Opticon is a runtime debugging console useful for Flash/Flex developers. It’s simple to start using in your projects. To use, follow these steps after installing the application:
1. Launch the application
2. Click the Settings button
3. Click on the SWC icon to add the OpticonConnector to your project’s build path
4. Replace your trace statements with one of the following:
- a) Opticon.log(‘message to display’)
- b) Opticon.warning(‘warning to display’)
- c) Opticon.error(‘error to display’)
Download available from:
Adobe AIR Marketplace
RIAForge
Some might ask why? This idea first appeared when AIR was Apollo and was born out of necessity (I always forget some trace statements during cleanup). Could I use global find and replace? Sure, when I’m developing with Eclipse-based IDEs but that’s not always the case.
Why not use one of the other great tools out there? After 2 years in the shadows, it’s ready to be shared with the world and, because I have a vision of where I’d like to take this so hopefully you’ll come along for the ride.
Where can I submit any bugs I find? I’ll have the bug reporting mechanism in place shortly. You’ll be notified via the application or you can subscribe to this post to be notified once that goes live.
My version doesn’t include the connector. What can I do? This happened as a result of a build error. Visit this link to download the connector Get Opticon Connector.
This looks like a promising tool.
But for some reason i can’t make it work – when i click on the red swc icon – i am prompt to pick a directory to download the swc file. i do that – click save and nothing happens.
any suggestions?
Thanks for the kind words gavri. Looks like this was the result of a build error.
I’ve included a download link in the original post. Please use this SWC to Opticon-enable your projects until the next release, which should be soon…;)
thanks for the update.
works like a charm, and highly recommended
Bugbase now viewable @ http://bugs.otuome.com/opticon/view
Bug reporter is on the way…:)