Manage your AS3 Libs in Eclipse / Flash Builder
One of the things I hate doing is managing all the different libraries I may use in a project. Luckily Dennis @ rozengain.com has made a plugin for Eclipse / Flash builder that works like a charm called the ActionScript Framework Downloader. All you need to make it work is:
- Eclipse 3.2 or greater
- SVN Command line tool
Once you have SVN all setup you can download the JAR file and place it in your Eclipse plugin folder and restart Eclipse .
To use it up first go to Preferences > ActionScript Framework Downloader and add the libraries you want to use. Then close the preferences window and navigate to the folder you want to download the libraries to. Right click on the folder and click download ActionScript framework here. Select the libs you want to download and then click finish.
That's it. A very easy and slick plugin to manage all your library files. I've used it with the latest Beta of Flash Builder and it works great!
My 20 Most used AS3 Libraries
Because I work full time developing primarily in AS3. I have come across a lot of very useful libraries that I like to use in my day to day work. So today I present you with a list of the top 20 libraries that I have come to use on a more regular basis. I hope you may find and discover something here that may be of use to you. If you have a library that you use a lot please let me know.