>From what I've seen FDT looks like a nice tool. Although no IDE for Mac means I haven't used it in anger.
I think an interesting Flex 4 feature would be, to be able to use Flex components within Flash (outside of a Flex project). --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Doug McCune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > No current requirement for Flex components > > > > That seems like a relevant factor in the decision.. > > > > > > > I'd argue that the lack of a need for any Flex controls is an argument for > not using the Flex framework, but not necessarily for not using Flex Builder > as the development tool. Even if you are doing an AS3 only Flash project, it > might still make sense to use Flex Builder (or Flash Develop or FDT, I don't > have experience with those). The fact that Eclipse has plugins that support > SVN and CVS for version control, Mylyn for trac integration, supports ant > and maven, supports code hinting, etc etc are all reasons to use FB as the > dev tool. > > So assuming you can put your timeline-needing Flash devs in a room and give > them Flash authoring and your devs can just get SWFs they don't have to > edit, then it sounds like Flex Builder is probably the way to go. But if you > need to tweak timeline animations you'll need to crank open Flash Authoring. > But crank it up, do your work, and get the hell out so you can get back to a > decent dev environment with code hinting and all the good stuff. > > Doug >
