Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2008-03-16 Thread Rich Shupe
Micky, This thread became a Flash IDE versus FlexBuilder/other tool discussion but, back to your original question, you can still code, and find resources to help, AS3 in Flash. I recently co-wrote a book with this in mind, for Flash users wanting to learn AS3. It's definitely aimed at

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-07 Thread Micky Hulse
Dave Watts wrote: I unsubscribed the address that was causing the bounces. Sorry for the inconvenience. Ah, no prob. :) Thanks for all of your hard work. Sorry if I spammed the list with my funk-ily formatted emails. Hehe. Btw, thanks to everyone for all of the help, I really appreciate it.

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Omar Fouad
it is faster. But I use Flex Builder 2 in conjuction with Flash and avoid Flex altogether. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Omar Fouad Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:28 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Seth Caldwell
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start? I don't know about FDT or what that was based on. I know Adobe purchased a company which produced Eclipse related plugins such as JSEclipse. Which probably is how they got Flex Builder built so fast. As far as Flex goes verything can be done in Flash

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Alain Rousseau
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Seth Caldwell Sent: 5 mars 2007 13:26 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start? If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex. I would disagree

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Hey all. Thanks for all the great replies... Thanks for all the help. :) Unfortunately, it looks like all my replies to your emails have bounced from the chattyfig address... not sure why. I will try to re-organize my responses and send again -- hopefully they go through this time! Thanks,

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
NOTE: All my replies to the list bounced yesterday... so I am re-sending... Sorry in advance if below email is not formatted well. Kinda frustrated that my emails bounced -- Time wasted. :( Hi Kalani, many thanks for your help! Your reply has greatly helped me. :) Kalani Bright wrote: I

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
NOTE: Not sure why bounced emails... The error was: I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. Re-sending email(s)... sorry in advance if fomatting is screwy. :( Stan Vassilev wrote: Well the future is AS3. AS3

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Note: Sorry about the funky formatting. Muzak wrote: Hi Micky, see inline reply. Hi Muzak, ditto. :) I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and found myself pondering this: Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS? That (as always) depends on your goal

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-05 Thread Micky Hulse
Note: Grrr, this is the one thing I hate about Thunderbird and text-only emails hard to reply/copy/paste quoted emails and retain the nice formatting. Kalani Bright wrote: As far as Flex goes verything can be done in Flash. If you have an ounce of artist in you please avoid Flex.

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-04 Thread Muzak
Hi Micky, see inline reply. - Original Message - From: Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:32 AM Subject: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start? Hi all, I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-04 Thread T. Michael Keesey
On 3/3/07, Micky Hulse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I just picked-up Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook (O'Reilly) today, and found myself pondering this: Is it time to make the switch from v2 to v3 AS? If you are using Flex, then yes. If you are using Flash, then probably not. They have only

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-04 Thread Chris RM
I didn't know Flex Builder was based off Eclipse. I haven't used F.B. but how does it differ from the FDT plug-in for Eclipse? Is it as robust as FDT? http://ftd.powerflasher.com Chris On Mar 4, 2007, at 12:04 PM, Muzak wrote: Hi Micky, see inline reply. - Original Message -

Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-04 Thread Omar Fouad
I think what you can do in flex can be done in flash, flex is easierthough Is this right?? On 3/4/07, Chris RM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't know Flex Builder was based off Eclipse. I haven't used F.B. but how does it differ from the FDT plug-in for Eclipse? Is it as robust as FDT?

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start?

2007-03-04 Thread Kalani Bright
altogether. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Omar Fouad Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 12:28 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] AS3... when to start? I think what you can do in flex can be done in flash, flex