Personally, I'm not all that concerned about Flex Builder running on Linux, in and of itself. Now if they ported the Creative Suite as well, I would be totally psyched. Unfortunately, as long as CS is only available on Windows or OSX, I'm going to be tied to those platforms.
That being said, for those who want to code on Linux, IntelliJ IDEA is an excellent editor, and feature for feature, FDT will have a very hard time competing with it with their current pricing. IDEA is $250 for a single developer license, and that includes MXML support, integrated debugger, Flex Unit integrated with the IDE, etc. To get the same features in FDT, you'd have to pay more than 3X that. On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Kelly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I don't get what is so hard about supporting Linux. > > Eclipse is Java based. > > Eclipse runs perfectly on pretty much all platforms. > > Not sure why Adobe took a big dump on Flexbuilder Linux. > > I was totally OK with using Flexbuilder on Linux with all the missing > features that Windose Flexbuilder has except that Flexbuilder Linux never > worked right even though it was crippled. > > > I have never used FDT but I have heard it works pretty well. > > > > If people are having a hard time getting Java software to run > cross-platform then I question why. > > > The countless other Eclipse plugins I use don't have a 2 year lag between > Windose and Linux versions because JAVA IS CROSS-PLATFORM. > > > > > If you guys make FDT work on Linux I will check it out. > > Adobe obviously doesn't give half a crap about Linux. > > > > > > > > > fonzibruno wrote: > > > > Powerflasher, the creators of FDT, the Flash/Flex IDE, is seriously > considering investing to support the a Linux version of FDT, if interested > let us > know. > > Bruno Fonzi & the FDT Team > http://fdt.powerflasher.com > > >
