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  1. Re:It's the tools stupid by mrrudge · · Score: 1 · on HTML 5 Takes Aim At Flash and Silverlight

    FDT ? - http://fdt.powerflasher.com/
    Flex ( now Flash ) Builder - http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashbuilder4/

    They both include all the features you requested, debuggers, svn integration ... I do a lot of commercial AS3, and haven't opened the Flash IDE for a good while.

    HTHs

  2. Re:While I don't like Flash. by biovoid · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Microsoft Woos Developers Under the Silverlight

    Flex Builder from Adobe is based on Eclipse! You can install it as a plugin into an existing Eclipse install, or install the stand-alone version. The open-source Flex SDK and compiler are both free if you don't want to shell out for Flex Builder.

    There's FDT, another Eclipse Plugin for Flash/Flex development.

    There are also completely open-source options for developing Flash/Flex content, in Eclipse, or the IDE of your choice. Windows, Mac or Linux.

    I haven't touched the Flash IDE for the last four years.

  3. Re:While I don't like Flash. by lenkyl · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft Woos Developers Under the Silverlight

    http://fdt.powerflasher.com/

    though not cheap, the fdt plugin allows flash development in eclipse. when coupled with mxmlc or mtasc you have everything you need to develop swfs in eclipse.

  4. Re:Link and Summary by mjbkinx · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Salasaga Fills Flash Creation Hole for Linux

    If by supporting you mean "have thrown an alpha or two over the wall for 32-bit x86 processors back in December", then yes, Adobe supports Linux with Flex.

    Personally, I'm very happy about them releasing alphas. It's already quite usable.
    Also, there's another commercial IDE, the SDK itself is under the MPL, and there are alternative (non-Adobe) tools as well.
    Anyway, I highly recommend haXe, it's a fine language that you can also use to generate JavaScript, with a great type system.

  5. Re:You fell for it, huh? by gaspyy · · Score: 1 · on Adobe Open Sources Flex SDK Under MPL

    but you still need Microsoft's core (and proprietary) software to make them work

    Ummm, no.
    It's not just the SDK they are giving away. It's the compiler and debugger too. The only thing that's missing is the IDE, which is Eclipse-based anyway. These guys have made a pretty good Eclipse plugin for editing actionscript classes, so I don't think replicating Flex Builder should be that hard.
    I'm not very fond of Adobe, but this is a very good move. If you haven't tried Flex, you should.
  6. Re:Please don't use it. I beg you. by WrongByDefinition · · Score: 1 · on Flash, Meet Sparkle

    Of course flash is a closed standard. Macromedia has published a closed document detailing their closed file format:

    http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flash/flash_fil e_format_specification.pdf

    Check out MTASC, the open source flash compiler, or GPLFlash, the open source flash player. Amazing what they can do with such a closed and secretive format.

     Modded down by what, a coward avoiding the truth? Come on, dude, grow a backbone! Or is /. just a dumping ground for disgruntled nerds who can't accept that the general population doesn't bow to their terrific marketing tactics('commercial software sucks, dude...you suck if you use it, dude' is about as sophisticated as I've seen...only missing the 'just hire a guy like me to make it work' truth bit that you usually only see in big evil corps.).

    Flash is very good at what it does. MTASC (OSS) is a much better compiler (faster, stricter) than the Flash compiler. FDT is a fantastic IDE (build for Eclipse...my God Commercial software using OSS as a base...my head's gonna explode!) and much better than Dreamweaver/Flash for development and probably better than Zorn (Macromedia's new Eclipse IDE).

    Just stop pissing in the wind and let people on the other side of the argument have a voice, or you just start looking like the rest of American (well, fine, World) news and media.

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    Reality only affects those who participate.

  7. Re:svg release schedule? by gaspyy · · Score: 1 · on Mozilla Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 Released

    SVG is promising, but I'm afraid it'll be very long until browsers will have have wide support it... and when/if becomes widespread, its first usage will/would be ads.

    As for Flash, for graphics, the interface is OK. The IDE is crude though, have a look at SEPY or FDT for Eclipse. The latter one is very nice, but not free.