Besides, Intellij Idea provides a free license for open-source projects developers <http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/buy/buy.jsp#openSource>. But I guess an Eclipse-based IDE will always find its audience ;)
2009/10/22 Nick Collins <[email protected]> > > > 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 >> >> > >
