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FlashDevelop and PHP

Danno — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:34:57 +0000

The future of coding PHP in FlashDevelop may be quite closer than expected, thanks to user: kuzya (flashdevelop member from russia)

http://www.flashdevelop.org/community/viewtopic.php?p=13082

He modified the HaXeContext plugin and now you can see your php class methods and variables in the outline pane. It was a bit buggy, and then Philippe managed to get to get a basic PHP context working overnight!

Philippe’s version is the Flashdevelop SVN. If you would like to know how to compile the source code and get started with FD development go here: Participation [Getting started with FD Development]

If you want to try out the initial HAxe Context by kuzya, you can download the plugin: http://spbgu.ru/upload/kuzya/HTMLContext.dll

Copy that dll in your Flashdevelop plugins folder:

Usually: C:\Program Files\FlashDevelop\Plugins
Open a PHP file in FlashDevelop then select Haxe from the Syntax Menu.

Here’s a screenshot:

What’s your Flash/PHP Development Environment like?

Danno — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:23:56 +0000

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 with most of our code.

Then came SEPY and I got hooked straight-away. Just last year I transitioned to FlashDevelop and have been using that since. I convinced my fellow workmates and now we are all using it.

I knew there were other tools put there, but one that I really wanted to try was FDT. Check out there cool site and view the demos they have.
A couple of months back I won a license at Sydney’s Flash User Group (thanks Chris!) and I have started using it for tests. I currently haven’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’t have to press F7 each time before compiling.

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 “intellisense”

Now I have started to move towards Eclipse, and I’ve tried PHPEclipse and PDT. I had troubles with PDT but I didn’t have much time on my hands to see why it wasn’t working as expected. I will try to consolidate my both main languages (Flash and PHP) under one IDE.

My next step is to use them both on a production project. Then I will be able to assess if it’s worth switching from FlashDevelop.

It would be great to here what others are using for their own PHP and Flash development.
Please add a comment below.

Some extra resources:
http://www.blog.lessrain.com/?p=381

Coding Fonts in FlashDevelop

Danno — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:28:31 +0000

The default font for almost any programming editor is always Courier. The problem is that some characters aren’t easily differentiated. Letter L and number 1, and number zero and Uppercase O.

I’ve downloaded a font called CodingFontTobi (created by Tobias Werner) which seems to be excellent for developing.
Here are some instructions to change it under Flashdevelop… Edit the ScintillaNET.xml under Flashdevelop/Settings folder:

Update for version 3 (still in Beta) [Thanks Panagiotis]
C:\Documents and Settings\yourUserName\Local Settings\Application Data\FlashDevelop\Settings

Here’s mine:
C:\Program Files\FlashDevelop\Settings\ScintillaNET.xml
(in bold the changes I’ve made)

0x000000 0xffffff Courier New 11 0xffffff 0x000000 0xececec 0x000000 CodingFontTobi "proggy-font" />

You’ll have to copy the font to the windows/fonts directory.
You can also add it to your favourite editor.
Here’s a preview of the font: