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With this release FDT can easily switched to dark theme:Simply select the Dark theme and apply. The Dark theme is available since Eclipse 4.4 (Luna). Older versions of Eclipse (and FDT) does not support color themes of this form. The FDT views and editors will switch to their default dark color set: In case you […]
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We‘re happy to announce FDT Milestone 10! It‘s been 10 years since our first FDT release and a lot happened since last years Milestone 9. We went on to improve FDT and your IDE experience. Here is a list with our new key features: Ant Project Generator Dump launch configuration Library Project Template ActionScript refactorings […]
This new FDT release contains features to support a more fluent development of SWC libraries. The primary starting point to develop a library is the new Library Project Template for AIR or Web: This template creates an empty library project containing two source folders: All compilation units to include into the library should be placed […]
With this release the FDT Explorer can present projects in groups: Each Project Group is a set of workspace projects (i.e.: Working Set). Each project can be a member of one group and can not be shared among groups. Project Groups are logical structures shown inside FDT Explorer. Neither they represent nor they change the […]
Two helpful Quick Fixes when working in functions:
Next one next week 🙂
@Michael_Plank
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Beside the ongoing development of FDT 4 we have been working on a service release for our FDT 3.5 product line lately. This service release (Version 3.5.0.1094) fixes some major bugs like the FDT startup issue. FDT 3.5 is now also compatible with the Flex SDK 4 (except MXML 2009 features).
To install the update just go to Help > Install New Software > Work with: (select:) FDT Update Site
Here’s the list of fixed issues: FDT 3.5 SR1.
Thanks to all our bugs.powerflasher.com FDT friends helping us improve the product!
Ever since he got his first computer 26 years ago (a Commodore 64), Claus Wahlers has been passionate about programming.
Amongst many other things, he wrote firmware for microprocessor based industrial devices, homebanking software for teletext systems, a browser rendering engine in ActionScript 1, and, more recently, a Commodore 64 emulator in ActionScript 3.
Today, Claus joined the Powerflasher team and is working on a super secret project for one of our North American clients, very well suited for a Flash Hero like Claus!
Whenever Claus finds some free time, he is hacking away on his latest open source project as3swf, which parses/publishes SWF, exports embedded vector shapes to other formats like iPhone (Objective-C), Flex 4 (FXG) or HTML5 Canvas (Javascript) and much more. Certainly something to keep an eye on!
Please welcome Claus to the Powerflasher Team!
Tired of writing function signatures manually? This Quick Fix will automatically add the function for you!
Watch this:
Happy Quick Fixing,
@Michael_Plank
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We are really excited to announce a very innovative and fun project Powerflasher Agency North America, in collaboration with Pitch Interactive, have been developing together with the Shutterfly team: Wink, a new application service that helps you create printed photostrips using your photos.
How Wink works
In Wink, you can either use you local photos from your iPhone or desktop, using the flash application on the website. You can also take any photo from your Shutterfly, Facebook and Flickr account.
Once you’ve created a photostrip in Wink, just order a copy for yourself and your friends and family. Shutterfly will print and deliver them for only $2.50 anywhere in the world!
Get started now
Shutterfly customers get a free photostrip. Click here to get creating. Enjoy !
It’s not only a fun application, it has been a fun project working together with Shutterfly as well. Wink is evolving, we are already working on some enhancements and hope to see more phones and device types support in the near future.
Welcome to the “FDT Video Tweets” series – tips and tricks in less than 140 seconds!
Starting with this one, I will post one or two short feauture videos/tutorials every week. The first ones will demonstrate the use of Quick Fixes. I’m sure you don’t know all of them 🙂
Next one will come soon, stay tuned!
@Michael_Plank
At the beginning of 2010, the multimedia agency Powerflasher released the current Version 3.5 of the Development Tool for Flash (FDT). Now they’re back with yet another enhanced version. September 2010 is the date already set for FDT 4 – the next version of the Eclipse-based Flash development environment. Once again it promises to bring a host of improvements and brand new features for Flash developers. “The ongoing development of FDT is a continuous, dynamic process for us. By launching our new releases in quick succession we are always striving to provide our users with the most powerful FTD version possible for the development of their Flash projects,” said Carlo Blatz, Founder and Managing Director of Powerflasher. The agency also has a special offer in store: All those users who purchased the previous Version 3.5 after 25 January will be able to upgrade to the new FDT 4 free-of-charge. (more…)
After the successful release of FDT 4.0 M1 including a state of the art Profiler, the team is proud to announce the release of FDT 4 Milestone 2. When we asked the community which new features they want to see in the next major version of FDT the majority answerd with: „Make things easier“. All features and improvements of Milestone 2 are dedicated to this request.
