{"id":94,"date":"2008-09-08T16:55:25","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T14:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/?p=94"},"modified":"2008-09-08T16:55:25","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T14:55:25","slug":"optimize-your-workflow-with-the-new-features-of-fdt-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/optimize-your-workflow-with-the-new-features-of-fdt-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimize your workflow with the new Features of FDT 3.1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>. In this article I\u2019m going to show you how to improve and optimize your ActionScript development workflow by using the new features.<\/p>\n

Installation<\/strong><\/p>\n

We now provide FDT installers for Windows<\/a> and Max OS X<\/a>. Simply download the appropriate installer and follow the installation instructions.
\nThe 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).<\/p>\n

If you already have installed Eclipse (3.3 or 3.4), you can use the \u201cFind and Install\u201d 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<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Installing and setting up FDT 3.1 is now way faster than setting up previous versions of FDT.<\/p>\n

Project Structure<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is very important to use a clear and continuous folder structure for your ActionScript projects. FDT helps you organize this structure.<\/p>\n

If you create a new Flash Project it\u2019s now possible to select \u201cCreate separate folders for sources and binaries\u201d in the wizard.<\/p>\n

\"Create<\/a><\/p>\n

You can configure those folders by pressing \u201cConfigure defaults\u2026\u201d or by opening the FDT Build Path preferences window.<\/p>\n

In the following example I will use dev\/src as my source folder and dev\/deploy as my output folder.<\/p>\n

\"Build<\/a><\/p>\n

FDT will automatically put all SWF and SWC files into the deploy folder.<\/p>\n

AIR Support<\/strong><\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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\u2026). Double click \u201cFDT AS3 Application \u201c to create a new launch configuration. After that select the \u201cStart\u201d tab and choose \u201cAIR Debug Launcher\u201d as viewer.<\/p>\n

\"AIR<\/a><\/p>\n

Press the \u201cRun\u201c button to compile and launch your AIR application. FDT automatically generates a default application XML file into your output folder.<\/p>\n

To release and package your AIR application open the Run Dialog and double click \u201cFDT AIR Application Release\u201d and configure the settings on the right-hand side.<\/p>\n

Michael Plank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019m going to show you how to improve and optimize your ActionScript development workflow by using the new features. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,11,12,1],"tags":[317,447,455,111,207,452,291,311],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6276,"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/6276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fdt.powerflasher.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}