====== Flames IDE ======

Flames IDE is a new project to create an easy-to-use Flash development environment in Eclipse by combining existing open-source tools as well as a couple of new ones. All tools in Flames work on the Unix philosophy (small tools each doing one thing well.) Flames describes a combination of these tools, a workflow and an easy to use installer.


**Note to the developers** - It's probably not a good idea to name this project "Flames IDE" when there are other Flash projects using "Flame" in their name:

[[http://sf.net/projects/flameproject]]

===== The Reason Behind Flames =====

Flames IDE aims to replace FAME/FAMES as a completely open-source solution that does not use the free, but not open-source [[Flashout]]. It aims to create missing pieces of the open-source Flash development workflow (such as library creation) and break up some of the functionality in Flashout into separate views that integrate better with the Eclipse way of doing things.

===== Anatomy of Flames =====

The tools that make up Flames IDE are:

  * [[Application Panel]] - Project to be started. An eclipse view with Application settings (width, height, frame rate, document class, etc.) that uses [[Swfmill]].
  * [[Library Panel]] - Planning. A panel to make it easy to add assets to a SWF's library using Swfmill.
  * [[Swfout]] - Project to be started. Browser control for previewing SWFs (including their HTML) 
  * [[LuminicBox.Log]]
  * [[AdminTool]]
  * [[AsUnit]]
  * [[Swfmill]]
  * [[MTASC]]
  * [[Eclipse]]

The Application Panel, Library Panel and Swfout include the functionality currently in Flashout (and then some.) However, each panel/view does one thing. This approach fits the Eclipse way of doing things better than having a mega-panel that does multiple things like Flashout.