FDT 3.0 Now Standalone!
Those that know me and how I code know that I stand by and love coding in FDT. One thing about FDT is that you have to install Eclipse first and use FDT as a perspective (plug-in) in Eclipse. That is no more as FDT is now available as a standalone application.
Once you install it it is not very different from having Eclipse/FDT installed separately at all but just having to install one thing and not many others is nice. It also comes pre-packaged with some useful perspectives like Subversive for SVN (which I could never get to work on my Eclipse install cuz I was always missing some other java stuff). There are reports of bugs on the forums as is normal with any new software release but it has been working pretty well for me so far over the past few days. You can grab the standalone versions for both Windows and Mac here.
It’s important to note that FDT is still being actively developed as a plug-in as well for those that choose to install it that way from within Eclipse. I just prefer to use the standalone.
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yes, the download is a demo. the standalone has exactly the same interface/workflow as the plugin. its literally an install that is just one file but installs the eclipse environment for you with FDT and SVN already pre-installed with it.
A lot of people talk about FDT, but I still can’t consider a switch until they get the MXML compilation going. Although, I hear it’s coming soon.
I am just wondering whether anyone has found difficulties in setting the standard .as (actionscript) file to be opened with fdt? I can’t seem to get it to work at all. What happened was after I associate .as to fdt then open and nothing happened. The only way I found was to open an initial .as file through FDT > File > Open > Class then there’s that code window and I can only drag it there which is so unproductive for such a powerful tool. I believe there should be a way to tackle this issue. Please let me know if anyone has the same problem and fixed it. Cheers.
@Rob: You can’t just open files in FDT. You have to create a project and move your files into that project to be able to open them. FDT is for PURE OOP coding, not for standalone files like u can open in the IDE.
is the download at the link a demo? I’ve wanted to try FDT but had no luck installing it on Eclipse.
Does the standalone have a similar interface/workflow to the eclipse plugin?