> Right. I'm using a text editor and the command line. Maybe I should use > Eclipse if there's a free plug-in for AS3.
We currently have 3 IDE's information in our Wiki ATM. Flash Builder [1], IDEA [2], and FlashDevelop [3]. Out of those 3 the FlashDevelop is free and opensource, however it is Windows only. [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/2.1+Flash+Builder [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/2.2+IntelliJ+IDEA [3] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/2.3+FlashDevelop -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Barry Gold [mailto:barrydg...@ca.rr.com] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 12:17 AM To: users@flex.apache.org Subject: Re: Beginner's mistakes On 2/20/2014 6:20 PM, Alex Harui wrote: > IMO, I've seen all of these questions asked before, but I don't know if it > would be "frequently". For #1, #2 and #3, most folks use an IDE which > tends to prevent getting caught like this. IIRC, you were trying to not > use an IDE? Right. I'm using a text editor and the command line. Maybe I should use Eclipse if there's a free plug-in for AS3. > For #4, there are a variety of application patterns like MVC that help you > share things. Folks use Singletons, or Locators, or just global > variables. Each has their advantages and disadvantages. I think I was already drifting toward MVC in my design. The MOdel is class Game and its subcomponents: Room, Character, Thing (treasures and other movable objects). Game holds the state, and also knows how to serialize itself to external storage (so the game can be saved). The View is the top-level MXML file and the Objects that display in it -- buttons, the map, etc. And the Controller is the GameSequence object, which decides which part of the view should show next, and tells it which buttons and icons to show. Now, to review MVC and look over a typical old MFC application to see how the pieces communicate nicely...
