[osflash] ANT, beautifier, quality metrics etc

[Niels Wolf]

Found something..
http://code.google.com/p/as3v/

Just to share.

On 5/30/08 10:15 AM, "Niels Wolf" <niels.wolf at mediacatalyst.com> wrote:

> Hey.
> 
> I try to get some structure into group projects. Though people have
> different taste in IDE (and OS) I could get everybody to make sure his
> project can be build by a simple ant set up.
> As this eliminated projects with unclear dependencies (like flash components
> or FTD classpath adds nowhere mentioned), enabled personal builds, also
> quick checkouts from repository and fixes are now possible, because there is
> no need for hassling around with IDE setups etc, you can edit in nano, vim
> or what ever and run the ant from commandline.
> 
> As this is a success and I can only encourage everybody in diverse group to
> use it, my next step would be to make the ants more sophisticated and
> formalize the source. As ANT comes from the java corner, you find a lot on
> using ANT with beautifier, formatter, 'plugins' that check on formal code
> quality like icontract, jdepend, pmd etc. As a lot of developers do not have
> a formal training its a hell of a job to go through all the source code and
> rectify it so if you have to reopen the project the next programmer does not
> run a way after seeing the gibberish code.
> 
> My question would be if there is anything into that direction available for
> AS3? And if so, where and if used, what's the experience?
> 
> Thanks so much up in advance.
> 
> Niels
> 
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