Most useful FlashDevelop plugins

October 8, 2008 · Posted in Tools · Comment 

If you use FlashDevelop for AS3, these plugins are a must!

I have installed these with FDev V3 Beta 9.

fdbPlugin – AS3 Debugging

Installation:

  1. Download plugin
  2. Copy the two DLL files (FdbPlugin.dll, Aga.Controls.dll) to the ‘Plugins’ folder of FlashDevelop (commonly located at c:\Program Files\FlashDevelop\Plugins\).
  3. Restart FDev so that it loads the new plugin, and your ready to go!
  4. To set a break point; Shift + Left Mouse Click on the gray bar next to the line numbers.
  5. Run your project normally (F5 or Play).

Trace – Help generate ‘trace’ statements.

Installation:

  1. Download plugin
  2. Copy the DLL file to the ‘Plugins’ folder of FDev.
  3. Start/restart FDev.
  4. Mouse over the variable you would like to trace and press one of the shortcut key combos (customise through Tools->Program settings

Piwik – Web analytics – Open source

September 17, 2008 · Posted in Tools · Comment 

Piwik – Web analytics – Open source

A great google analytics alternative. Currently in beta and had a few minor path issues with getting the charting and the generated javascript to work but was easily fixed.

Open Flash Chart

September 17, 2008 · Posted in Flash, Stock and assets, Tools · Comment 

Open Flash Chart

Great collection of fully customisable Flash (8) based charting components.

Gradient Tween Editor

September 16, 2008 · Posted in Flash, Flex, Tools · Comment 

Gradient Tween Editor

Handy tool with which to interactively compose a gradient and get the Flash code.

Opensource Client-side PDF Generator for AS3

June 4, 2008 · Posted in AS3, Tools · Comment 

AlivePDF is an open-source ActionScript 3 (Flash, Flex, AIR) PDF generation library.
It allows you to generate PDF’s client-side.

AlivePDF is licensed under the MIT License. In other words, you can do whatever you want with it

Lorem Ipsum – All the facts – Lipsum generator

April 29, 2008 · Posted in General, Tools · Comment 

Lorem Ipsum – All the facts – Lipsum generator

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You get the picture!