http://www.johncblandii.com/index.php/2009/07/adobe-flex-development-primer-recording-url.html My thoughts and ramblings Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:20:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.johncblandii.com/index.php/2009/07/adobe-flex-development-primer-recording-url.html/comment-page-1#comment-3944 out of repose, in response / archives / Flash Builder, Eclipse PDT, and other incredibly nerdy things Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:01:36 +0000 http://www.johncblandii.com/?p=331#comment-3944 [...] I don’t have Flash Builder, but now I want it. I’ve never written anything in ActionScript, but now I really, really want to. I use Eclipse PDT for all of my development (I’ll get into that a bit later) so I was already familiar with Flash Builder’s Eclipse-based UI and familiar features like code completion and packaging. All of those features make development in any language reasonably enjoyable (as enjoyable as programming can be which, I guess, is actually an unreasonable notion if you really take the task apart from some POVs); but put all of those together with something as powerful and simple as mxml, then add a scripting language like ActionScript into the mix, and now you’re talking about the perfect setup for creating engaging, attractive, response web and desktop applications in a matter of minutes. I know I’m using a ton of buzzwords, and those are probably keeping you from realizing how excited I am about the idea of this thing, but try to push past all of them and realize that I’m actually blogging. I’m writing a blog post. About code. Anyway, go listen to the talk at this URL. [...] [...] I don’t have Flash Builder, but now I want it. I’ve never written anything in ActionScript, but now I really, really want to. I use Eclipse PDT for all of my development (I’ll get into that a bit later) so I was already familiar with Flash Builder’s Eclipse-based UI and familiar features like code completion and packaging. All of those features make development in any language reasonably enjoyable (as enjoyable as programming can be which, I guess, is actually an unreasonable notion if you really take the task apart from some POVs); but put all of those together with something as powerful and simple as mxml, then add a scripting language like ActionScript into the mix, and now you’re talking about the perfect setup for creating engaging, attractive, response web and desktop applications in a matter of minutes. I know I’m using a ton of buzzwords, and those are probably keeping you from realizing how excited I am about the idea of this thing, but try to push past all of them and realize that I’m actually blogging. I’m writing a blog post. About code. Anyway, go listen to the talk at this URL. [...]

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