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Visual Studio Actionscript Editor
If you are a Flash developer (Actionscript 2.0+ specifically) and have ever used Visual Studio you would probably agree. VS is so nice. In working with the rewrite of Kode 2 Go, which is done in C# (for many reasons), it was just so nice working with the code. The Intellisense is superb.
FlexBuilder 2.0 (FB2) is super nice as well but I STILL think it pales in comparison to VS. I love working with FB2 but sometimes it can be a bit slow/sluggish, noted it is still in beta. This I would credit to Eclipse rather than FB2 but either way…it isn’t as slick as VS. Plugins like ReSharper make the coding experience so nice.
I think one of the biggest things might just be C#. It is, in my opinion, much more robust than AS 3 and a great pleasure to work with. Things like overloaded methods are highly useful and missed, by me at least, in AS 3.
Anyway, this is nothing but a wish with no “solid” substance, which is why it is file under the “I Wish” category not the “Arguments” category. :-)
Posted by John C. Bland II on May 30, 2006 5:00 AM | Permalink
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Hi John,
Regarding Visual Studio Actionscript Editor, you might be interested in having a look at SharpStyle Neutron. That is a plug-in for ActionScript 2.0 development in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Current version of Neutron only supports AS2. We are planning Flex/AS3 support for later this year.
Visit http://neutron.sharpstyle.com for more details about the tool!
Posted by: SharpStyle Neutron | July 18, 2007 2:32 PM
Nice stuff! If it were AS3 I’d take a look but lately I haven’t done much AS2 stuff. Get this up to snuff with FlashDevelop/Flex Builder and you will be onto something BIG.
Posted by: John C. Bland II | July 18, 2007 11:09 PM
I second that emotion! I am personally involved with a major initiative that involves C#, AS3 and Flex 2 and being able to jump back and forth in the same IDE would be GOLDEN.
Posted by: Lukas Ruebbelke | July 18, 2007 11:21 PM
Thank you both for your kind words!
It seems that you have already joined our Beta Tester Community. And if so you will be kept updated about any news related to SharpStyle Neutron. Otherwise we will be happy to see you within our beta participants!
Posted by: SharpStyle Neutron | August 1, 2007 1:00 PM