What tools do I need to develop in actionscript (i

Question

I've never developed flash before but I have a project where I want to use an actionscript 3 library and I'm not sure what tools I need to start. To further complicate things my main development box is an ubuntu box. Are there any necessary packages I need to install? Or any .deb's I can buy?

Thanks

Answer 1

You could try haXe. It isn't really ActionScript but it is very similar (and you could also compile to the server side or javascript): haXe.org

Answer 2

I have written a blog entry on how to setup Eclipse + AXDT + Flex SDK to prepare your mxml/actionscript (as3) development environment on Linux. If you are interested, you can have a look here: http://netpatia.blogspot.com/2009/09/flash-development-on-linux.html

Answer 3

It looks like the Flex 3 sdk (http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/flexdownloads/index.html) is a good place to start. Any other suggestions?

Answer 4

A Windows or Mac box. :-)

just kidding, actually you can use the Flex 3 SDK mentioned above and compile using the CLI. If these AS3 Libraries are indeed Flex libraries (sometimes there are discrepancies between what works in Flex, what works in CS3, and what works in both) then you should be able to import them and use them.

Also, I've never tried it myself, but Flex Builder is based on Eclipse and I believe there's a way to configure Eclipse to compile with the opensource Flex compile if you'd rather work in a graphical IDE.

Answer 5

JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA (not free)

http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/features/flex_ide.html

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JetBrains Astella (free but beta)

http://blog.jetbrains.com/astella/

http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/AS/Astella+EAP