MTASC also gets you into a powerful IDE with lots of tools built in that
can be used for all of your programming activities - client (Flash
Java), server (all languages) and scripting(Ant/Maven) and documenation
(Xdocs, Javadocs) and www development.
You only have to get good at one IDE to be productive across the whole
range of development activities
Ron
JesterXL wrote:
Frankly, I think half of the OSFlash community used MTASC because it was
fast, while the others were all about it being free.
If you make it faster than mxmlc.exe, I'm interested, otherwise, nope.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Debugging wih FAMES?
i'll combine my answer to jesse with a response to this as well, because
they cover some of the same ground..hope you dont mind.
why choose open source vs flexbuilder 2 ?
because
A: its open source, if it doesnt do what i want, there is always the
possibility to change that
B: it would most likely be free.
Now, im not averse to paying for tools which i use and would consider
buying FlexBuilder2 if my work required it, but its not just about me.
of course, its too early to say if MM will make the command line version
of the compiler available for free. If they do, then thats great, that
alleviates some of the need for an open source / free version, and it
would allow me to concentrate more on working with the ASDT team to make
a better development environment.
If their compiler is not free, then we'll see what direction the osflash
community moves, if its towards an ocaml based compiler, then i'll learn
ocaml, if its towards an antlr / flex / bison based approach then i'll
help with that (and there has already been work on an as3 antlr grammar,
so the pieces are starting to take shape)
whatever happens im determined that a free compiler should be available,
because it would keep the momentum around osflash going.
If the only option is to buy FlexBuilder2 then I think the (OS) flash
community would start to lose out on potential development talent that
would be attracted.
In my opinion the scope and quantity of tools that will be created to
support flash development would be severely hindered by the lack of a
decent free compiler.
just to be clear, its not about one versus the other, its about the
whole flash development ecosystem.
Having commercial tools with commercial support is very important within
certain sectors of industry, and similarly having free versions is
important to other sectors of industry.
with both we have choice, with just one, we dont.
i like choice.
thanks,
Martin.
Nick Weekes wrote:
I don't understand why you would go for a (possibly) less functional tool
than FlexBuilder 2 just because its open source?
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