After the successful release of FDT 4.0 M1 including a state of the art Profiler, the team is proud to announce the release of FDT 4 Milestone 2. When we asked the community which new features they want to see in the next major version of FDT the majority answerd with: „Make Things Easier“. All features and improvements of Milestone 2 are dedicated to this request.
The main new features are a completely reworked Flex SDK management and a brand new project management including project types and project templates.
New Flex SDK management
The core library system of FDT 3 has been completely removed and replaced by an easy to use SDK management. The confusing core library variables like Flex_SDK_0_Pure or Flex_SDK_0_for_FP10 are finally history. You will not find them any more in M2.
Managing your SDKs like adding, removing, duplicating or editing Flex SDKs of any version is amazingly easy now.
Adding an additional Flex SDK is now as simple as clicking the Add button and selecting a folder. FDT scans the SDK folder and displays detailed information on version number and included SWC libraries.
Nice right? But we made it even easier. Add multiple Flex SDKs with just one click by using the Search functionality! FDT will search for available SDKs on your hard disc and will automatically add them.
New project management
Milestone 2 introduces project templates as well as project types. Creating a new Flash project will now open up the brand new project creation wizard.
Just select a template from any category and FDT will create a new project based on the selected template. M2 ships with some predefined templates but you can create your own templates as well. You can incorporate source folders, an icon, files and folders, packages with classes and SWCs that should automatically be added to the classpath to your template. Check out this tutorial on how to create your own templates.
FDT 4 M2 also brings the concept of project types into use e.g. „Flex 3 Project“ or „AS3 AIR Project“. A project type defines the basic setup of a project like linked Flex SDK SWCs, available viewers and compiler arguments. Same as templates, project types are defined in XML format and can be edited or added by the user. The project type can be changed at all time for example from a Flex 3 project to a Flex 3 AIR project.
Project settings
Compiler settings can now be edited in the project properties.
Launch configurations now use the settings from the project properties by default. You can still override these settings in the launch config.
The Flex SDK and target Flash Player version can easily be changed.
In the project build path settings you will now find a new tab called „SDK library“. Here you can add and remove Flex SDK SWCs by just selecting/deselecting them.
User wide preferences
The new settings for installed Flex SDKs, project templates and project types are now stored in the user directory. This implicates that these configurations are available across multiple workspaces!
We strongly believe that putting more and more settings to the user folder is the right way to go. It would put an end to setting up all FDT preferences whenever you create a new workspace. Feedback to this decision is highly appreciated!
Migration from FDT 3 to FDT 4
FDT 4 M2 uses new project setting files (invisible .files). Therefore an old project created with FDT 3 needs to be migrated to a FDT 4 project. Justright click the old project and select Flash Project > Migrate Project. This feature adds the new project files based on the old settings. After migrating to a FDT 4 project you can still work on it in FDT 3.
Links
Happy coding,
Michael
WebDU in Sydney at wonderful Bondi Beach was a blast! It was held in the Swiss Grand Hotel directly at the beach.
First day was a workshop day where I ran the “Flash/Flex/Air Development with Parsley and other Frameworks” workshop. The workshop included a free FDT Professional license for each attendee!
Two days of conference with 5 parallel tracks followed.
The tile of my session this year was “Component-based Flash Game Architecture”. You can download my presentation slides and the demo example here.
Because Bondi Beach is all about surfing, the conference organizers from Daemon arranged a surf lesson with professional trainers! This was the perfect finish for a great conference! Pics from InfluxisGrant can be found here.
Looking forward to WebDU 2011 🙂
Michael
Alan Klement will be giving a free FDT Workshop @FlashAndTheCity in NYC May 13th 4:00PM – 5:00PM
Everyone can access the FDT workshop. You don’t need to book in advance – just show up to the workshop and you will be able to learn about FDT. Click here for more details and location.
The session will begin with an introduction to FDT for beginners, covering topics such as creating projects and how to efficiently write Actionscript code and then move on to more intermediate and advanced topics. Alan will also explore FDT’s new profiler and show some Sneak Peeks of latest FDT4
If you plan to go, let us know, please fill this form and mark you calendar!
Spread the word, tell your friends and see you in NYC @FlashAndTheCity!
We are very proud to sponsor the FlashAndTheCity and its workshops, if you buy a workshop ticket you will also get a FDT Professional license!
