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Using the Team Server changeset as a software revision number

13 days ago by Dermot Hogan on Ruby In Steel.
There's one thing that's bugged me almost from the time I started using Microsoft's Team Server source control system – how to get some sort of build or...

FlashForms Designer - first look

23 days ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Here's a preview of something rather interesting that we are currently developing. In the past, Amethyst's drag-and-drop Designer has been restricted to...

AIR namespaces

2 months ago by Dermot Hogan on Ruby In Steel.
Recently, Adobe seem to have had a habit of changing the namespace used in the AIR descriptor file faster than we can create updates to Amethyst. With an...

ActionScript Bubble Debugging - Amethyst 2 preview

4 months ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Here's a short demo of one of the unique new debugging features which we are developing for the next release of Amethyst......

Create a Ruby On Rails Blog in Visual Studio

6 months ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Yes, it's the classic tutorial pared down to its basics. We've just uploaded a video to show how to create a simple Ruby On Rails blog in under five minutes...

Installing Amethyst for Adobe Flash or Flex

8 months ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
While Amethyst itself is simple to install, you may need some 'prerequisites' to support Flash or Flex development. We have just added a new Installation...

Amethyst Installation Guide

8 months ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Use this guide to plan your Amethyst installation... If you are a Flex or Flash developer, you may already have some of the prerequisites for Amethyst installed...

ActionScript IntelliSense in Visual Studio

8 months ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
I've just recorded this short tutorial on some of the essential features of Amethyst's IntelliSense for ActionScript and MXML. For more videos, see the...

Adobe CS5 and Visual Studio - sharing projects

8 months ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
I've just uploaded a short video to show two ways of sharing Flash/ActionScript projects between the Adobe Flash IDE (CS4, CS5 and later) and Amethyst....

Ruby In Steel 2 Tutorials

10 months ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
If you are new to Ruby In Steel or to programming in Ruby, make use of our help and tutorials to get up to speed... Installation You may install Ruby In...