Comments on: Flex Builder vs. TextMate http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/ Rich Rodecker's blog on flash, flex, actionscript, javascript, and php, with a dash of randomness Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ali http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-203742 ali Sat, 02 May 2009 20:18:25 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-203742 I love using Textmate to code AS3 and have just started looking at FB. Isn't it possible to code in Textmate and Debug in Flex Builder? Simon Gregory's auto completion in the AS3 bundle for TM sorts the auto completion problem out so I guess that's the only difference. Does anyone use this workflow? or maybe it is too slow and inconvenient to switch between the two. I'd be interested to hear your opinions Thanks for the interesting discussion! I love using Textmate to code AS3 and have just started looking at FB.

Isn’t it possible to code in Textmate and Debug in Flex Builder?
Simon Gregory’s auto completion in the AS3 bundle for TM sorts the auto completion problem out so I guess that’s the only difference.

Does anyone use this workflow? or maybe it is too slow and inconvenient to switch between the two. I’d be interested to hear your opinions

Thanks for the interesting discussion!

]]> By: Brew http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-202171 Brew Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:22:53 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-202171 Has anyone used or tried FDT (http://fdt.powerflasher.com/) from powerflasher ? I am personally totally impressed ! Has anyone used or tried FDT (http://fdt.powerflasher.com/) from powerflasher ? I am personally totally impressed !

]]> By: Jean-Marc http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-198145 Jean-Marc Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:38:44 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-198145 I have recently started to use text mate as an editor for actionscript. I have been using textmate before for other project, it's just fast! I need some advices to use it to its full extend with flash (to be honest I haven't got my head around the bundle thing yet). Great post, great blog, in my list of subscriptions! Take care I have recently started to use text mate as an editor for actionscript. I have been using textmate before for other project, it’s just fast! I need some advices to use it to its full extend with flash (to be honest I haven’t got my head around the bundle thing yet). Great post, great blog, in my list of subscriptions!
Take care

]]> By: rich http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-194456 rich Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:53:19 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-194456 Neil - I hear what you're saying, and I actually prefer TM to FB, but the extra cost of FB is more than made up for by the debugger, in my opinion. The amount of time saved by having the integrated debugger doesn't even come close to the couple hundred dollar price difference between the two. If only we could integrate that with TM I'd be set. Eclipse has it's fair share of community contributions as well...I've got a bunch of plugins installed. Neil – I hear what you’re saying, and I actually prefer TM to FB, but the extra cost of FB is more than made up for by the debugger, in my opinion. The amount of time saved by having the integrated debugger doesn’t even come close to the couple hundred dollar price difference between the two. If only we could integrate that with TM I’d be set.

Eclipse has it’s fair share of community contributions as well…I’ve got a bunch of plugins installed.

]]> By: Neil http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-194454 Neil Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:51:39 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-194454 Well, I know this thread is more about discussing time-saving techniques in either IDE, but if we're going to be making comparisons between TextMate and Flex Builder, let's not forget that one of these is <i>one-fifth to one-tenth of the price</i> of the other (depending on which version of FB you buy)! If you're reading this trying to decide which to ultimately use, that will obviously influence your decision. Also just the popularity of TextMate alone is an advantage, since users can contribute to the bundles, and maybe they will soon implement some of the missing functionality you're looking for. Well, I know this thread is more about discussing time-saving techniques in either IDE, but if we’re going to be making comparisons between TextMate and Flex Builder, let’s not forget that one of these is one-fifth to one-tenth of the price of the other (depending on which version of FB you buy)! If you’re reading this trying to decide which to ultimately use, that will obviously influence your decision.

Also just the popularity of TextMate alone is an advantage, since users can contribute to the bundles, and maybe they will soon implement some of the missing functionality you’re looking for.

]]> By: rich http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-184162 rich Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:38:52 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-184162 gene - no there isn't. The closest thing you can do that I've found is to set TM as the default editor for .as files, then in eclipse, right click on the file and choose 'open in system editor'...but thats pretty weak. gene – no there isn’t. The closest thing you can do that I’ve found is to set TM as the default editor for .as files, then in eclipse, right click on the file and choose ‘open in system editor’…but thats pretty weak.

]]> By: gene tsai http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-184113 gene tsai Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:01:32 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-184113 YES! i love the "content assist" of flex builder - it knows what object you are working with and suggests methods. instead of having to dig through the flex documentation or memorize the ever changing mess of flex components now if only textmate could have that variable inspector thing is there a way to "use textmate" as an inline editor in eclipse? YES! i love the “content assist” of flex builder – it knows what object you are working with and suggests methods. instead of having to dig through the flex documentation or memorize the ever changing mess of flex components

now if only textmate could have that variable inspector thing

is there a way to “use textmate” as an inline editor in eclipse?

]]> By: Chris Rebstock http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-150551 Chris Rebstock Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:18:13 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-150551 I came across this post looking for code complete in Text Mate, looks like I'm a little late to the party. I keep hearing about this escape complete thing, but its just weak in comparison. TextMate is great, and I love the lean feel and some of the tricks that really speed up your coding. Its a better editor than the one in FB and Eclipse, hands down. As a development environment its just not there yet though, and has nothing to match the built in debugger of Flex Builder. There are some AIR based debugger tools being built, but they will never have the integration with the editor that FB does. The final nail in the coffin for me is the profiler in Flex Builder. Its like crack, you use it once and you're addicted. I tried integrating them, but switching back to FB everytime I need to debug or profile is just lame. I came across this post looking for code complete in Text Mate, looks like I’m a little late to the party. I keep hearing about this escape complete thing, but its just weak in comparison.

TextMate is great, and I love the lean feel and some of the tricks that really speed up your coding. Its a better editor than the one in FB and Eclipse, hands down.

As a development environment its just not there yet though, and has nothing to match the built in debugger of Flex Builder. There are some AIR based debugger tools being built, but they will never have the integration with the editor that FB does. The final nail in the coffin for me is the profiler in Flex Builder. Its like crack, you use it once and you’re addicted. I tried integrating them, but switching back to FB everytime I need to debug or profile is just lame.

]]> By: rich http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-147089 rich Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:14:07 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-147089 Not sure if it's the same on windows, but on mac there's a 'Help' menu in the application bar. Not sure if it’s the same on windows, but on mac there’s a ‘Help’ menu in the application bar.

]]> By: rob http://www.visible-form.com/blog/flex-builder-vs-textmate/comment-page-1/#comment-146660 rob Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:44:10 +0000 http://www.visible-form.com/blog/?p=273#comment-146660 how the hell do you get to the help docs in flex builder anyways? how the hell do you get to the help docs in flex builder anyways?

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