Today, the Powerflasher team released our 7th milestone release of FDT.

Since our last major release 2012, we’ve released more than 70 new features and improvements while also improving performance and stability. To celebrate this, we’ve not only rolled up our sleeves to bring a collection of features such as new refactorings and compiler constant management, we’re also announcing a lower pricing (starting from 24€) as well as offering the option to purchase non-expiring licenses (starting from 99€) as well. To commemorate this release, and the 7 years of FDT, we’re calling it: FDT Milestone 7.

The web changed a lot in the last years and we embrace that, but Flash and its ecosystem is still a great technology in many meaningful areas. It is exciting to see that there is a strong Flash community that found so many great niches for professional jobs. So we´re still committed, we still love Flash, its possibilities from mobile development to advanced game development and much more. We´re listen to you to make sure that FDT is the best IDE for Flash developers, while also making it accessible to as many people as possible. We are continuing full speed ahead with FDT’s development. Join us to push the Flash development community forward and help us to shape the future of FDT.

Feature Highlights with this release (maaany more if you´re still on FDT5)

  • Change Function Signature
  • Compiler Constant Management
  • Improved SDK Management – Add Pure AIR SDKs & SDK Folders
  • GUI for Override / Implement Methods
  • Advanced Telemetry Options
  • Haxe 3.0
  • Autocompletion For Compiler Options

New Pricing and Non-Expiring option

Since FDT 5.6 we´re done with major releases and started to do iteration releases even weekly – but just possible with a subscription model. While our most active users love the benefits of this subscription, it is not the perfect model for everyone. So we´re coming up with a solution and can offer now a non-expiring license as well. That means you’ll be able to use your FDT license for as long as you like to, even when your update subscription has expired. We’re offering this as an upgrade option with along our 12 month and 24 month subscription.

Existing Customers

This update is of course free to all current FDT subscribers and OpenSourceSupporters – just keep an eye out for the update icon in the toolbar! And of course we still offer the free version of FDT as well.

Check out this Video of the New FDT features. We hope you love it as much as we do.

Your Powerflasher FDT team.