kurono, Sr. Member Posted: 16 October 2011 09:59 PM Total Posts: 103
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 But it seems to be outdated in comparison with FD.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?
kurono, Sr. Member Posted: 16 October 2011 11:43 PM Total Posts: 103
[ # 1 ]
Thanks a lot, Piwie! You brought a really good news for me! I’m looking forward for FDT5… ^_^
Alex Bogartz, Sr. Member Posted: 17 October 2011 02:10 AM Total Posts: 216
[ # 2 ]
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?
Alejandro Santander, Administrator Posted: 17 October 2011 04:09 AM Total Posts: 414
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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.
kurono, Sr. Member Posted: 18 October 2011 09:24 AM Total Posts: 103
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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?
80prozent, Sr. Member Posted: 18 October 2011 09:42 PM Total Posts: 430
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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.
Alejandro Santander, Administrator Posted: 18 October 2011 09:58 PM Total Posts: 414
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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 =(
80prozent, Sr. Member Posted: 18 October 2011 11:08 PM Total Posts: 430
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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:
Alejandro Santander, Administrator Posted: 18 October 2011 11:49 PM Total Posts: 414
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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
...
80prozent, Sr. Member Posted: 19 October 2011 01:47 AM Total Posts: 430
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thank you
this list is really usefull. (made a copy allready)
live templates rock
Alejandro Santander, Administrator Posted: 19 October 2011 03:33 PM Total Posts: 414
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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 =)
Alex Bogartz, Sr. Member Posted: 19 October 2011 09:17 PM Total Posts: 216
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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.
kurono, Sr. Member Posted: 20 October 2011 02:40 PM Total Posts: 103
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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.
kurono, Sr. Member Posted: 26 October 2011 11:52 PM Total Posts: 103
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FDT 5 RELEASED!!! Probably, today’s one of the best day
Baush, Sr. Member Posted: 26 February 2012 01:55 PM Total Posts: 135
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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
Stephen Hopkins, Sr. Member Posted: 26 February 2012 10:20 PM Total Posts: 110
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I’ve been using Adobe Flash Builder, for a while now. Code completion works fine enough for me, what feature is it missing?