I recently begun an adventure of converting a javascript application to Adobe Flex. Why Flex? Mainly because a number of new features (and scaling issues) make a full rewrite a given. Graphing in javascript currently has some performance/compatibility issues (cough. IE. cough.) And of course, there are the general javascript/browser issues. Will using flash make things better?
I started by getting flexbuilder. They have a 60 day free trial available. If you are a student, work at a school, or are unemployed, you can also get a free license. I simply faxed in a copy of my Stanford ID, and had a registration code within a day or two.
Other useful bits include the Tour de Flex samples library as well as the instructions for installing the Flex Source Code Formatter (I suppose some people may find it intuitive to download the files and then look in help for a way to install... But for me, following the instructions seemed the better deal.) Tour de flex can also be added to the plugins, using the url:
in the Help-Find and Install Updates-New External sites area of flexbuilder. From here, I was able to do File-New Flex Project and simply copy some of the simple .mxml example from Tour De Flex into the "Source" view and successfully run them by using Run-Debug Sample project (or the icon.) For Eclipse users this should all be second nature. For people like me, who consider vi to be their preferred IDE, there was a short learning curve.
http://tourdeflex.adobe.com/eclipse
in the Help-Find and Install Updates-New External sites area of flexbuilder. From here, I was able to do File-New Flex Project and simply copy some of the simple .mxml example from Tour De Flex into the "Source" view and successfully run them by using Run-Debug Sample project (or the icon.) For Eclipse users this should all be second nature. For people like me, who consider vi to be their preferred IDE, there was a short learning curve.
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