It's probably worth pointing out that you can create an ActionScript 3 project in Flex Builder that never goes anywhere near the Flex Framework.
I have quite a few of those on my machine for a number of things that I would previously done in the Flash authoring tool. I have spent a good portion of the last 2 years writing plugins for Eclipse though, so it is a pretty natural way for me to work. Spike On 10/27/05, Michael Bedar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Personally I have never been tempted to work in Eclipse - I like the > IDE and work well in it.. but I have to admit FlexBuilder2 is > tempting me a bit. In most of my projects these days there is no need > for an FLA, so I will definitely be learning Flex enough to at least > make an educated decision between the two environments... or to use both > > > > > On Oct 27, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Jon Bradley wrote: > > > On Oct 27, 2005, at 10:14 AM, Mike Britton wrote: > > > > > >> That makes sense Robert. > >> > >> In the same line of thinking, as the Flex stuff evolves, I see the > >> Flash IDE > >> turning into a sort of "Photoshop for Flash" where graphical > >> assets are > >> designed/maintained, and FlexBuilder 2 (eclipse) becoming the > >> programming > >> environment. > >> > > > > I don't think that's likely to happen at all. I suspect a vast > > majority of users will continue to use the IDE. > > > > This is just a prediction on my part: the number of people who use > > the IDE or a combination of the IDE and a text editor will probably > > outnumber the FlexBuilder/Eclipse platform users 3:1, or even much > > more (10:1?). > > > > > >> So FlexBuilder 2 will be for development, period, rapid or > >> otherwise, and "Flash" or "the Flash IDE" will be a designer's > >> tool. Both > >> sit on top of the Flash Platform and are the foundation for > >> implementing the > >> technology. > >> > > > > Still doubt that a lot. FlexBuilder 2 will probably used for > > development of _enterprise_applications_. I don't think Macromedia > > will be able to push it's use too much further outside those limits. > > > > Don't get me wrong, I love the metaphor and what it could possibly > > do for my Flash development. But, the random project that comes > > along which could benefit from that environment doesn't nearly > > justify the resources and time I'd need to devote to really knowing > > the platform. > > > > In the Flash community, we've got designers, designer/developers > > (design with some programming) and serious developers (strictly > > programming). I'd say the former two in that list far outnumber the > > latter. > > > > Jon > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Flashcoders mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- -------------------------------------------- Stephen Milligan Do you do the Badger? http://www.yellowbadger.com Do you cfeclipse? http://www.cfeclipse.org _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
