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Introduction
Flex developers.org in collaboration with some members of actionscript.it has developed two different plug-in for Eclipse, completely free, that able you to consult contents published on the Flex Cookbook and on the Adobe CSS Advisor directly inside your ide.
A local copy of the title and the abstract of the published posts is created, making them available off-line too
You can also bookmark an unlimited number of posts.
Installation path
Flex CookBook http://flex.actionscript.it/plugins/RssFlex/
Css Advisor reader http://flex.actionscript.it/plugins/RssCss/
Source code https://sourceforge.net/projects/eclipserssflexc/
Main Features
- Displaying title and abstract of posts and comments inside the ide
- Double visualization of contents : inside the ide and inside the browser
- Search results
- Bookmarks
Minimum Requirements
Eclipse 3.2
Supported Operating Systems
All operating systems on which you can install Eclipse 3.2
Used technologies
Java
Xml
Installation instructions
Open Eclipse, select the help menu > Software Update > Find and Install
The Install/Update window will appear, select Search new Features and install.
A list of plug-in’s already present in your Eclipse will be shown, select New Remote Site, on the top right corner.
You will be asked to give a name to the new plugin, e.g. FlexRssReader, this will be the name Eclipse will show you when you in the menu. In the bottom field insert the following address: http://flex.actionscript.it/plugins/RssFlex/ or http://flex.actionscript.it/plugins/RssCss/
Click next.
To continue you must read and accept the license terms.
A summary page will appear, to complete the installation click Finish
In the Eclipse menu you will now find an added link, in this case named RssReader. Select which content you want to view, Flex Cookbook or CSS Advisor. When opened the panel will look like this:
Usage
After having installed the plug-in and restarted the ide, icons appear in the top left side of the ide;
By clicking on one of the two icons, you will get a tab that contains a list sorted by date of the last posts.
By selecting an entry in the datagrid an abstract will appear in the down tab, by double-clicking the entry, the browser displays the content of that post
Using the buttons Posts, Edits and Comments you can respectively see all the posts, their edits and comments; The results can be filtered using the search box.
Usage benefits
- Direct access to the latest post published on Adobe Flex Cookbook and Css Advisor;
- Significant time savings in research and filtering RSS feeds;
- Display posts directly within the ide during the code writing process ;
If you have any idea or if you want to report a bug please write to info@flex-developers.org
