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Bill Johnston wrote:Thank you Paul.
I also realize that Adobe offers a Flexbuilder IDE (Eclipse based), but that Flex can be built without it, of course.
Do the authors of the book recommend - as Adobe does - using the Flexbuilder IDE?
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Sonny Gill wrote:Like Joel, I also use IDEA for Flex 3 development. The new 9.0.* versions have very good support for Flex development.
The only thing it lacks is a visual layout designer. For all other tasks, the IDEA support for code completion, refactoring etc. is much better than Flex Builder.
Our team has Flex Builder licenses, but the only time I use it is when I need to do some trial-and-error visual design of a Flex screen.
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Sonny Gill wrote:Like Joel, I also use IDEA for Flex 3 development. The new 9.0.* versions have very good support for Flex development.
The only thing it lacks is a visual layout designer. For all other tasks, the IDEA support for code completion, refactoring etc. is much better than Flex Builder.
Our team has Flex Builder licenses, but the only time I use it is when I need to do some trial-and-error visual design of a Flex screen.
Honestly I haven't actively used the Design Mode in a long time and don't really miss it. There was some speculation that it might be removed in the next cycle in favor of Flash Catalyst. It would certainly make it easier for Adobe to update the product. I think it is a bit of a nightmare :>
IDEA has quirks, but MAN it compiles fast and I love the FlexUnit integration.
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Joel Hooks wrote:
Sonny Gill wrote:Like Joel, I also use IDEA for Flex 3 development. The new 9.0.* versions have very good support for Flex development.
The only thing it lacks is a visual layout designer. For all other tasks, the IDEA support for code completion, refactoring etc. is much better than Flex Builder.
Our team has Flex Builder licenses, but the only time I use it is when I need to do some trial-and-error visual design of a Flex screen.
Honestly I haven't actively used the Design Mode in a long time and don't really miss it. There was some speculation that it might be removed in the next cycle in favor of Flash Catalyst. It would certainly make it easier for Adobe to update the product. I think it is a bit of a nightmare :>
IDEA has quirks, but MAN it compiles fast and I love the FlexUnit integration.
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Bill Johnston wrote:
I've worked some with Eclipse and Netbeans (Java dev only thus far). Just took a look at intellijIDEA. Only the $$$ version mentions Java EE developement. I realize that we're talking Flex here, but don't you need to connect the Flex client with the Java server? If so, don't you need to $pay for IDEA? And is the Flex part a built in or an add on?
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