# AS 3.0 Learning Editor/IDE?

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**Created:** [March 12, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-0-learning-editor-ide/283954 "2009-03-12T21:41:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/as-3-0-learning-editor-ide/283954/1 "2009-03-12T21:41:27Z")

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Hi Guys,

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  i'm currently a student doing a Computing Degree learning quite a broad spectrum of languages, the big heavy hitters would namely be Java/PHP, but mostly Java for the moment. I'm not great at Java beacuse i find it to big to handle and too much to understand, but i'm probably not the worst. I there do have a basic knowledge of OO cencepts. After i finish it i want to learn something new, namely AS 3.0 purely because my interests is purely in making websites and since AS 3.0 falls under the whole Web Development category, i thought why not do it in AS 3.0. Ofcourse i could have chosen to continue with Java or something new like Ruby On Rails, but i decided to choose AS 3.0 becuase it want to specialise in particular language.

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I am going to purchase Learning Actionscript 3.0, [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Learning-ActionScript-3-0-Beginners-Guide/dp/059652787X/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236892387&sr=1-1](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Learning-ActionScript-3-0-Beginners-Guide/dp/059652787X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236892387&sr=1-1)  
but what i would like to know is, would it be best for me to do my coding in Flash CS3/4 or a text editor?? I asked a similar question to my lecturer but it was about learning Java and his response was this  
"\*\*Well my personal opinion is that it would be better to use a text editor  
rather than an IDE. I think one of the problems of IDEs for someone who  
is new to programming is that they - the IDE - become the focus of  
attention, rather than the program itself. Also - as you say - they  
throw automated code at you, which - at best - is highly convoluted and  
hard to understand.  
\*\*  
**Text editors keep it simple and when  
you’re learning programming, you want to be able to learn ONLY the  
programming  
language and not the IDE as well"**  
So if that is the case, if i go down the editor route, what would be the best/preferred editor to use when learning the actscripting 3.0 alongside the book i will purchase?

Cheers