2. Our Schedule
About the speaker Configurations
What is FDT? Shortcuts
News How to know more
advantages
Main Features
Downloading FDT
Installing

3. About the Speaker
Gabriel Peart
FDT Evangelist
Experiences

4. What is FDT?
Flash Development Tool
The most powerful Flash development environment
for AS2, AS3, Flex and AIR support
The only editor built from the ground-up to support
the needs of ActionScript developers

5. built by Flash developers for Flash developers
It contains highly efficient and time-saving features
It enhances your workflow while increasing your
productivity.

6. News
Profiler
Welcome Screen
SDK Management
Project Setup
Flex 4
Lib Management
Compiling

7. Main Features
Live Error High- Advanced Code
Lighting: see errors and Completion: Smart auto
warnings while you are completion for every piece
still typing of code

8. Main Features
Code Templates: Insert Quick Fixes and Quick
lines of code with Assist: Fix problems
only a few key strokes and automatically generat
es code

9. Main Features
Code Formater: One Type Hierarchy: Easily
click code style view the depth of
formatting inheritance

10. Main Features
Move Refactoring: Drag
Dependecy View: Easily and drop types between
view dependencies packages
between types

11. Main Features
Reference Search:
Quick find Five Different SWF
function calls Viewers: Choose favorite
runtime player

12. ...and Much More!
ASDoc support
Rename Refactoring (for files, types,
variables and functions)
Linking of external SWCs
Version Control support
Debugger

13. Downloading...

14. Install
2 options:
- Download FDT
- Download FDT as a Eclipse plug-in
You will find details about it at:
http://www.fdt.powerflasher.com/developer-tools/fdt-3/
download/

15. Configurations
Start Configurations:
Preferences > FDT > Build Path
Preferences > FDT > Editor (Colors)
Preferences > FDT > Editor > Semantic
Highlighting
Preferences > FDT > Tools > Flash
Preferences > FDT > Tools > Flash Help

16. Configurations
1) Preferences
Window -> Preferences -> General -> Always run in background
Window -> Preferences -> General -> Show heap status

17. Configurations
Window -> Preferences ->
General -> Editors -> Text
Editors -> Show line numbers

18. Configurations
Window -> Preferences -> General -> Keys -> Select “Run Ant Build” and
in Binding type CTRL + ENTER to use this short cut

19. Configurations
2) Preferences / FDT
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Build Path ->
Output folder name: deploy

20. Configurations
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Code style -> Formatter -> Style
Format your code

21. Configurations
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Core Libraries -> AS3 Core Libraries ->
Add new Core Library

22. Configurations
Type: Flash CS3
Name: FLASH_CS4_COMPONENTS
Click in Browse…

23. Configurations
Click in New...

24. Configurations
Name: FLASH_CS4_COMPONENTS
Location: C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Flash CS4Common
ConfigurationActionScript 3.0FP10
Click in OK

25. Configurations
Click in OK

26. Configurations
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Editor -> Code Assist -> Auto
activation triggers for AS: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_.:

27. Configurations
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Editor -> Folding -> Select only
Folding enabled

28. Configurations
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Tools -> Flash -> Flash IDE: C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe
Flash CS4Flash.exe
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Tools -> Flash -> Flash Player: C:Program FilesAdobe
Adobe Flash CS4PlayersFlashPlayer.exe
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Tools -> Flash -> Flash ASO Directory: C:Documents and
SettingsUserLocal SettingsApplication DataAdobeFlash CS4enConfigurationClassesaso

29. Configurations
Window -> Preferences -> FDT -> Tools -> Flash Help -> Click in Update
Help

30. Configurations
3) Customization
Window -> Customize Perspective -> Tool Bar Visibility -> Unselect FDT
MXML Coding

31. Configurations
Window -> Customize Perspective ->
Command Group Availability ->
Unselect
Annotation Navigation
Window -> Customize Perspective ->
Command Group Availability ->
Unselect
Editor Navigation
Window -> Customize Perspective ->
Command Group Availability ->
Unselect
FDT MXML Coding

32. Configurations
Window -> Customize Perspective -> Shortcuts ->
Submenus: New -> Unselect MXML Class

33. Configurations
Window -> Customize Perspective -> Shortcuts -> Submenus: Open Perspective -> Select Flash
FDT
Window -> Customize Perspective -> Shortcuts -> Submenus: Open Perspective -> Unselect
Java
Window -> Customize Perspective -> Shortcuts -> Submenus: Open Perspective -> Unselect
Resource

34. Configurations
Select Window -> Open Perspective -> Other… Flash FDT and
click in OK

35. Configurations
Close the views:
SWF Viewer, Javadoc View
Open Ant view Window -> Show View -> Ant.
You final screen:

36. Some ShortCuts
--> Search --> Code Editing
CTRL + H ALT + Up Arrow
CTRL + F ALT + Down Arrow
CTRL + M
CTRL + J
CTRL + Page Down / CTRL + Page Up
CTRL + F6
--> Navigation ALT + Left Arrow/ ALT + Right Arrow
F4
F5 --> Generating Code
CTRL + T CTRL + Space
CTRL + R CTRL + Shift + O
CTRL + L CTRL + 1

37. Coming up:
FDT 4!!

38. FDT 4
Faster
Lightweight
Easier
Milestones Roadmap

39. FDT 4

40. Get more Info about
FDT!
FDT Evangelist
e-mail: gabrielpeart@gabrielpeart.nu
skype: gabriel.peart
Thanks!