darron schall :: application developer specializing in the flash platform

NeoSwiff has been silently making progress the past few months. They're finally out of beta and have an official release available.

To quote GlobFX:

We are pleased to announce the availability of NeoSwiff for order. NeoSwiff 1.x for Visual Studio .NET 2003 is priced US $595, EUR 525.

Additionally, NeoSwiff Express, a small, free, unsupported IDE
is also available.

Learn more on NeoSwiff 1.x at http://www.globfx.com/products/neoswiff/

Related to this announcement, NeoSwiff Build #5290 has been released.
Read Release Notes at http://www.globfx.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=5

Priced at $595, it's a little bit cheaper than I originally thought it would be. The target market isn't Flash Developers really, but more for C# developers looking to bring their WinForms applications to the web. I've used the NeoSwiff plugin for Visual Studio, and I've really been impressed with the quality of the editor. It's pretty powerful with all of the features that you would expect. Plus, it gives .NET developers a chance to use the same language (C#) for both client and server while targeting the ubiquitous Flash Platform for maximum exposure on the web.

Of important note to those who'd just like to play with the technology - there's a free express edition IDE. It's a stand alone IDE that isn't as powerful as the Visual Studio plugin but it gives you a chance to explore the NeoSwiff SDK and see what it's like to code Flash in C#.

Also, in my experience the WinForms compatibility is spot on. Even though there isn't a visual designer in the NeoSwiff plugin, you can create a C# project in Visual Studio and design your forms visually. Then, you copy and paste the code into a NeoSwiff project and have your form appear in Flash exactly how you laid it out in the designer. It's a pretty cool workflow, and an added bonus is that the layout/resize code is already handled for you.

If you hadn't had a chance to use NeoSwiff yet, download it and take a look at the samples to see some of what can be accomplished. GlobFX has really done a great job, and I'm sure it will continue to improve over time as well. Congrats guys!