Andrews Sent: zondag 2 mei 2010 10:10 To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] editing and debugging tools for ActionScript 3.0 projects? I'm not sure if this is typical, but the ActionScript editor and also the debugger in Flash CS4 Professional, on my machine, are almost unusably slow. Do other people find this to be the case? On my machine, it might take ten seconds to step from one line to the next, even when there isn't much going on in the program, and editing the code takes five seconds for the cursor to appear in the code, and waiting to backspace takes several seconds, and the menus are very slow, and so on. So I would actually like to code and debug in some other environment than Flash CS4 Professional. What are my options? What editors and debuggers do you use? I'm using FlashDevelop for coding, and that seems good. Much much faster. But it's not integrated with a compiler/debugger. I see there is an Alpha version of flexdbg, which purports to be a debugger for FlashDevelop. Alpha?? How come all these Flash dev tools are all in Alpha?? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 9.0.814 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/2848 - datum van uitgifte: 05/01/10 20:27:00 ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] Event Listener on MC with dynamic text field
btnAbout.mouseChildren = false;
HTH
Cor
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Event Listener on MC with dynamic text field
Hi
I convert some AS2 code to AS3 and found one thing that works well for
AS2 but I cannot find solution for AS3
For example:
There is mc btnAbout on the stage with dynamic text field
Code in frame
btnAbout.deepLink = 'about';
function btnClick(e:MouseEvent) {
trace(e.target.deepLink);
}
btnAbout.buttonMode= true;
btnAbout.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
trace(e.target.deepLink) show about if text is static and gives
error if text is dynamic
Error #1069: Property deepLink not found on flash.text.TextField and
there is no default value.
Also buttonMode does not work for mc with dynamic text. If I
trace(e.target) it also gives error. So it looks like I can not add
Event Listener on mc that has dynamic text field inside.
How to do that correctly?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Event Listener on MC with dynamic text field
THANK YOU!!
2010/5/2 Cor c...@chello.nl:
btnAbout.mouseChildren = false;
HTH
Cor
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Event Listener on MC with dynamic text field
Hi
I convert some AS2 code to AS3 and found one thing that works well for
AS2 but I cannot find solution for AS3
For example:
There is mc btnAbout on the stage with dynamic text field
Code in frame
btnAbout.deepLink = 'about';
function btnClick(e:MouseEvent) {
trace(e.target.deepLink);
}
btnAbout.buttonMode= true;
btnAbout.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
trace(e.target.deepLink) show about if text is static and gives
error if text is dynamic
Error #1069: Property deepLink not found on flash.text.TextField and
there is no default value.
Also buttonMode does not work for mc with dynamic text. If I
trace(e.target) it also gives error. So it looks like I can not add
Event Listener on mc that has dynamic text field inside.
How to do that correctly?
Thanks in advance.
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RE: [Flashcoders] Event Listener on MC with dynamic text field
You're welcome!!
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Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Event Listener on MC with dynamic text field
THANK YOU!!
2010/5/2 Cor c...@chello.nl:
btnAbout.mouseChildren = false;
HTH
Cor
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To: Flash Coders List
Subject: [Flashcoders] Event Listener on MC with dynamic text field
Hi
I convert some AS2 code to AS3 and found one thing that works well for
AS2 but I cannot find solution for AS3
For example:
There is mc btnAbout on the stage with dynamic text field
Code in frame
btnAbout.deepLink = 'about';
function btnClick(e:MouseEvent) {
trace(e.target.deepLink);
}
btnAbout.buttonMode= true;
btnAbout.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, btnClick);
trace(e.target.deepLink) show about if text is static and gives
error if text is dynamic
Error #1069: Property deepLink not found on flash.text.TextField and
there is no default value.
Also buttonMode does not work for mc with dynamic text. If I
trace(e.target) it also gives error. So it looks like I can not add
Event Listener on mc that has dynamic text field inside.
