Last update Wednesday, December 2, 2009
I maintain here some ActionScript3 tools and frameworks I use in my day to day work. This list is not intended to reflect all tools you can Google out there, just the ones I use. If you know something I should test and add here, send me an email.
Editors
- FDT : http://fdt.powerflasher.com/
The best ActionScript editor I have used so far. Based on Eclipse : syntax and error highlighting, completion, debugger…
Alternatives : Flash Develop | Flex Builder
Must have tool : eclipse-plug-in-download-as3-libraries-straight-to-your-eclipseflex-builderfdt-project quite a long but expressive name, isn’t it ? - Notepad++ : http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/
Not specially dedicated to ActionScript but really handy to open all kind of files with colour highlighting (AS, XML, JS, HTML) and to make quick modifications or to do repetitive tasks (a lot of plugins included by default).
Frameworks
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AMFPHP : http://www.amfphp.org/
Ease communication between ActionScript and PHP.
- AS3Dmod : http://code.google.com/p/as3dmod/ | API
3D modifiers for Papervision 3D. Intended to change 3D objects aspect applying constraints on them.
- Papervision3D : http://dev.papervision3d.org/ | API
Realtime 3D engine.
Alternatives : Away 3D, Sandy
Must have tools : Blender to AS3 export, Air Collada Viewer, Air Prefab : Away3D texture mapping - Gaia Flash Framework : http://www.gaiaflashframework.com/
A flash site or module manager. It handles pages, transitions, depth, assets… A great tool for developers when they work with artists.
- Tweenlite / Tweenmax : http://blog.greensock.com/tweenliteas3/
Great tweening engine : help to manage transitions incrementing or decrementing any number values of any object during a specified amount of time. It offers several transitions curves.
Alternatives : Tweener | gTween - Thunderbolt : http://code.google.com/p/flash-thunderbolt/
Logging in FDT, Flash IDE and Firebug ! What else ?
- Mr. Doob : http://code.google.com/p/mrdoob/
Useful bunch of classes : Stats, Video player
JavaScript
- SWFObject2 : http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Safely embed SWF files in Web pages without struggling with browser detection and specific implementations.
- SWFFIT : http://swffit.millermedeiros.com/
Smartly activate scrollbars to the browser if a SWF object is greater than the size of the browser window. Great for full Flash sites !
Tags: ActionScript
