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Jerry McLeod
Jerry McLeod

Reputation: 137

Eclipse and Flex Plugin

I have downloaded Eclipse - Helios and it is working perfectly. I am having a little trouble understanding the Flex functionality with Eclipse. Is it possible to download a Flex plugin or whatever it is called free of charge to develop and compile mxml and actionscipt files without having to purchase FlexBuilder 3 or 4 at a price of $600. I am under the impression that Eclipse is a free download and and Flexsdk is a free download. Can't they be put together into one tool? I cant afford the $600.

JM

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1958

Answers (2)

Manius
Manius

Reputation: 3644

Jerry, type java --version to verify Java is working correctly. There's more than one way to start a Java app but I'd guess your other Java apps are doing something different.

Upvotes: 0

James Ward
James Ward

Reputation: 29433

The Flex SDK (command line, ant tools, etc) are free. But the Eclipse plugin, aka Flash Builder, is commercial and $300 (or free for students, educators, and unemployed folks). With only the Flex SDK you need to manually compile and debug apps using the command line tools.

Upvotes: 1

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