MXML authoring with MyEclipse

[Benoit Hediard]

Hi everyone,

 

Most of the people using Eclipse for their MXML authoring are using OxygenXML plugin :

http://www.oxygenxml.com/

http://www.rocketboots.com.au/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=29748A02-E081-51EF-A76F3A9D8308A716

 

But oxygen XML editor is expensive ($48/$128) and if you're into J2EE development, you might already have MyEclipse ($30/year) :

http://www.myeclipseide.com/

 

To configure MyEclipse XML editor for MXML:

- Windows> Preferences > Workbench > File Associations,

- select or add ".mxml" and associate it to MyEclipse XML Editor.

 

To add tag insight for MXML:

- Windows> Preferences > MyEclipse > Editors > XML > XML Catalog,

- select User Specific Entries and New...,

- enter URI= file:/C:/Flex/extras/schema/mxml.xsd (located inside your Flex installation folder),

- enter Key Type= Namespace Name

- enter Key= http://www.macromedia.com/2003/mxml

 

MyEclipseis a great addition to Eclipse, it includes plenty of plugins for J2EE and web development:

 JSP Editor,

 WYSIWYG Editor,

 Struts Modeler,

 JSF Editor,

 XML Editor,

 CSS Editor,

 _javascript_ Editor,

 XDoclet Support,

 Database Explorer,

 SQL Editor,

 ORTools - Hibernate,

 Application Server Connectors ...

(compared to OxygenXML, you get much more for less $...)

 

The missing editor is an AS2.0 editor, but it looks like there is one under development on SourceForge:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/aseclipseplugin/ (pre-alpha, I've not tested it yet)

 

For the moment, you can also replace the default _javascript_ Editor for ".as" files to use MyEclipse _javascript_ Editor instead.

 

So now, Ifinally have on single and great IDE for Flex, ColdFusion (with CFEclipse) andJava development!

 

Benoit Hediard