Compiling the Apache Flex SDK with IntelliJ

very useful blog from quetwo , he even made a video for it, check it out

Eclipse slow responding while refreshing external folders

today, my Eclipse is very slow when refreshing external folder
i found this blog from Filip Galabov's Homepage.
might be useful, check here

Flash Builder 4.6 plugin install for Eclipse

see : http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/921/cpsid_92180.html

Flash Builder 4.6 supports installation as a plugin to an existing Eclipse instance. To do so:

1. Complete the installation process as described above.
2. Navigate to the installed Flash Builder installation location and open the utilities folder.
3. Run the executable Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 Plug-in Utility.exe.
4. Select the language and click on OK.
5. Select the Flash Builder installation location if prompted.
6. Select the Eclipse folder into which you want Flash Builder 4.6 to be plugged into and click Next. (Note: Your copy of Eclipse must be version 3.6/3.6.1/3.6.2/3.7, 32-bit and must contain a folder named “dropins”)
7. Review the pre-Installation summary and click on Install
8. Following installation, it is recommended that you edit the eclipse.ini file for your Eclipse instance, so that it includes the following settings:

-vmargs -Xms256m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -XX:PermSize=64m

Flex doPhasedInstantation

here is the blog by graham to explian Flex doPhasedInstantation

java URLEncoder

import org.apache.commons.codec.EncoderException;
import org.apache.commons.codec.net.URLCodec;

public static String encodeURL(String url) {
try {
return new URLCodec().encode(url);
} catch (EncoderException e) {
return null;
}
}

or
String inputEnc= URLEncoder.encode(input,"UTF-8"); // jakarta-commons/commons-codec.jar

disable caching for Java servlet

// Set standard HTTP/1.1 no-cache headers.
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "private, no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate");

// Set standard HTTP/1.0 no-cache header.
response.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache");

Debug Flex RSL in Intellij Idea

make sure to set -static-rsls="true"

ref:
http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/AS-220