Looks like there should be a wiki page for these questions ;) Is somebody going set this up? Either we should use the existing "Getting started" wiki page [1] or we should open up a new page for this. Thoughts?
- Sebastian [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/Getting+Started On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Kiel <kiel.s.sinfu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Martin & Alain, > > Information is Awesomeness XD. > > Now I need to look for the tools... > `Tools` to be used are of User preference. Use tools where one is most > comfortable with. > > [Current Status] > + Java knowledge > + ActionScript 3 knowledge > - Tools ( Undecided ) > > Question: > 1. What is Preferred tool (IDE) `for Flex` development? > 1.1 Does the Apache Flex community have a preferred tool? > 1.2 I'm a stingy person what are my alternatives? > > 2. Where to get the tools? > > Thanks to both. Learned a lot today. > > -- > Kiel > > > On 3/30/2012 4:40 PM, Martin Heidegger wrote: > >> I assume you mean with "for Flex" that you want to improve the SDK: >> >> If you want to participate in helping with the Flex SDK then you should >> be aware that the different systems are written in different languages. >> Basic tools are a Text Editor and a Version Control system such as SVN or >> Git and a web browser :-). If you are working with code it makes your life >> easier if you use a IDE/Texteditor with support for the particular language. >> >> The compiler (that makes .swf/.swc files out of AS3/MXML/CSS) is >> written in Java and you need a Java Development Kit (JDK) for it. If you >> want to improve it you need to know Java. >> >> The libraries (that allow to show buttons and alike) are written in >> ActionScript 3. You need the SDK's compiler to compile those classes. There >> are various SDK's for ActionScript. >> >> The documentation (that shows up in the generated docs) is written using >> asdoc annotation (another java tool from the SDK) in ActionScript files and >> those are mixed with XML files. >> >> Flex further uses build scripts (code that generates various parts of the >> SDK). They are written in ANT (a java based tool, not part of the SDK). >> >> IDE's for Java >> Eclipse >> IntelliJ IDEA >> NetBeans >> ... >> >> IDE's for AS3 >> FlashDevelop >> FlashBuilder (based on Eclipse) >> FDT (based on Eclipse) >> IntelliJ IDEA >> Rase (based on a IntelliJ tool) >> >> TextEditors with AS3 support >> Sublime >> Emacs >> ... > >
