Troy Gilbert wrote: > > I largely prefer many of Visual Studio's (particularly 2005) features > to FlexBuilder, though do like some of FlexBuilder/ Eclipse's features > as well. > > Of course, the features I like most about Visual Studio don't seem to > be intrinsic to the way it does things, more just that they don't > exist in Flex Builder. For example, Visual Studio does some incredible > Intellisense for C#... it basically suggests appropriate text > (keywords, variable names, types, functions, etc.) with every > keystroke. For folks with a lame memory like myself, it's great... > it's also very conducive to using long, descriptive names for things > since you don't end up having to type it all out constantly. >
I totally agree with that one... FB/Eclipse really falls short in that regard. > > > It's also *very* smart about automatic formating of the code, and you > can define all the rules that it applies as you type. > > In addition, there are some tools built into VS that need to be added > to Flex (and sound like they may be to a degree with the data wizards > in Flex 3), stuff like automatically generating classes from XML > schemas, providing visual designers for schemas, etc. > I'm working on a Class generator from XML Schemas right now. I have a fairly good start, still working out some bugs. I expect to have a beta release available in the next few weeks. It's built right now as an ANT task. Paul
