Flex & Neat Apps 20 Dec 2006 09:37 pm
Flex IDE
I have heard the same story over and over, people get into Flex for the eye-candy, but they stay in Flex because of the productivity gain from the framework and the IDE. Based on the rock solid Eclipse platform, is the ultimate IDE for developing Rich Internet Applications. If you are used to working with Flash or AJAX, you will be pleasantly surprised how much Flex Builder could improve your web development productivity. Below is a quick list,
- Two way sync between the code mark-up mode and WYSIWYG mode
- Code refactoring tools built right into the IDE
- Debug environment that lets you break and step through ActionScript, just like working on a desktop application
- Profiling web applications without leaving the IDE
- Web service introspector that builds SOAP wrapper classes with just two clicks
- Switch between multiple Flex SDKs seamlessly
Best of all, because Flex Builder sits on top of Eclipse, you could install third-party Eclipse plugins such as a Subversion client plugin or an UML diagram tool.
If you are a student or faculty member, you can get Flex Builder 3 for free!
Need to bring your Flex project up to speed? Zee Yang is a freelance Flex developer with deep understanding of architecture and user experience. You can reach him at zee.yang@gmail.com.
on 18 Jun 2008 at 1:45 pm 1.Training Guy said …
Thanks for that – I was wondering if I should attempt Ruby without Flex Builder – but after reading your blog, I think I really should consider Flex Builder.
on 29 Jul 2008 at 6:30 pm 2.jeremy said …
Flexs kicks ass, 94% or browsers in the world have flash player installed and nothing currently gets close to Flex in terms of knocking out a UI.
on 07 Aug 2008 at 7:24 pm 3.iamcoupons said …
Any other choice except for the Flex Builder 3?
on 26 Jun 2009 at 2:53 am 4.masood said …
please send me some images of developing a java application in flex ide