Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-flex-users-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-flex-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0170C10D65 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 02:54:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28151 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2013 02:54:38 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-flex-users-archive@flex.apache.org Received: (qmail 26860 invoked by uid 500); 11 Jul 2013 02:54:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@flex.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: users@flex.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list users@flex.apache.org Received: (qmail 26439 invoked by uid 99); 11 Jul 2013 02:54:35 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 02:54:35 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of dennis.raddle@gmail.com designates 209.85.219.54 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.219.54] (HELO mail-oa0-f54.google.com) (209.85.219.54) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 11 Jul 2013 02:54:30 +0000 Received: by mail-oa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id o6so10796671oag.27 for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:54:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=8O5qiaJyyMQlbHTwXQOpietQ+JfNEB13RxGgzDiX/Xk=; b=Nw2eDpS7QN9zHhNTM+XGFvK88zYXjG9poujw4d9wJwxh96npAEbWtBAqIjCRN7Zi+S sHU1KX1653/7jxHcMu5hEJPNWMx5+1UR3RVrTr1iuPb5QVKAuxaog91d08ji/kAWDvfz DGGizdzDpPtbmenKrR2MlBt/wJiXEPGfDBAnGTGDmPaRjdAWbcJS0Sn/fgjbOIj8cUBm ajxBt8vQUNwG00lz3utu6ZPTUi4wvNx+jl56JeeKwKhpVCOHs5E58cQ+9bKyU1bPt3Hb KfJssAsK0IIcm/Lj0lGU9OCNX4hNMty2dIhCGT3G6cJKal9PhMaPkno+VZhTfERv29Ka awow== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.140.168 with SMTP id rh8mr30251806oeb.17.1373511249717; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:54:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.119.3 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:54:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:54:09 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: educational software development From: Dennis Raddle To: users Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b2e4c4622700104e13382fc X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --047d7b2e4c4622700104e13382fc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Is Flash Builder a good tool for ActionScript development, or is there something better? I don't want to pay for more than one tool. I'm a C++/Python programmer so I'm comfortable working in code. Dennis On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Gary Young wrote: > My answer is YES, Flash Platform is the only one can cross most desktop > browsers and Android/IOS apps, others are just fake. Use Flex when 1) your > app will use a lot of standard components; 2) your app has highly complex > user interactions. -Gary > > --047d7b2e4c4622700104e13382fc--