AS3 AutoCompletion in TextMate
I know some more hardy Mac users than I have forced themselves to get used to some flavour of Eclipse (FDT or FlashBuilder), but I just cannot bring myself to do it. It’s a Windows app that still feels like a Windows app on OSX. It just looks a mess to me. Nearly every other app I use on a daily basis functions as I expect OSX apps to function – beautifully and intuitively – with the notable exception of just about anything by Adobe, but that’s to be expected.
Thus, I love TextMate. It’s light, it’s quick, it’s OSX to the core and its sidebar is the Finder. But the main thing that makes TextMate great is its expandability with Bundles. Simon Gregory has for a while now been maintaining the only AS3 bundle worth a look and a good while ago now it got really, really good with the addition of text completion.
Check out the video:
Not to be too melodramatic, but this little bundle has changed my life. No word of a lie. Recommended.
August 30th, 2009 by Addy P.
It's all about the flash | 2 Comments »
Cool thanks for the tip Ad. I’ve been using FlashDevelop on the PC for the same reasons – it’s lightweight and has great autocomplete. Now I’ve got a Mac too it’s good to know there’s a decent alternative to going straight for the heavyweight FlexBuilder etc.
There are a few AS3 plugins for Xcode too but not had much chance to try those out yet.
Brimelow was bang into TextMate too, but not heard much since the FlashBuilder rename. That’s maybe the company line now.
The annoying thing is this doesn’t (yet) complete from your own classes – only from Flash’s standard ones. But the guy who wrote TextMate’s apparently hard at work on TM2 (or was in June anyway), which might make that stuff easier. Or something.