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copied!<p>I have used both programs in depth, and I like Flash Builder much better. At first I was like "what the f*** is this mxml crap I have to learn?" but it is a breeze to learn almost effortlessly. Flash Builder is much more intuitive and comfortable to use than Flash Pro and can do almost everything Flash Pro can except animation. </p> <p>The two programs can work together very well because they were designed that way. I think it is important to note that Flash Pro can be a real pain the ass, from simple stuff to more complicated things. You just need to know Flash Pro really, really well and have a lot of experience to be comfortable with it. </p> <p>Flash Builder is the opposite, everything smooth and easy to create and implement. I spent hours and hours very frustrated trying to do stuff in Flash Pro because you have to be just short of a master/expert at it to use it comfortably. </p> <p>Anybody can fumble through Flash Pro and spend hours trying to create a simple user interface if you want but avoid the headache and go with Builder. Flash Pro is for "Pro's" simple as that, it's very powerful for animating if you have the time and patience to learn how to deal with Symbols, Graphics, Movie-Clips, and all the other terminology that that gets confusing as f*** to anybody but the expert. </p> <p>Unless you really want to spend a lot of time learning Flash Pro and even more time trying to keep up and maintain the knowledge of how to use it, GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. With Flash Pro you have to be all-in, not just using it occasionally or you will end up very upset, i promise you. </p> <p>Flash builder is wonderful for cross-platform UIs and data-driven apps and websites. </p> <p>Oh and the "overhead" that one of the replies mentioned about, there are ways to strip down all that overhead so that the Flash Builder final app will be tiny. You do need to pay attention and make some adjustments when finally creating the project and that way you can customize how much overhead, if any exists in the final compiled app. It is very easy to do and a quick google search will get you up and going with what boxes to check at compile-time to strip the project down. I have seen some very complex FLEX apps that ended up quite small, so no need to worry there.</p> <p>If you can, get the "Flex 4 Cookbook", it's great. It's an O'reilly brand book. I love it, it's priceless. Flash Builder also makes creating mobile apps for almost any mobile OS effortless.</p>

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