In flex builder 3 beta 2 alot of your concerns have been resolved. -Brian
On 10/5/07, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Beta 2 essentially exposes the features that we have planned for the > Flex 3 release. But one thing that we talked about at MAX is how excited > developers should be for Thermo, because it means that we're going to be > able to allow Flex Builder to become even more developer focused while > Thermo can solve more problems for designers. This means more engineering > effort behind the coding features like you mention. > > > > So please file and vote for bugs (can't stress the voting enough) at > http://bugs.adobe.com/flex, it's really the best way for us to gauge what > developer features we need to focus on since you should assume we are not > all-powerful and can't get everything done in a single release. > > > > Matt > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *dbronk > *Sent:* Friday, October 05, 2007 6:34 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [flexcoders] FlexBuilder feature rich? Not as a development > tool. > > > > I have seen a sneak peak a month or 2 ago of FlexBuilder 3. I've > tried to load Flex 3 Beta 1 on my box with no luck. It simply erred > out on the install. Have not tried beta 2 yet. But it is beta so > that is fine. > > But, from the sneak peak I saw, there were only a few IDE features > added that still leaves it behind almost every other IDE out there. I > know that Flex 3 will add some basic refactoring features and some > people said wow, that's cool!. But I said, wow, it's about time! My > question... How much effort is Adobe putting into the FlexBuilder IDE > (which we pay for) as it is very behind the times as far as expected > developer productivity features (found in almost all FREE progamming > language IDE's). I've been waiting for some extemely basic ones such as: > > - Code formatter to reformat code of sloppy developers not caring > about the format of their code. > > - Import organization, which organizes, add/deletes imports as needed. > > - Smarter indentation. Cut a section of code from one place in my > file to another, it should re-indent as necessary for the destination. > > - Renaming or moving a class should go through the entire project and > refactor for me. > > These are just some of the most basic things and the list goes on. > What, if any, should we expect to see in Flex 3? > > Don't get me wrong, I think Flex absolutely rocks! But, I do find > that I lose productivity with these very basic and completely expected > features that I'm use to having. > > Dale > > >
