It is a modified version of Eclipse with proprietary plugins, not at all the same as getting the free version of Eclipse and installing free plugins to work with Flex. Having used both I can say that it's much easier to work with Adobe's version, however, the free FlashDevelop is better still.
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RE: I hate Eclipse, Adobe, JBoss, and everything related to Java.
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RE: I hate Eclipse, Adobe, JBoss, and everything related to Java.
Having done quite a bit of Flex development (that was a waste to learn, thanks Adobe for telling everyone invested in Flex to fuck off) I can tell you a couple things. Eclipse is the worst way to work with Flex. Use Adobe's Flash Builder (you can get a free trial to at least play with). If you are on PC, the free open source IDE FlashDevelop is a much better way to go. If you are able to compile the swf(s) okay, try using different methods to deploy to JBOSS like ANT for instance. http://plummersmind.blogspot.com/2008/10/deploying-flex-application-to-jboss.html
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RE: More Apple "Usability"
I have an awesome solution providing your javascript is okeydoke. I had a similar scenario though not as asinine. A colleague had to take the shipping info from orders on an e-commerce site and paste them into the form on ups.com for shipping. She was doing this multiple times a day and obviously a headache. I wrote a bookmarklet script to copy all the form fields from the order page, then paste them into the ups.com form. A 10 minute task reduced to 30 seconds for her. This will work as long as Apple doesn't change the name of the form fields on their page and if they do is easy enough to change.
You can copy the source from the Apple form, create your own local page. Fill it out, go to the real Apple form and use your bookmarklet to paste everything in one shot. It won't help with images, but at least you won't have to fill out all the fields again.