Hello list, After almost 3 years away from the Flash Platform, a new venture of mine, which can use the great potential of the Flash/AIR ecosystem, will require me to go back to the field. I'm pleasured to do that, since I always loved Flash and its potential to create high-quality use experiences.
However, I'm no longer a Eclipse guy, I don't like bloated software anymore and learned to love the Ruby/Rails way of doing things. In this time I was away from Flex, I was doing exclusivelly Rails/Ajax apps and some generic Ruby work, and it was great. Now I want to mix this knowledge with Flash and create the product I have in mind. Well, introductions aside, what I'd like to know is, how many less-is-more emacsers/textmaters we have around here? Here's what I'd like to do: 1) Best case scenario: Setup a complete Flash/Flex3 dev env with emacs and CLI tools. No Flex Builder whatsoever; 2) Good case scneario: Setup a complete Flash/Flex de env with Textmate and CLI tools. No Flex Builder whatsoever; 3) Worst case/won'thappen scenario: Buy Flex Builder or (ouch) FDT3. (When I put Flash/Flex is because eventually I will be using Flash without the Flex3/4 gorilla's framwork). I would like to know the feasibility of NOT having FB or FDT, and relying on CLI tools for Flex Dev. If anyone out there use emcas/Textmate and managed to implement a highly-productivy flash/flex dev workflow with them, please share, I would be really grateful! Thanks, Marcelo.
