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Comparing AS2 editors

Wednesday 22 December 2004  –  Filed under: Flash  –  No Comments

I’ve been testing various Flash ActionScript 2.0 editors for some time now and I still can’t decide which one suits me best. So, I’m looking for opinions. Which editor do you use for your AS2 development and, more importantly, why?

I’ve been playing around with:

• Sapien PrimalScript 3.1
• Sephiroth’s SE|PY
• Meychi’s SciTE for AS2
• Eclipse with AS2 plugin
• Macromedia Dreamweaver

So far, I like PrimalScript best, as it offers the best AS2 integration, with impressive class browser functionality, code completion and highlighting. It is also fast to startup and smooth in general use. I found Eclipse to be too slow, just as SE|PY, a bit sluggish sometimes, especially the file listing. I was also quite unhappy with the code folding being unfolded when saving a file with SE|PY.

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