Flex eclipse plugin isn't it free?

Question

Eclipse is free , flex sdk is free. Is not the eclipse plugin for flex free?

Answer 1

No, it is not free.

There are some free options for development, however:

• Command-line and editor of choice
• FlashDevelop
• Tofino (Visual Studio plugin, if you already have that)

Answer 2

I guess you mean Flash Builder (formerly Flex Builder).

It is an Eclipse-based IDE, so I guess you can call it an Eclipse plugin, but it is not free.

You can however get a free license for it if you are unemployed or student, or using it for academic purposes.

Check http://www.adobe.com/devnet-archive/flex/free/ out to know more about this offer.

Answer 3

There a two flavors of Flash Builder (formerly Flex Builder). The Flash Builder plugin for eclipse and the Flash Builder stand-alone (build upon eclipse). Both are part of the commercial license.

Beside the commercial Flash Builder plugin there exist many other commercial plugins for eclipse. Nothing confusing about that.