Posts Tagged ‘ FDT ’

Setting up the Ultimate Flash Development Environment

This guide explains how to set up a Flash and Flex development environment with Eclipse, FDT, Flash Builder and a couple of other editors that you want for ActionScript coding and Flash development with style! This guide is based on Windows because that’s what I’m using but I’m sure you Mac and Linux guys can [ READ MORE ]

FDT Template: Quick-create Child DisplayObject

  • July 18th, 2009
  • Posted in Dev

Let’s burrow some in my FDT templates crate … how often do you have to add a child display object to another display object? If the answer is ‘very often’ then this small FDT template might save you some time. ${property} = new ${cursor}; addChild(${property}); It’s very simple but effective. Usage: Let’s for example name this template “newDisplayObject” [ READ MORE ]

Setting up Eclipse for Flash Developers

  • April 12th, 2009
  • Posted in Dev

I’ve been using Eclipse and FDT for several years now to develop Flash (and Flex) applications but I never really managed to set up Eclipse to exactly fit my needs. Either some desired tools were missing or I installed plug-ins that slowed down Eclipse with a truck load of stuff that I never need. So today [ READ MORE ]

FDT 3 is final!

  • October 15th, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

The guys at Powerflasher done a great job! Check out their new FDT 3 at fdt.powerflasher.com. Personally this has become once again my favorite coding tool (after an over one year break with FlexBuilder’s editor). FDT has many features that one would otherwise only find in superior tools like Eclipse’s own Java Development Tool … [ READ MORE ]

FDT 3.0 is Open Beta!

  • September 3rd, 2007
  • Posted in Dev

I’ve joined the closed beta of FDT 3.0 a couple of weeks ago and saw that there was steady progress in bug fixing with around 3-4 updates every week. Now the guys at Powerflasher started the Open Beta which everybody can join by visiting the FDT Forum. FDT 3.0 is pure coding comfort indeed! After using [ READ MORE ]

PowerFlasher announces FDT v1.5 Update

  • September 27th, 2006
  • Posted in Dev

It was about time! According to PowerFlasher a new (and free) update of FDT is due in October. But it will not support AS3/Flex, this will come in quartal 1/2007. I still need to use AS2 very often for jobs so it’s good to see the Eclipse 3.2 incompatibility being fixed very soon. However I’m using [ READ MORE ]