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functional-tree on April 11, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Flash CS5 will export to HTML5 Canvas

I wouldn't describe the flash IDE as fantastic. The only reason it's passable is because it's really the only game in town. It's slow, its UI could use a lot of cleanup, and its code editor is particularly slow and lacking features (as compared to XCode or Visual Studio).

I think people use Flash because it's the best (major) browser-targeted tool that handles animation design decently.

aaronblohowiak on April 11, 2010 [–]

the IDE isn't fantastic, but Flex is actually one of the nicer UI frameworks. This could get really interesting for developing "thick" clients.

camwest on April 11, 2010 | [–]

Flex definitely won't output to FXG. FXG is simply a declarative graphics specification. Don't expect ActionScript to port over to JavaScript reliably using this tool.

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