Designer Tools

Tools you can design your Apache Flex applications with ...

Commercial Adobe tools:

• Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5 & CS6 (Convert Flash-Symbol based on UIMovieClip to Flex Component & Flex Container)
• Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 (MXML Design View)
• Adobe Flex Builder 3 (MXML & CSS Design View)
• Adobe Flash Catalyst CS5.5:
  • Import Photoshop CS5.5 & Illustrator CS5.5 files
  • Designer & Developer workflow with Adobe FlashBuilder 4.6
  • Create skins for custom SkinnableComponents
• Adobe Fireworks CS5.5 (Export FXG files)
• Adobe InDesign CS5.5 (Export FLA files)

Free tools:

• Free FXG Editor from 7jigen, http://fxgeditor.7jigen.net
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Developer Tools

Tools you can develop your Apache Flex applications with ...

Commercial Adobe tools:

• Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 & 4.7 (MXML, CSS & Actionscript 3 coding)
• Adobe Flash Professional CS5.5 (Actionscript 3 coding)

Other commercial tools:

• FDT 5 (MXML, CSS, Actionscript 3 coding), http://fdt.powerflasher.com/
• IntelliJ IDEA 12 (MXML, CSS, Actionscript 3 coding), http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/
• Textmate (Actionscript 3 coding), http://macromates.com/
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Free tools:

• FlashDevelop, http://www.flashdevelop.org/
• SE|PY ActionScript Editor, http://www.sephiroth.it/python/sepy.php
• Aptana, http://www.aptana.com/products/air/
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