Flex Builder 3 And Subversion
From As3gaming
Intro
Setting up Flex Builder 3 with a Subversion client, like Subversive or Subeclipse is easy. Since Flex Builder 3 is built on Eclipse, it comes with built-in support for just about any plugin that works with Eclipse which makes Adobe's move to go to with an Eclipse based IDE a smart one.
This tutorial assumes that you already have subversion installed on a server somewhere, or on your local machine.
Flex Builder 3
You'll of course need Flex Builder 3 if you don't already have it. What is Flex Builder, you say? No wait, what is flex?! Adobe puts it best:
Flex is a highly productive, free open source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems. While Flex applications can be built using only the free Flex SDK, developers can use Adobe® Flex® Builder™ 3 software to dramatically accelerate development.
If you don't want to plop down the 250 bucks or so but want to see what all the talk is about, you can get a free trial here. The free trial is the full version and lasts for 60 days, so you'll have all the functionality of a purchased version - you can even add plugins, etc, which is what we'll be doing here shortly.
Follow the instructions on the installation pageto get Flex Builder 3 installed.
Subversive
For the purposes of this tutorial, we'll be using the Subversive plugin for Eclipse. Here's the Subversive home page, but don't worry about installing it manually - we're going to use the built-in eclipse plugin manager to install Subversive. Make sure and read all you care to about it though if you're new to the plugin.
I'm using the following update site link:
Copy and paste this into you Flex Builder 3 app via the help menu -> Software Updates -> Find and install:
Next, choose 'Search for new features to install' and click the 'New Remote Site' button on the right:
Then finally enter in a name for the plugin, 'Subversive' and the URL of the update site above:
Click through the next few prompts and wait for it to install. Voila! You now have subversive access straight from your Flex Builder 3 IDE. This has proved to be incredibly useful for project and code management.
Oh, and another popular plugin that some people prefer with Ecplipse is Subeclipse, but from experience I've had less trouble working with Subversive.
