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		<title>What&#8217;s your Flash/PHP Development Environment like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started using Flash at version 4, when I was working at W3.com.ar  and I remember also having to fiddle with some Flash 3 banners. When Flash 5 came out and you could do some proper coding, it was all done inside the IDE. Then we discovered the include directive and were using Textpad [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I started using Flash at version 4, when I was working at <a href="http://w3.com.ar/eng_index.html" title="W3 Argentina" target="_blank">W3.com.ar</a>  and I remember also having to fiddle with some Flash 3 banners. When Flash 5 came out and you could do some proper coding, it was all done inside the IDE. Then we discovered the include directive and were using <a href="http://www.textpad.com" title="Textpad. Windows text editor" target="_blank">Textpad</a> with most of our code.</p>
<p>Then came <a href="http://www.sephiroth.it/python/sepy.php" title="Sepy - Actionscript editor" target="_blank">SEPY</a> and I got hooked straight-away. Just last year I transitioned to <a href="http://www.flashdevelop.org" title="Flash Develop." target="_blank">FlashDevelop</a> and have been using that since. I convinced my fellow workmates and now we are all using it.</p>
<p>I knew there were other tools put there, but one that I really wanted to try was <a href="http://fdt.powerflasher.com/flashsite/flash.htm" title="FDT Flash for Eclipse" target="_blank">FDT</a>. Check out there cool site and view the demos they have.<br />
A couple of months back I won a license at <a href="http://flashdev.org.au/" title="Sydney Flash User Group" target="_blank">Sydney&#8217;s Flash User Group</a> (thanks Chris!) and I have started using it for tests. I currently haven&#8217;t fully switched yet, because I find FlashDevelop quite fast and very easy to use compared to FDT. Though FDT has on the fly syntax checking. It means I don&#8217;t have to press F7 each time before compiling.</p>
<p>Then talking about my PHP development environment. It was trusty old Textpad through-out all these years. Adding different syntax libraries, macros and all kind of clip extensions. But it was never an IDE. It was missing syntax checking and the famous &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IntelliSense" title="Auto Completion" target="_blank">intellisense</a>&#8221;</p>
<p>Now I have started to move towards Eclipse, and I&#8217;ve tried <a href="http://http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpeclipse" title="PHP Eclipse" target="_blank">PHPEclipse</a> and <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/pdt/" title="Eclipse PHP Development" target="_blank">PDT</a>. I had troubles with PDT but I didn&#8217;t have much time on my hands to see why it wasn&#8217;t working as expected. I will try to consolidate my both main languages (Flash and PHP) under one IDE.</p>
<p>My next step is to use them both on a production project. Then I will be able to assess if it&#8217;s worth switching from FlashDevelop.</p>
<p>It would be great to here what others are using for their own PHP and Flash development.<br />
Please add a comment below.</p>
<p>Some extra resources:<br />
<a href="http://www.blog.lessrain.com/?p=381" title="Flash Eclipse and FDT" target="_blank"> http://www.blog.lessrain.com/?p=381</a></p>
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