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I've been trying to find an IDE that supports Adobe AIR HTML/JS app development with debugging. Obviously, I can use any any HTML/JS development tool, like JetBrains WebStorm, Adobe Dreamweaver, Notepad++, or plain old Notepad, and then compile my app with the Adobe AIR SDK.

But I'm hoping there is a tool out there that supports true debugging, where you step through the code line by line (or until you hit a breakpoint), inspect variables, etc.

I've been searching and haven't been able to find anything. Apparently Aptana allowed you to do this 3 years ago, but they dropped Adobe AIR support in 2010 and haven't added it back (and at this point, I doubt they will).

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IntelliJ IDEA support of Adobe Air includes full-featured debugging. In addition IDEA has the full functionality of WebStorm in terms of HTML/JS support.

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Apparently, there is no IDE with support for this, and FDB debugging is broken. Adobe bug report on FDB issue is here.

Sadly, I'm getting the idea that HTML/JS apps are second-class citizens in the Adobe AIR world. Adobe offers an excellent IDE and an expansive feature set for Flash AIR app development, but HTML/JS apps get... well, not much.

I wish it weren't so.