I’ve used to use FlashDevelop (FD) for Windows XP before I bought my Mac. Now I want to ask true-mac-gurus, which one of MacOS-related IDEs is the best for coding?
1) I’ve installed trial version of FDT 4. But it seems to be outdated in comparison with FD. I mean old project templates (no higher than FP 10.2), buggy run in external browser and so on.
2) Adobe Flash Builder has unhandy code completion. Moreover, both of them cost a lot.

The question is, what IDE do you use?

Thanks a lot, Piwie! You brought a really good news for me! I’m looking forward for FDT5… ^_^

That’s good news about FDT, although I’m really into Flashdevelop. On that note, isn’t there a way to run that on a Mac?

http://www.flashdevelop.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3581

I use IntelliJ Idea. It feels better to me than FDT or Flash Builder. It is not based on Eclipse architecture but you use it pretty much in the same way. I highly recommend it for Mac users.

Alex Bogartz -> Of course FD is coolest ever, but I prefer native solutions w\o any emulation, like Parallels and so on.

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Alejandro Santander -> IntelliJ… Is it free?

hi

after crashing my pc i had to switch to mac too.

beeing a long time pc user i dont like mac to much :(

i really like flashdevelop and managed to get it running in a virtualbox (using parallel desktop it doesnt work at all). it works only as long as i dont use external links in my projects, so i went with a flashbuilder trial the last days.

right now i am downloading this Intellij and hope i will like it.

thanks to alejandro for this info.

Intellij is not free, unfortunately! I have used FlashDevelop and think its great, but using parallels to code with it in a mac is not acceptable for me. Why buy a mac and spend 90% of your time with it emulating a PC??

I’m in love with Intellij tho and the only thing I regret about it is that I can’t code C/C++ in it =(

jeah

i managed to run my first code in intelliJ and allready like it much more than flashbuilder.

here is a link that helped me setting up a project for flashplayer 11:

http://p.danielcassidy.me.uk/your-first-molehill-project-using-intellij

Things I recommend about IntelliJ is using Live Templates a lot, learning all the shortcuts, using plugins like the robotlegs plugin, skinning the editor, getting used to how you manipulate panels (pin/unpin), refactoring, little to no bugs, etc.

Shortcuts I know (these might be custom, don’t remember, just know they exist):
- ctrl + space - auto complete
- ctrl + alt + o - organize imports
- cmd + j - trigger live templates
- ctrl + alt + t - code wrapping stuff
- ctrl + j - live documentation (you need to set these for each sdk/lib you use)
- cmd + n - new something
- alt + enter - create something from un-existing element
- fn + shift + F6 - rename/refactor
- cmd + f - search selection in current file
- cmd + shift + f - search in whole project
- cmd + shift + F7 - find usages
- cmd + click - go to definition
- cmd + d - duplicate line
- cmd + / - comment line
- cmd + shift + / - comment block
- fn + shift + F8 - toggle column editing mode
...

thank you

this list is really usefull. (made a copy allready)

live templates rock

I forgot about a very useful IntelliJ thing. You can design your own code style, then on a file, do cmd + a, then cmd + alt + L and your code is instantly stylized =)

Playing with Intellij right now.  Wow, here’s something you can’t do with Flashdevelop.  Open two debuggers at the same time.  Very interesting!

I’m still a little lost in the interface, but it’s very nice.

Thanks, guys!

- ctrl + space - auto complete
- ctrl + alt + o - organize imports

The same as for FDT I’m still using FDT 4 (trial) which I’ve installed last week. And I’m waiting for update (FDT 5) which is supposed to be free.

FDT 5 RELEASED!!! Probably, today’s one of the best day

Another thumbs up to intelliJ for me, it’s 300$ cheaper than FDT and it works great. With refactoring features in IntelliJ, its definitely the best alternative to FD on MACOS

I’ve been using Adobe Flash Builder, for a while now. Code completion works fine enough for me, what feature is it missing?