Thank you all for great feedback. I went ahead and installed Flash Builder Beta and CF Builder Plugin for it. Things look good. I used Flex Builder 3 years ago so, wasn't sure what smart people were using in the new world. I prefer single IDE for all different platforms. Seems like this will do it. Now I need to figure out how to load Cairngorm Framework onto it. I am sure a lot has changed in that framework too. Im gonna have to go back to school. :) Thanks again
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Mike Chabot <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have used both Flex Builder standalone and the Flex Builder Eclipse > plug-in for substantial periods of time. The stand-alone Flex Builder > is easier to use, unless you are already an experienced user of > Eclipse. The reason it is easier to use is that a typical Eclipse > install has all this extra stuff unrelated to Flex, and the menu > choices aren't as specific to Flex work. If you are learning the > technology, the books and videos are going to show you how to do > things in Flex Builder. Also, unless you clean up your Eclipse install > to remove all the unnecessary plug-ins, it is going to be slower. > > The best combination is personal preference. I prefer HomeSite over > Eclipse when editing CF code (not considering ColdFusion Builder). > HomeSite is light-weight, simple to use, quick to load, doesn't use a > lot of computer resources, and does one thing very well. Once > ColdFusion Builder is released, the question of the best IDE will > hopefully be answered definitively. > > There are IDEs for Flex other than what Adobe provides. One person I > know who does full-time Flex and Flash work insists that FDT is a much > better IDE. http://fdt.powerflasher.de/ > There are other IDEs as well, some of which interface with the free > Flex SDK, allowing you to program in Flex for free. > > I heard (possibly from Terrence Ryan) that if you install both > Flash/Flex Builder and ColdFusion Builder, that you should install > Flash/Flex Builder first. Whatever issues led to this recommendation > might be fixed by the time CF Builder is released for sale. > > If you are installing these programs for the first time, I recommend > using Flex Builder stand-alone and the ColdFusion Builder beta > version. > > -Mike Chabot > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Tom McNeer<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > As Andy says, no matter how you install it, if you run FlexBuilder, it's > > running as a plugin for Eclipse. > > > > The same is true for CFBuilder. It's just another Eclipse plug-in, no > matter > > how you install it. > > > > So to handle both CF and Flex, you need some combination of Eclipse > > plug-ins, either FB and CFB, or FB and CFEclipse. No way around it. > > > > If you have FlexBuilder, even installed as a "standalone," you can just > add > > CFEclipse as a plugin. That's simple enough, and that's how I have things > > running on one of my machines. > > > > Although there's obviously been no official word, I have received strong > > suggestions that there will be some sort of Flex Builder 4/CF Builder > combo > > pricing. > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > > > Tom > > > > Tom McNeer > > MediumCool > > http://www.mediumcool.com > > 1735 Johnson Road NE > > Atlanta, GA 30306 > > 404.589.0560 > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:325597 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
