MiniBuilder 1000 downloads in one week
http://code.google.com/p/minibuilder/downloads/list
Right now, the counter of the only download link I provided (googlecode) shows 999. I’m kind of tempted to click there, just to see the magic number showing 
Well, apart from that, 1000 downloads in one week from the release proves one of the two:
- MiniBuilder is nice
- An alternate free Flash/ActionScript IDE is really wanted
Or both. Or who knows… Maybe with the visibility that Adobe feeds and actionscript.org gives, 1000 downloads in one week is a normal. Of course, I’d like to think it’s my program. Time will prove it.
Anniversary offer: 10 downloads from no. 1000 to 1010 will be free
Now, seriously, choosing GPL as the license for MiniBuilder was a difficult choice. I like to think it is also bold, I’m no expert in licensing and because MiniBuilder borrows some code from here and there, I needed to be careful with the license compatibility. I just submited MiniBuilder for AIR to Adobe Marketplace and they approved it, so I guess I did it right, still not all doubts are gone. MiniBuilder is also participating in AIR Challange on myadobe.ro
That being said, happy downloading and please let us know about the bugs, features or anything.
Already the alpha version is usable, I actually developed about 10% of MiniBuilder with MiniBuilder, but…
Stay put for the beta!
PS: Many thanks for the people that contributed!
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November 6th, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Hello there Victor. I’ve been looking your product posts. Haven’t seen the App running yet, I’m just leaving work up to Monday and Monday i’ll give it a look.
Seems to be a great Job.
I just want you to see a Small project I created a few months ago as my final carreer job on Informations & Computer Sciences university.
Is an IDE for creating Flash vector graphics just like Adobe Flash does but using AIR, Flex & ActionScript. It’s name is codeDraw. You can see it on http://codedraw.wordpress.com
I’m really hurried now ’cause I’m going home for the whole weekend.
Grettings.
Jorge Díaz
November 6th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
@Jorge
I looked at your graphics editor and it’s a good project. I already have started the work on an editor somewhat similar to yours, also based on quadratic bezier. But because I already implemented selection, multiple selection, affine transforms, grouping, images and other stuff, I’ll continue with mine. Stuff that remains to be done are: fills, layers, filters (your tool has them), gradients, guides, magnet guides and other.
Also, MiniBuilder editor has to be integrated with the rest of the project and build on AsWing component framework.
If you are interested to contribute, your experience is welcome. Keep in mind though, the project is open-source (GPL)
November 20th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Hi Victor,
i find your IDE avesome. Code completion can work, syntax highlighting on board, and cross-platform. And it is only alpha.
But actually i miss one feature, that is important for me and others who creates applications that receive a data from internet (for example, xml from remote site). For tests we have to make our flashs “trusted”, otherwise our flashs can’t receive a data from remote (security problem). I can make it manually, but i think it would great if you find a possibility to write .cfg files in FlashPlayerTrust folder (FlashDevelop makes it).
November 20th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
@Elena
ok
i never used this feature because i use to serve my apps from a test server
but there is a problem, it looks that the only dir where u can place FlashPlayerTrust files in under a system path and we’re not allowed to write there on Vista/Win7
or is there another place?
November 20th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I have seen in User Data folder (C:/Document and Settings/{USERNAME}/ApplicationData ) folder Macromedia, and here \Flash Player\#Security\FlashPlayerTrust .
It’s no a system folder, isn’t it?
FD is not allowed to write to system folder, too, and writes in this folder. It works fine for FD, under XP and Vista. I guess MiniBuilder can do all what FD does (but under other platforms too).
November 20th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
yes, it should be ok. i’ll add it in alpha3 in a few days
or maybe you’ll have some fun to add the feature yourself and contribute
http://code.google.com/p/minibuilder/wiki/DevSetupAirMiniBuilder