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Create a new ActionScript project in Visual Studio Code that targets JavaScript and HTML

Josh Tynjala edited this page Aug 2, 2017 · 20 revisions
  1. Install the NextGen ActionScript extension for Visual Studio Code.

  2. Create a new directory for your project, and open it in Visual Studio Code.

    To open a directory, select the File menu → Open... or click Open Folder button in the Explorer pane.

  3. Set your workspace's SDK to Apache FlexJS.

  4. Create a file named asconfig.json at the root of your project, and add the following content:

    {
    	"config": "js",
    	"compilerOptions": {
    		"html-template": "template.html"
    	},
    	"files":
    	[
    		"src/Main.as"
    	]
    }
  5. Create directory named src.

  6. Inside src, create a file named Main.as, and add the following code:

    package
    {
    	public class Main
    	{
    		public function Main()
    		{
    			var element:HTMLParagraphElement = document.createElement( "p" ) as HTMLParagraphElement;
    			element.textContent = "Hello World";
    			document.body.appendChild( element );
    		}
    	}
    }
  7. Inside the project's root directory, create a file named template.html, and add the following code:

    <!doctype html>
    <html>
    <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
    <title>FlexJS Project</title>
    ${head}
    </head>
    <body>
    ${body}
    </body>
    </html>

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