Can i use flex without Flex builder?

Question

i am starting to study FLEX. i have only flex sdk. So can i start study only using that. If so please suggest me the link to go through..

But still, Using an editor

Answer 1

If you're on Windows, see if you can run mxmlc.exe (the compiler) from a command prompt. Create a simple Example.mxml file to test it out.

mxmlc.exe Example.mxml

Here's a simple Hello World mxml source code.

Easy steps are well documented on Adobe's site and in chapter 2 of "Flex 3 in Action"

Answer 2

Flex Builder will be the very best way to learn as its got a debugger and thus lets you step thru code see how it works. FlashDevelop is free tho it lacks a debugger - still very useful

Answer 3

You can certainly build application with solely the open source Flex SDK. I have posted some instructions for using only the Flex SDK on Linux. If you are on a different platform the instructions can be slightly adjusted.