FlexBuilder may have its ups and downs but it still remains my pick for best AS3/MXML editor on the market (with TextMate not far behind). Part of the beauty of FlexBuilder is that it’s built on the Eclipse SDK, one of the most versatile and powerful IDEs available, which is not only free and open source, but boasts a wealth of third party plug-ins for every kind of (mostly Java) development. This article will take a look at some must-have plug-ins for doing Flex development as well as some tips for tricking out your development process.

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If you like playing with runtime arguments like memory allocation, don’t stop there. Check the list of command line arguments on the help page listed above. I use -nosplash which prevents the eclipse logo from coming up during startup. Cleaning the Eclipse application with -clean can be useful too especially after installing plugins or when things are breaking for no reason. (Mac users can skip the tedious .ini editing process and do this by typing /Applications/eclipse/eclipse -clean in the terminal.