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copied!<p>I think the confusion comes from the word Flash , which could refer to the general use of the Flash Player plugin, the actual software or just generally anything programmed with Actionscript. Also, there's clearly a lack of distinction between the languages ( MXML , Actionscript ) and the tools ( Flash IDE , FlashBuilder ) a problem that Adobe should clearly address ( In that respect the name FlashBuilder is a better choice than Flex) </p> <p>Another way to look at it is to think of the end product, namely a compiled swf. At the beginning, the only way to produce a flash movie , or a swf , was to work with the Flash IDE. It was fine for designers but very frustrating for developers. Things have changed!</p> <p>Instead of thinking Flash vs Flex, think Flex projects vs pure Actionscript projects.</p> <p>Flex is first and foremost a framework built on top of Actionscript, which targets web applications and comes with a set of UI components to that effect. Also, Flex comes with its own language, MXML.</p> <p>more info here:<br/> <a href="http://ted.onflash.org/2008/01/what-is-flex.php" rel="noreferrer">http://ted.onflash.org/2008/01/what-is-flex.php</a> </p> <p>For pure Actionscript projects, as a developer, you may want to discard the Flash IDE and use alternatives such as FlashDevelop( Windows ) , FlashBuilder and FDT, there are other options , but let's just say these are the major ones.</p> <p>Whatever you can do with Flex, you can do with Actionscript 3 , don't forget Flex is built on top of AS3. </p> <p>So the difference with picking up an AS3 book or a Flex book, is basically the difference between reading about a programming language and reading about a framework.</p> <p>Finally , Haxe is another approach which is gaining more and more support.<br/> <a href="http://haxe.org/doc/intro" rel="noreferrer">http://haxe.org/doc/intro</a></p>

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