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IntelliJ IDEA 12.1 has complete support for the Adobe Gaming SDK, i.e. Adobe AIR SDK bundled together with Away3D, Starling and Feathers frameworks.

For those who are interested in developing games using IntelliJ IDEA we have prepared a step-by-step tutorial with instructions on how to set up, build and run sample applications included in the SDK.

Please feel free to share your feedback at our forum and report any found issues to the issue tracker.

Develop with pleasure!

Over the last year there have been many rumors about death of Flash, just as rumors about its second life, inspired by Apache and new Adobe AIR features. Since the release of IntelliJ IDEA 11.1 we gather Usage Statistics, which helps us understand better your real needs and allocate resources correspondingly. The statistics of course does not represent the full worldwide picture, but it lets us analyse how IntelliJ IDEA is used for ActionScript and Flex development.

The good news, as it turns out, is that the number of active ActionScript and Flex developers has been growing constantly. As a proof, here’s a chart showing how many times Flash Run Configuration was started each month:

Here are some more Flash-related statistics in case you’re interested. (more…)

We are pleased to announce that IntelliJ IDEA 12 will support new features of Adobe AIR SDK 3.4. They are designed to simplify iOS apps development process:

• Run/debug AIR applications on iOS Simulator (Mac OS X only)
• Debug iOS apps on device both over USB or network
• Single-click iOS app deployment to the device without the need to manually install it using iTunes

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Hi, Flash and Flex devs!

We’ve been analyzing feedback from those of you who use IntelliJ IDEA for Flex and ActionScript development. A common problem turns out to be complicated project setup. To address this issue in IntelliJ IDEA 11.1, we have reworked the user interface, all the way from module wizard and project setup to run/debug configurations and AIR Packaging.

We believe these changes will make product experience better for everyone, and especially for the users of Eclipse-based IDEs.

Read on to see what we’ve changed so far. However, this isn’t final, as we count on more feedback from you to make additional improvements and polishing.

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As you may know, IntelliJ IDEA has high-class support for creating Flash, Flex and AIR applications as well as HTML5 interactive content. As more and more IntelliJ IDEA users adopted these languages, we realized that they deserved a dedicated product that would meet their specific needs and make them even more productive. So today we’re very excited to introduce Astella — our brand new IDE for Sprite masters, frameRate hunters and Canvas gurus. And if you’re just learning the language and the platform, remember: a great tool is half the battle : )
Astella has an outstanding level of ActionScript, MXML, JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS coding support, a Flex (and JavaScript?) debugger and FlexUnit test runner. It bundles an ActionScript profiler and a MXML Designer. And there’s more: Astella has a customized Flash/Flex project configuration interface that allows you to easily configure your project, no matter its size or complexity! At the same time, it’s lightweight and speedy and will never interfere with what you’re doing.

Astella Early Access Program is now open! Please download these builds at http://confluence.jetbrains.net/display/AS/Astella+EAP.
We’re looking forward to your feedback at Astella forums and issue tracker.

Check for updates at the Astella blog: http://blog.jetbrains.com/astella, follow @AstellaIDE on twitter and Facebook!

Develop with pleasure!
JetBrains Astella Team

Latest EAP of IntelliJ IDEA 10.5 supports full cycle of Mobile AIR applications development: write code, compile, package, install, run and debug on emulator or Android device! Let’s look at common development workflow. (more…)

Adobe Systems Inc. has recently announced it is stopping further development of Flash Builder for Linux.

If this news makes you uneasy, take it as a great opportunity to learn some new tools!

We welcome all of you to try IntelliJ IDEA as Flex, ActionScript and AIR IDE for every OS, but we aren’t the only ones to do so.

James Ward, a Technical Evangelist at Adobe, has posted an article to his blog in relation to the Flash Builder Linux shutdown, “Flex Development on Linux with IntelliJ IDEA”. James says IntelliJ IDEA is “doing a great job”. He has also recorded a short overview video about using it as your Flex IDE on Linux that we recommend watching.

So, check out the short video below, try IntelliJ IDEA as your new Flex and ActionScript IDE and let us know what you think!

You can download 30-day trial of the latest stable IntelliJ IDEA. Alternatively, you can grab an Early Access build of IntelliJ IDEA 10 which was actually shown in the above video and offers some new cool features.

Develop with pleasure!

Creating AIR installer (*.air), unsigned intermediate AIR package (*.airi) as well as generating self-signed certificate is possible in IntelliJ IDEA via Tools menu, Flex group, Package AIR Installation File action.

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Developing AIR applications with Maia is easy. Basically all you need is to add an AIR SDK:

Then, select AIR SDK at New Flex Module Wizard step. You can also select an option to automatically create AIR application and descriptor: (more…)