How to do that correctly?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Benchmarking
Thanks Beatrix, I will take a look. Best, Karl On May 2, 2010, at 3:39 AM, Beatrix Krümmer-Frau wrote: When you debug in Flash IDE, but that will always be local: - click Debug Begin Remote Debug Session Actionscript 3.0 - Open up the swf in a browser. - Traces appear in the trace window. else/or: - flash debugger for browser - Flashtracer Firefox add-on: http://www.sephiroth.it/firefox/ flashtracer/ - Firebug https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/1843 with thunderbold: http://www.websector.de/blog/2008/06/01/the-new-thunderbolt-as3- console-based-on-adobe-air/ *Beatrix Kruemmer-Frau* Dipl. Ing. Designer|CEH-LPIG-1 Flash/Flex Developer Network Security Administrator Blog http://www.blog.dieanstalt.com Twitter http://twitter.com/Birikini Xing http://www.xing.com/profile/Beatrix_KruemmerFrau LinkenID http://de.linkedin.com/in/beatrixkruemmerfrau Am 02.05.2010 07:11, schrieb Karl DeSaulniers: Hello, Is there a website that can benchmark my sites for me? For example, a site you go to that you load your site in a window provided and it tells you how fast your site loaded, how many errors, how many things cached? Or would a site like this just be a big security violation? I am wanting to test how my sites load through a browser, but get a little deeper of info to how the AS is executing. Not sure if the Debuggers of browsers do that. They don't get into the swf like that. I think I remember something about being able to debug from the flash IDE like this, but not sure how to do that. I know how to test the swf locally, don't get me wrong, just not on the server. TIA Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] Best Practices and optimization
Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
Is there a document or website or page on adobe that I can go to that has
all the best practices for coding in AS2 and AS3?
There are a couple on the Adobe Web site. ActionScript 2 best
practices are at
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/as_bestpractices.html.
ActionScript 3 best practices are at
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1090.html.
If you Google ActionScript best practices you'll find a variety of
blogs and articles.
I can give you a couple that will speed up your code. First, use the
ActionScript classes as much as possible. They are compiled to native
code, and will run anywhere from 10 to 400 times as fast as any code
you can write, simply because the code your write gets compiled to
tokens, or bytecode, which then have to be interpreted at run time.
AS3 has a just-in-time compiler that helps, but there is still nothing
like native code.
In loops, always store the end condition in a register variable. For
example, instead of this:
for (var i:int = 0; imyArray.length; i++)
{
do stuff;
}
do this:
var arrLen:int = myArray.length;
for (var i:int=0; iarrLen; i++)
{
do stuff;
}
I know that runs faster in AS2. I haven't run tests in AS3, but I
would guess the JIT compiler would speed up either way of doing it,
but the second would still be faster.
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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Re: [Flashcoders] Best Practices and optimization
Thanks for your response Kerry.
On May 2, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Kerry Thompson wrote:
Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
Is there a document or website or page on adobe that I can go to
that has
all the best practices for coding in AS2 and AS3?
There are a couple on the Adobe Web site. ActionScript 2 best
practices are at
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/as_bestpractices.html.
ActionScript 3 best practices are at
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/
html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Partsfile=1090.html.
If you Google ActionScript best practices you'll find a variety of
blogs and articles.
Yes, I will be doing a lot of this. :)
I can give you a couple that will speed up your code. First, use the
ActionScript classes as much as possible. They are compiled to native
code, and will run anywhere from 10 to 400 times as fast as any code
you can write, simply because the code your write gets compiled to
tokens, or bytecode, which then have to be interpreted at run time.
AS3 has a just-in-time compiler that helps, but there is still nothing
like native code.
I See
In loops, always store the end condition in a register variable. For
example, instead of this:
for (var i:int = 0; imyArray.length; i++)
{
do stuff;
}
do this:
var arrLen:int = myArray.length;
for (var i:int=0; iarrLen; i++)
{
do stuff;
}
Perfect. I had been doing it the worng way in some of my files.
I will be making this change immediately. Thanks for the laymen eg.
I know that runs faster in AS2. I haven't run tests in AS3, but I
would guess the JIT compiler would speed up either way of doing it,
but the second would still be faster.
Every little bit helps. I plan on making a collection of the info I
have found.
Putting up a page on my website to find stuff like this.
Thanks again,
Best,
Cordially,
Kerry Thompson
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