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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 […]
We have just released a new version of FDT (FDT 3.1.0 build 1011) which includes many new features and numerous bugfixes. You can find a list of all additional features and bugfixes here. In this article I’m going to show you how to improve and optimize your ActionScript development workflow by using the new features.
Installation
We now provide FDT installers for Windows and Max OS X. Simply download the appropriate installer and follow the installation instructions.
The FDT 3.1 installation includes Eclipse 3.3 (Europe) and the most important plug-ins for ActionScript development like Subversion (Subversive) and a XML Editor (WST).
If you already have installed Eclipse (3.3 or 3.4), you can use the “Find and Install” mechanism (Help > Software Updates > Find and Install) to integrate FDT in your existing Eclipse copy. Use the following URL for your new remote site: http://fdt.powerflasher.com/update
The Flex SDK 3.1 is included in both installation types and all core library settings are now configured automatically. This means that you can compile, debug and launch your ActionScript 3 projects immediately after the installation process.
Installing and setting up FDT 3.1 is now way faster than setting up previous versions of FDT.
Project Structure
It is very important to use a clear and continuous folder structure for your ActionScript projects. FDT helps you organize this structure.
If you create a new Flash Project it’s now possible to select “Create separate folders for sources and binaries” in the wizard.
You can configure those folders by pressing “Configure defaults…” or by opening the FDT Build Path preferences window.
In the following example I will use dev/src as my source folder and dev/deploy as my output folder.
FDT will automatically put all SWF and SWC files into the deploy folder.
AIR Support
Developing AIR applications with FDT 3.1 is also very easy now. Simply create a launcher for viewing and debugging your application and one launcher to release it as .air file.
To create an AIR debug launch configuration select your Document Class in the Flash Explorer and then open the Run Dialog (Run > Open Run Dialog…). Double click “FDT AS3 Application “ to create a new launch configuration. After that select the “Start” tab and choose “AIR Debug Launcher” as viewer.
Press the “Run“ button to compile and launch your AIR application. FDT automatically generates a default application XML file into your output folder.
To release and package your AIR application open the Run Dialog and double click “FDT AIR Application Release” and configure the settings on the right-hand side.
Michael Plank
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