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by arethuza 5945 days ago
Well, I hand code ActionScript using a vanilla editor and use the command line compiler and I still find Flex/Flash easier to use than Canvas.
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Nice. I haven't done much AS, and I'm really not too surprised. Since you've done both, I'll definitely keep your view in mind; many haven't. Is the main part of the ease due to the language / core API though, or ActionScript's libraries? Canvas has effectively no mature libraries as far as I can tell, though there are some impressive ones.

You're rather hardcore compared to most Flash developers I've run across, though. I'd wonder if most are just using whichever one has bigger / better tools. (not that this implies anything about the language, of course)