Is there a FLASH editor that supports autocomplete & step-into debugging?

Question

I'm considering using Flash but I'm pretty addicted to autocomplete and Step-at-a-time debugging.

Answer 1

If you mean ActionScript I once heard that PrimalScript will do Intellisense. Never tested it though. As for debugging, MAYBE, PrimalScope will have that too. I'd recommend you try before you buy, though. (They both have trials.)

Answer 2

By using Eclipse with the ActionScript plugin you get full code hinting in the same format that you do with intellisense.

Or you can use FlashDevelop that has both intellisense and can debug (trace) your code.

Answer 3

FDT is a plugin for Eclipse which many say (including myself) is the best editor when it comes to writing actionscript. FDT supports as2 & as3, including the new apis from Flash player 10. I haven't used Visual Studio myself but i'm guessing it's pretty much the same regarding intellisense (all versions of FDT). FDT Enterprise also supports debugging including breakpoints and stepping through your code (= not just trace).

http://fdt.powerflasher.com/

Answer 4

Both FlexBuilder and Flash CS3 have autocompletion and debuggers that can step through code one line at a time. Both can be used to develop in pure ActionScript (i.e. FlexBuilder isn't just for writing Flex applications).

Answer 5

it will be cool to have autocompletion in flash CS3 like the one that comes with eclipse for java (with hints, hierarchies , implementation, autoimports for clases etc . .), i dont know why everyone wants to separate the code from graphical editor , when thats the best part of flash , anyway i always recommend to stay with eclipse since it is very robust and its available for a lot of languages so in case you need to learn other language you already know the IDE and how to use autocompletion.

Answer 6

FlashDevelop is a lightweight Flash editor but it doesn't have a debugger. But FlexBuilder is a much popular and full-featured.

Answer 7

Adobe has said that the next version of Flash (CS5) will have a lot of coding improvements, including code hinting, auto-complete, and auto-import for custom classes. But whether it will pull even with Eclipse and FlashDevelop is still an open question.