Create a new ActionScript project in Visual Studio Code that targets Node.js

With Apache Royale, you aren't required to use the included framework or even necessarily target web browsers and HTML. You can also create a pure ActionScript project that gives you full access to Node.js APIs.

Development Setup

1. Install the ActionScript & MXML 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 Royale, if this SDK hasn't been discovered automatically. Download Apache Royale here, if you don't have it yet.

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

   {
   	"config": "node",
   	"compilerOptions": {
   		"source-path": [
   			"src"
   		]
   	},
   	"mainClass": "Main"
   }

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()
   		{
   			console.log( "Hello Node " + process.version );
   		}
   	}
   }

Next Steps

• Build an ActionScript project in Visual Studio Code
• Debug a transpiled ActionScript project with Node.js