Hi,

A designer/developer at my work wants to start doing AS3. He's got Flash for PC, but owns a Mac laptop.

He asked me, after seeing I have FlashDevelop on my PC, is theer anything similar for Mac. Offhand, I can think of Eclipse, but there must be others.

What suggestions - preferably with at least a set-up and "hello world" tutorial - can I pass on to him?

I don't think there is anything honestly other than using the Eclipse plug-ins. Can he run FlashDevelop with Parallels or other virtualization software? It would be worth trying I think until they actually port FD over.

I would say honestly, grabbing the Flex SDK and using the command line compilers typing in BBEdit might be the only real MacDev way right now.

Nothing really compares to FD right now honestly. I check osflash.org all the time for something new to come about for Mac, but there's nothing even close. I work on a PC at work, so I haven't tried a virtual FD on my mac.

Honestly?

just discovered FD

quivers in delight

FD is sweet.

Are you making fun of my accent? We also say sorry a lot!

Sorry but you're one sexy beast hideaway.......honestly.

FD rocks.

For a Mac, Eclipse + FDT is equally as cool: many more features (including refactoring and automatic interface generation), but it does cost a bit. Say goodbye to compiler errors!

For mac FDT at work Textmate home

for PC FDT at work E-textEditor at home

Flexbuilder is also good, I hear?