I am fairly new to actionscript but have quickly got sick of the flash IDE, so I have switched FlashDevelop which I like already.
The problem I have now is that FlashDevelop still switches to Flash to compile the fla.
This wouldnt be too much of an issue but the compile takes 30s + each time, which is a real pain for debugging.
Is there a way around this?
Are you using assets in the .fla? Try creating a swc file with the library assets and then compiling directly in Flash Develop (http://www.flashdevelop.org/wikidocs/index.php?title=AS3:FlexAndFlashCS3Workflow)
You may need to change your project type to an AS3 Project rather than a Flash IDE one.