Eclipse is very popular IDE in desktop. With Web 2.0 technology, Web development is entering to new era. In Flex aspect, there are multiple libraries coming out, Cairngorm, PureMVC, Spring, etc. But
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all developments are based on Flex Builder. Think about Java development, Eclipse IDE is created by Java, and then you still develop Java programming in Eclipse, the output can be deployed outside. You also create utilities plugin on Eclipse for easy development.
For Action Script, we also needs one Web IDE to develop/debug Flex application, and what's more, the output application can be still running at the same IDE. We want to build up the framework called Flexeclipse.
Resource1. Related projects
Google Application Engine Web build tools for Flex http://code.google.com/p/flexlib
2. Analysis
Developers on Desktop and Web
3. Build Steps
Build step from source code
4. Sample
Project PlanProject plans include following points:
Support OSGi and plugin concept in Action script component; Bundle lifecycle management; SWC library loading, dependency management; Support Eclipse-Plugin meta model; Support Ecore model interpreting, representation, and editing feature in Actionscript; Support a mini-Workbench framework like Eclipse Workbench; Startup logic by internal runtime plugin; Default Workbench framework like Eclipse IDE; Common Navigator Framework; Support plugin development/configuration in Flexeclipse. Develop viewer and editor plugin into Workbench framework. Support Application level Configuration [Less]