I too have setup all of my Multi-Module projects with each module being one
maven-module.
To reduce the compile+deployment costs, I usually define a maven pom which
only references my flex modules. I f I build this, then only the swfs and
swcs are built. I usually run my application using jetty and the
"run-exploded" target. To allow rebuilding the applicaiton without having to
do a complete redeploy, I created a maven profile called "debug" in this
profile I redirect the output of the flex compiler (FM property "output") to
my exploded war directory. this way I can rebuild the flex app without
having to redeploy and restart the server.
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>default</id>
<properties>
<!-- Build the project into the target of the main
application. -->
<flex.output>${basedir}/target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.swf</flex.output>
</properties>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>debug</id>
<properties>
<!-- Build the project into the target of the main
application. -->
<flex.output>${basedir}/../../electronic-emotions/webapp/target/Electronic-Emotions/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.swf</flex.output>
</properties>
</profile>
</profiles>
And I have to admit. There's nothing better than IntelliJ for me. Even if
there might be the one or the other bug (Eclipse/FlashBuilder is no better),
the IntelliJ Guys are extremely fast at fixing issues you report or even
include functionality you request.
I am using the 10 Version too ... and in the meanwhile I have to admit that
it is a lot better than 9. Earlier beta builds did tend to bug me a lot, but
they fixed most of the issues.
Chris
2010/12/3 Charles Lee <[email protected]>
> I agree with Bryan.. thats how i set up my projects too.
>
> For me even you can run a maven goal to copy the swf over to the webserver
> it is slow.. What I ended up doing was to set up flex projects not as maven
> projects but just normal flex project, it then all worked really well (as
> you can then set the output compile path to the webserver). It did take a
> bit of time to get everything fitted nicely, but is well worth it.
>
> I then let my CI to tell me if some dependency is missing etc, local unit
> tests still run well in this setup (in 10 you can get intellij to use
> different flash player to run the tests too)
>
> I have a flashBuilder 4 pro licence and was on Flex Builder 3 the code
> editing experience is just no way as smooth as intellij. I now only use
> flash builder when my designer give me new skins and to use its memory
> profiler..
>
> If you have to use flash builder.. your experience maybe better adding this
> plugin to your IDE:
> http://www.elementriver.com/sourcemate
>
> <http://www.elementriver.com/sourcemate>C
>
> On 2 December 2010 22:59, Bryan Turner <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Are all of your Flex modules in the same src/main/flex directory as your
>> main.mxml? Or are they in separate Maven projects? It may be that to get the
>> behavior you really want, you have to separate them out. All of my
>> experience on working with multi-module Flex applications has had each
>> mx:Module in a separate Maven module. In that setup, a Make in IntelliJ is
>> guaranteed to build every module because the config-reports generated for
>> each individual Maven module will reference the root mx:Module.
>>
>> With them all in a single src/main/flex directory, I'm not sure how you'd
>> go about achieving what you're trying to do.
>>
>> Bryan
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Marvin Froeder <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Why don't you try contacting intelliJ folks?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:02 PM, pbuda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just checked 10... it's still not the same as in Flex Builder.
>>>> The problem is that:
>>>> 1. I use main.mxml as main application entry point to fire up my shell
>>>> that loads modules,
>>>> 2. modules are not recompiled because no specific entries in config-
>>>> report.xml can be found (not really sure it is even configurable that
>>>> way).
>>>>
>>>> config-report completly disregards (and as such Idea does that too)
>>>> <moduleFiles> configuration tags. Sure, FM compile the modules but
>>>> they are not recompiled using IDE builder. That is a huge drawback for
>>>> us.
>>>>
>>>> On 2 Gru, 21:28, pbuda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> > I have to evaluate 9 though... Since evaluation on released version is
>>>> > the only way to convince our management that Idea is really a better
>>>> > idea than Flex Builder 3 we use today... However at home I will try to
>>>> > check differences between 9 and 10 eap. Thanks for the tip!
>>>> >
>>>> > On 2 Gru, 16:07, Charles Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > Are they all in the same project? Maybe if you have your module in
>>>> another
>>>> > > project then you can select the module mxml as your main class.
>>>> >
>>>> > > Also you on intllij 9 or 10? 10 (now in RC) have given a load more
>>>> > > flexibility (no punt intended!) in working with flex...
>>>> >
>>>> > > There are other problems with intellij and flex mojo. Namely there
>>>> isn't a
>>>> > > post build in intellij option to copy the build module swf else
>>>> where (i.e.
>>>> > > a local web server, which is where you need it if your dynamicly
>>>> loading a
>>>> > > module) -- i solve this by running a maven goal after build to copy
>>>> the swf
>>>> > > over... However you might not have this problem.
>>>> >
>>>> > > Having said that tho for writing/Editing actionscript I have really
>>>> yet
>>>> > > found a better IDE then intellij. I am on the intellij 10 RC.. is
>>>> tons
>>>> > > better then 9 and b4
>>>> >
>>>> > > C
>>>> >
>>>> > > On 2 December 2010 14:31, pbuda <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > > Hi,
>>>> > > > I'm currently evaluating Intellij Idea for our project and I have
>>>> run
>>>> > > > into a problem. I can run application and everything works as
>>>> expected
>>>> > > > however one thing bothers me badly.
>>>> >
>>>> > > > I have an application, main.mxml and a module module.mxml. Since
>>>> our
>>>> > > > modules actually produce mx:Module things for a super awesome
>>>> shell
>>>> > > > I'm mostly interested in module.mxml. There is a problem however,
>>>> > > > because Make and Compile commands from IDEA only recompile
>>>> main.mxml.
>>>> > > > I cannot find any place in config-report.xml that could actually
>>>> make
>>>> > > > the IDE builder aware of the module. The only way to obtain a new
>>>> > > > module is to build it via Maven, but that kind of sucks...
>>>> >
>>>> > > > Is it actually possible to recompile module from IDEA?
>>>> >
>>>> > > > FM 3.6
>>>> > > > IDEA 9.0.4
>>>> > > > Maven 2.2.1
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