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ActionScript Scratchpad - new in Amethyst 2 Ultimate

7 days ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
The new Amethyst Scratchpad gives you a panel for saving useful information such as notes, methods and searches. This video provides a quick overview.....

ActionScript Call-tree Debugger - new in Amethyst 2

10 days ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
We are really excited about our new Cylon 2 debugger in Amethyst. This really takes debugging to a whole new level! The Cylon 2 debugger lets you trace...

Flash and Flex Design in Amethyst 2

15 days ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
Adobe FlashBuilder has actually removed its user interface designer. Amethyst 2 Ultimate goes to the other extreme - by extending its Designer for use with...

Amethyst 2 - our new Flash IDE (video)

22 days ago by Huw Collingbourne on Ruby In Steel.
We just recorded this short video to show a few of the features of our newly released Flash and Flex IDE, Amethyst 2....

Amethyst 2 Launches - visual Flash and Flex

29 days ago by SapphireSteel Software on Ruby In Steel.
SapphireSteel Software has today released Amethyst 2 Ultimate, the only truly ‘visual' IDE for Flex, Flash and ActionScript developers. Visually design...

The Amethyst 2 Profiler

~1 month ago by Dermot Hogan on Ruby In Steel.
Profiling a Flash application allows you to see which functions are consuming most CPU and, in addition, detect memory leaks. Memory leaks can be quite...

Amethyst 2 - Conditional Compilation for ActionScript

2 months ago by Dermot Hogan on Ruby In Steel.
One of the nice things about C# is that is has good conditional compilation support. ActionScript does support conditional compilation but the syntax isn...

Amethyst 2 and iOS

2 months ago by Dermot Hogan on Ruby In Steel.
Unlike Android where you can get an Android emulator to run on a PC, you must have a Mac of some sort to run the iOS emulator on. Development can be done...

Amethyst 2 and Android

5 months ago by Dermot Hogan on Ruby In Steel.
Amethyst 2 supports Android mobile and tablet devices. The Visual Studio platform deployment mechanism works well with both emulators and real devices....

Semantic error detection in Amethyst 2

6 months ago by Dermot Hogan on Ruby In Steel.
Typically, there are two classes of errors in code. The first are 'syntax' errors, such as leaving a '' out. These are easily detected and fixed. But the...