====== Cash prize offered for cross-platform ActionScript coding plugin ======


Hi all,

Growing impatient with the lack of a cross-platform ActionScript coding solution comparable to those available on Windows, [[http://www.turdhead.com/2008/02/21/300-prize-offered-for-best-plugin-to-support-actionscript-coding/  |Turdhead.com]] (which hosts a series of articles on [[http://www.turdhead.com/jedit-and-actionscript-the-collected-files/ | improving jEdit for use as an AS2/AS3 editor]]) has decided to throw a little money at the problem: 

We've launched a "Developers Challenge" contest in which a $300 prize donation will be awarded to the developer or team that manages to create the most elegant, open-source, ActionScript-coding plugin for one of two existing cross-platform editors: [[http://www.jEdit.org | jEdit]] or [[http://www.openkomodo.com | OpenKomodo]]. It's not much money, but we're hoping it's enough to at least pique some interest within the open-source community (and if the contest goes well, perhaps we can do it again to address another unfilled need).

The main goal of the contest is to create at least a simple autocompletion plugin for one of the two editors mentioned. As there are a few on this site who have already worked to create such solutions for Windows-based editors, I figured there may be some interest. (And if anybody already knows of a working solution that meets the requirements, it's certainly eligible as well. We don't want to step on any existing project's toes, but we //do// want to bring more quality coding tools to the Macintosh and Linux platforms.)

Registration is open until March 15, and all final entries are due by April 15. Check [[http://www.turdhead.com/2008/02/21/300-prize-offered-for-best-plugin-to-support-actionscript-coding/ | the announcement on the site]] for details.

Thanks.



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