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JoshBeall
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October 21, 2013
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Is there a way to debug an HTML/JS AIR app?

  • October 21, 2013
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Hi All,

Once upon a time, Aptana allowed you to attach a debugger to your AIR app, set breakpoints in your code, and step through the code while it was running.  Typical debugging experience.

Support for this was dropped with Aptana v3, and I doubt it will ever come back now that Appcelerator bought Aptana.  They want you to use Titanium, not Adobe AIR.

Is there another IDE that allows you to debug an HTML/JS app?

  -Josh

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JoshBeallAuthor
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November 25, 2013

So does Adobe have any interest in continued support and development of the HTML/JS side of Adobe AIR?

I recently had interaction with a respected IDE vendor (JetBrains) regarding Adobe AIR HTML/JS support in one or more of their products.  Here is what they said:

Joshua, [this] question [is] to Adobe first of all. IDE vendor can't invest in technology that doesn't work and that doesn't get enough love from technology vendor.

By "doesn't work" he is referring to issues like air.trace() not working and fdb not working.

I can't really argue with him.  Why would JetBrains put significant effort in support for HTML/JS AIR development, if Adobe themselves isn't?  JetBrains can't fix the bugs--they need Adobe to do that--and without fixing those bugs, JetBrains support will be incomplete.

It seems like Adobe doesn't really support or encourage development in HTML/JS, which is really sad, because I really wanted to like the HTML/JS side of AIR.  In fact, I really do like the parts of it that work!

  -Josh

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