What is the best IDE for actionscript3 development [closed]

Question

I am currently using FlashDevelop for my Actionscript3 development. I have also tried my hand with using Flex3 for my Actionscript3 development. I was curious if FDT was superior to the former and that if it's cost out-weighs it's usefulness. Are there any other applications out there to help streamline the process?

Answer 1

Yeah by far the best IDE is eclipse with either fdt or flex builder installed (flex builder is just a packaged version of eclipse). The biggest problem with FlashDevelop is it's lack of debugging tools. If you get into eclipse, and teach yourself how to properly debug an application it can save you SOOO much time.

As for flex builder or fdt that's entirely up to you. The one big benefit fdt has is that it still supports AS2 development. FDT also has a lot of other nice features like code templating.

I have both but i mainly stick to flex builder for my flash work as for me i like the way i can use it for both flash and flex work and can easily switch between the two with minimum effort. If i had to do work in as2 again (god forbid) i'd definitely wouldn't heistate to switch back into the fdt environment.

Answer 2

FlashDevelop is a very good IDE for AS3 development. Haven't tried FDT, but tried Flexbuilder. I can say that it's much better for pure AS3 development (no mxml stuff). and it's free.