A little howto on setting up your open source AS3 programming IDE, what to download and some installations tips!

      So you want to start programming in actionscript, outside of Adobe CS3? I'd recommend trying FlashDevelop. I use it for all my flash/flex development at the moment, and even when i purchase CS3 or Flex i'll probably still use FlashDevelop for pure coding. It offers a very clean interface, works well and doesn't have to much in the way of clutter. There are other options, such as Eclipse (with FDT Powerflasher) or obviously Adobe Flex Builder 3. I'll be concentrating mainly on Flashdevelop, as i've found this is simple and fairly straight forward to use.