Pimp my ‘clipse - a list of must-have Eclipse plug-ins for Flex/Flash Development
By Mims Wright | on December 17, 2007
In AIR, AS3, Eclipse, Flex, Hacks, Links, Organization, Programming, Rants, Serious Stuff, Tutorial, universalmind | 8 Comments
FlexBuilder may have its ups and downs but it still remains my pick for best AS3/MXML editor on the market (with TextMate not far behind). Part of the beauty of FlexBuilder is that it’s built on the Eclipse SDK, one of the most versatile and powerful IDEs available, which is not only free and open source, but boasts a wealth of third party plug-ins for every kind of (mostly Java) development. This article will take a look at some must-have plug-ins for doing Flex development as well as some tips for tricking out your development process.
As with all of our entries, your feedback, suggestions, corrections and additions are all more than welcome.
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New Releases on Adobe Labs
By Mims Wright | on December 13, 2007
In AIR, AS3, Flash, Flex, Links, News, Programming, Serious Stuff | 2 Comments
Flex 3 public beta is out.
AIR public beta is out.
and while you’re at it…
New Flash Player
and BlazeDS, whatever that is. (Hint: despite the name, this is not Flash CS3 for Gameboy)
How Ironic - Aviary is a CS3 competitor built with Adobe products
By Mims Wright | on November 26, 2007
In AIR, Flex, Graphic Design, News, User Interface Design | No Comments
Aviary is a platform ecosystem for people who create. It is organized around a suite of Flex-based rich internet applications geared for artists of all genres. From image editing to typography to music to 3D to video, we have a tool for everything.
Sign up on the site for an early preview invitation. These tools, if not truly competition for CS3, at least look very interesting on the surface. It’s hard to imagine developing so many tools at once.