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Amethyst Beta 5, Flex Refactoring and more
Beta 5 of Amethyst adds the following features:
Refactoring
Rename variables, classes and methods
Encapsulate field (add getters and setters and update references)
Preview and edit (check or uncheck items) before renaming
Rename from ‘smart tags’
Organize Imports
Auto-add class to import list
Sort imports
Remove unused imports
Sort and remove imports in a single operation
Configuration-dependent property pages
Seven pages of categorized project properties
Save properties as named configurations for easy re-use
Option to select alternative Flex SDKs
Options to define symbols for conditional compilation
Find All References
Highlight an ID such as a class, method or variable to navigate to all references in project
Run and Debug via Server
Option to run or debug applications using a web server
Supports WebDev, Apache, IIS
Plus
Numerous other improvements to code formatting and debugging, fixes to reported bugs (such as the ability to install onto a non-default drive) and auto-check for updated versions of Amethyst.
Known Issues
Beta 6 refactoring will not correctly rename pairs of getter and setter methods (‘properties’) if this option is selected from a reference to one of that pair of properties; a ‘code behind’ file (the file designated as ‘Script source’ in an MXML file), does not correctly handle the sorting and removing of imports. These will be fixed in the next beta.
To download Amethyst, go to The Amethyst Download page.
Tutorials on Amethyst
More information
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Any news on the pro version with the visual designer?
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That will form part of our next major beta release. It is possible we may release one more minor beta to complete all the refactoring features prior to the first release of the visual designer. At any rate, the first beta to include the visual designer will be released within the next one or two months.
best wishes
Huw
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