I recently purchased a new MacBook Pro that replaces my primary Dell desktop. But now that I'm on a Mac, I am no longer able to use Flash Develop as my ActionScript editor since its developed in .NET. So I've turned to Flex Builder 3 as my ActionScript editor of choice. It is a really great editor, although it does seem a bit bulky compared to Flash Develop.
So that led me to want to learn more about the Flex Framework (MXML). Something that I've been wanting to do for some time now, but now have more of an urgent reason. So currently, I am watching the Flex 3 Essential Training at Lynda.com. (Great site!) I figured that this will give me a great overview of Flex and a tour of the Flex Builder IDE.
I realize that I can get Parallels or Fusion for the Mac so I can run Windows based applications. Perhaps I will eventually. But this way I'll be able to get more into Flex like I've been wanting to.
We'll see in a few weeks how I like the transition.
September 6th, 2009 at 3:54 am
Forget Flex Builder and get FDT. FDT is in my opinion the best ActionScript editor out there. The new updates have MXML support in it as well.
September 6th, 2009 at 5:41 am
I agree. I’m in the middle of testing out the trial of FDT now. I like what I’m finding. I’m trying to find the best work flow for me. I like to use the Flash IDE to layout all of my MovieClips and prefer to publish through Flash verses the FDT compiler.
September 6th, 2009 at 6:05 am
Oh, and I’m looking forward to your iPhone workshop at FlashPitt, Julian. I think a lot of Flash developers are interested in iPhone development (myself included) and your workshop looks like the perfect outlook for us Flashers.