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the "sdk" is open source, but flex builder isn't (and they managed to break stuff that worked fine in eclipse). and have fun trying to get the flex builder plug

by hubb 16y ago

the "sdk" is open source, but flex builder isn't (and they managed to break stuff that worked fine in eclipse). and have fun trying to get the flex builder plugin to work on linux, or even get the sdk working completely on linux.

c1sc0 16y ago
I tried to do some flex development on linux two years ago from the command-line & I finally gave up & switched to the IDE. I hate languages where serious development is only possible from within a specific IDE. The kind of stuff I was trying to do is now fairly easy with Canvas, so good riddance to Flex!
- bad_user 16y ago
  You can also try OpenLazslo
  - c1sc0 16y ago
    We actually looked into that but LZX seemed like too much of a hassle. Bad call?
shrikant 16y ago
Have fun trying to read long non-wrapping lines of code scrolling horizontally. I mean, come ON! A plugin for freakin' word-wrap?!
- rufugee 16y ago
  Can you explain?
  - shrikant 16y ago
    The Flex Builder IDE (I used 3, but I think it's propagated on to 4 as well) does not have word-wrap when editing code. There's nothing you can do in any settings dialog or menu option to be able to comfortably edit long lines of code without scrolling. You need to install a plugin to enable this. Granted, this is a limitation of the underlying Eclipse on which it is built, but I was using Flex Builder, not Eclipse, so my beef stands. Citations: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/451245 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/451245, http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=E0D9F http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=E0D9F
kj12345 16y ago
Also the Flex APIs are extremely tightly bound to closed-source Flash APIs, so its really not an entity unto itself. To be fair though, it is "open" enough to allow for example IntelliJ to support Flex development in IDEA.
someone_here 16y ago
Really, try FlashDevelop. It works well in Wine, and there's a beta version of it that works with Mono.

by hubb 16y ago

c1sc0 16y ago

I tried to do some flex development on linux two years ago from the command-line & I finally gave up & switched to the IDE. I hate languages where serious development is only possible from within a specific IDE. The kind of stuff I was trying to do is now fairly easy with Canvas, so good riddance to Flex!

bad_user 16y ago
You can also try OpenLazslo
- c1sc0 16y ago
  We actually looked into that but LZX seemed like too much of a hassle. Bad call?

shrikant 16y ago

Have fun trying to read long non-wrapping lines of code scrolling horizontally. I mean, come ON! A plugin for freakin' word-wrap?!

rufugee 16y ago
Can you explain?
- shrikant 16y ago
  The Flex Builder IDE (I used 3, but I think it's propagated on to 4 as well) does not have word-wrap when editing code. There's nothing you can do in any settings dialog or menu option to be able to comfortably edit long lines of code without scrolling. You need to install a plugin to enable this. Granted, this is a limitation of the underlying Eclipse on which it is built, but I was using Flex Builder, not Eclipse, so my beef stands. Citations: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/451245 http://forums.adobe.com/thread/451245, http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=E0D9F http://www.communitymx.com/abstract.cfm?cid=E0D9F

kj12345 16y ago

Also the Flex APIs are extremely tightly bound to closed-source Flash APIs, so its really not an entity unto itself. To be fair though, it is "open" enough to allow for example IntelliJ to support Flex development in IDEA.

someone_here 16y ago

Really, try FlashDevelop. It works well in Wine, and there's a beta version of it that works with Mono.