What are the alternatives of Flex builder for flex development (Free ware, open source preferred). I know one that is FlashDevelop, but it is not matured/full fledged flex IDE.
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Actually FlashDevelop is the only open-source solution. The other solutions are:
- IntelliJ IDEA
- SapphireSteel (a plugin for VisualStudio, they have a free Personal edition)
- FDT (primarily ActionScipt IDE, but seems they have some support for MXML too.)
Hrundik
2009-06-10 07:46:42
FDT 3.2 has now pretty OK support for MXML. No design view or anything like that but proper code hinting etc.
Tehnomaag
2009-06-11 09:39:23
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Eclipse with Flex Builder plugin. While Flex Builder is based on Eclipse, I prefer the former because I often find myself programming in other languages also (namely Java). That and the fact that I never managed to make subclipse plugin to work on Flex Builder and the showing of .svn directories in the Navigator view annoyed me to no end.
bug-a-lot
2009-06-10 15:39:11
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Actually, FlashDevelop is quite mature. I like to work in it, and since Flex is a text-only language (XML and AS), it's easy to write it in a text editor. Furthermore, FD has support for Flash / Flex like code completion, etc.
Google how to set up FD with flex.
Alternatively, you can also download the monster file that is the Flex Builder 3 installer. The 60 day trial is longer than it seems, and it costs nothing compared to Flash studio or Dreamweaver.
Or you can arrange your company to buy it for you:-) I did.
Aethex
2009-06-12 00:38:54
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Actually there's an open-source alternative: AXDT: open-source cross-platform alternative for Flash development
It's not a competitor to Flash Builder or FDT (that I think is the best IDE out there), but it makes a good setup for small things or for those just starting to develop for Flash Platform.
Ain
2010-06-25 09:08:10