[osflash] Q:Flashdevelop vs Flexbuilder vs Eclipse forAS3

[Jonathyn B. Tellez]

I was pleased to find that the debugger in CS3 works pretty well.  But the fact is, in an asynchronous environment, the debugger has limited value.  IMHO a good logger and unit tests are going do a much better job of finding the weak spots in your code.

JB Tellez
Sr. Software Engineer
Scientific Learning




Keith Peters wrote:
Again, it's a different type of workflow. If you are doing heavy code 
development, you are going to want the more professional tools that Flex 
Builder, etc. gives you. I bet most people who work heavily in the Flash 
IDE never touch the debugger. I bet a lot don't even know it is there.

Petr Svoboda wrote:
> I've one more question regarding IDE - how do you live without 
> intergated debugger that would offer - code stepping, runtime 
> evaluation, stack tracing, watches or breakpoints? Any comments on how 
> are you facing this issue?
>
> thanks
>
> Petr
>
> On 5/8/07, *Keith Peters* <kp at bit-101.com <mailto:kp at bit-101.com>> wrote:
>
>     If you are flat out coding, then Flex Builder / Eclipse or Flash
>     Develop should be good for you. If you do more with the graphic side
>     of Flash, expressiveness features, etc. then Flash CS3 (9) is vital.
>
>     Keith
>
>
>     On May 7, 2007, at 7:35 PM, Mark Ireland wrote:
>
>     >
>     > Would you agree there is no need to get Flash 9?
>     >
>     >> From: Keith Peters <kp at bit-101.com <mailto:kp at bit-101.com> >
>     >> Reply-To: Open Source Flash Mailing List <osflash at osflash.org
>     <mailto:osflash at osflash.org>>
>     >> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List <osflash at osflash.org
>     <mailto:osflash at osflash.org>>
>     >> Subject: Re: [osflash] Q:Flashdevelop vs Flexbuilder vs Eclipse
>     >> forAS3       development
>     >> Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 14:45:05 -0400
>     >>
>     >> A consensus for best editor? You'll have better luck bringing
>     >> peace to
>     >> the mideast. :)
>     >> If you are comfortable with FlashDevelop, that's cool, you can do
>     >> anything with it, including building Apollo apps.
>     >> You can always get a trial of Flex Builder and see if you like the
>     >> additional features for 30 days.
>     >> Same with FDT for AS2 work, there's a trial.
>     >> I don't know of a feature comparison chart anywhere. It would
>     >> probably
>     >> be biased anyway. :)
>     >>
>     >> moveup at mac.com <mailto:moveup at mac.com> wrote:
>     >>> Is there any consensus on the BEST overall tool for AS3
>     development/
>     >>>
>     >>> Is there a feature comparison chart somehwere?
>     >>> I'm hesitant to fork out the bucks for Flexbuilder and I am
>     >>> comfortable
>     >> with Flashdevelop, but I'd like to really get into things like
>     >> Papervision
>     >> 3D(AS3) and perhaps even the building of Apollo apps.
>     >>>
>     >>> Any feedback appreciated!
>     >>>
>     >>> Jim Bachalo
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