You should add IBM's RAD to this poll.

This should be a multi-select poll, because clearly you have to involve the Flash IDE if you're producing actual Flash content (as opposed to a swf as an end product). So you might do your AS coding in some other tool, but AFAIK there is no way to assign a base class or compile the file without resorting to the Flash IDE at some stage.

It might make for an interesting discussion to talk about whether Adobe is clarifying things with the rename (all of these platforms produce a swf) or whether they're muddying the waters by implying that Flash and Flex swfs are equivalent, which could lead a reasonable person to believe that they could move the same source code through the various tools available.

Just going from previous experience, I suspect there will be a certain amount of back lash when people discover this is not the case, and this will (once again) catch Adobe flat footed.

I agree with Amy.

This should be a multi-select poll.

I use Flash 8, CS3 and CS4 as well as Flex Builder 3, and the Flex 4 SDK on a regular basis.

Agree with others - should be checkboxes, not radio buttons.

Depending on the project (AS2, Flash Lite, AS3/Flex), personal project, or for client, I might use Flash IDE, TextMate, Eclipse, Flex Builder, or even FlashDevelop.

I use either Flexbuilder or FlashDevelop, or vim. Just my $0.02.

I actually never consider myself as somebody who "develops Flash content", which seems to be something Adobe wants to change. I do consider myself as someone who "develops Flex RIAs", which I hope is something that Adobe does not want to change.

Have to agree with some of the sniping about the poll structure, too; I primarily develop using the FlexBuilder plugin with Eclipse Ganymede; I assume that you included "Eclipse" by itself for those who are using it as an editor but are compiling with MXMLC, so I went ahead and chose "FlexBuilder 3", but it wasn't entirely clear.

I use Eclipse with the Flex plugin. Eclipse is perfect for me, it lets me switch back and forth from PHP to JavaScript/HTML to AS3 to browsing SVN repositories to running ANT all with the same IDE.

It's a little bit less buggy on my work Mac versus my home PC but I still love it. It's as essential as [M/W/L]AMP.

It's interesting what we consider what we do. Personally I consider myself a generalist developer, not a language specific one, but I don't think about Flash, instead I think about AS3. Since AS3 I rarely if ever use Flash proper and I only teach AS3 using Flash if I can't install Eclipse in the lab.

I use gedit or gvim and ant

I've recently switched to IntelliJ IDEA. I'm using it in conjunction with Flash CS4 and Flex Builder 3. Currently IDEA offers the best code generation / completion / refactoring features. I used to use FDT, but IDEA offers better support of MXML.

Flex SDK?
SDK != IDE

Unfortunately, a radio button-oriented poll is meaningless, as no one uses only Flash Authoring for coding anything other than the simplest widgets, and you cannot use an external editor to compile "Flash" apps where there are timeline designs and assets, unless you use a very specific tool like Toon Boom Studio. You can develop a "Flash" project using only Flash Authoring, or using only an external editor for AS projects, but in my experience, "Flash" applications are almost always built using Flash Professional and an external coding editor.

When you upgrade the poll to checkboxes, then I'll participate, because then the results will actually match what I and other people use.

There is also some confusion inherent in the question. What is Flash content? Is it the target audience? The compiler used to create the SWF? Widgets versus enterprise RIAs? The code editing tool? The timeline editing tool?

As Flash CSX and Flash Builder as tools converge and gradually use more or less the same compiler, the dividing line between what is a "Flash" project and what is a "Flex" project will be pretty much meaningless, as the only thing differentiating one from the other will be what framework you use, not what editing tool or compiler is used to create the app. The more Flash and Flex technologies and tools converge, the more arbitrary the division between the two will become. Which is a good thing.

I predict that the very use of the word "Flash" by itself will become obsolete in a year from now, as indicated on my blog (http://www.joeflash.ca/blog/2009/05/dont-panic-the-rebranding-of-flex-builder.html).

Personally I would like to see the end of references to "Flash" and "Flex" projects, and people start using the term "Flash Platform" projects. Which the rebranding of Flash Builder seems to be encouraging. Then it won't be regarded as such as distasteful thing to be a "Flash" Developer to the enterprise programmers.

Better to ask "What IDEs do you use to develop content for the Flash Platform?" or if you want to exclude "Flex" projects, ask "What IDEs do you use to develop content traditionally regarded as 'Flash' applications?"

And allow for checkboxes.

Just my 2c. Cheers!

James said: May be CS3 and CS4 is the best option....
Means you are not 100% sure yourself will it work fine or not?

Yes if you are not sure yourself then you must not say it until you feel completely satisfied with it.
csm

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