05-22-2012, 05:13 AM
It's free and there are other means to create graphics (compare it to C++ etc where you don't make your graphics within the IDE, but with an external program).
"Best" is most likely Adobe Flash Pro (disregarding personal preferences, of course), but it costs a few hundred dollars and before you go and pirate it, use Flex and something like aforementioned FlashDevelop (which packs a ton of neat features). Either way, Adobe has set up a great online documentation on ActionScript 3.0, amazingly helpful :-)
"Best" is most likely Adobe Flash Pro (disregarding personal preferences, of course), but it costs a few hundred dollars and before you go and pirate it, use Flex and something like aforementioned FlashDevelop (which packs a ton of neat features). Either way, Adobe has set up a great online documentation on ActionScript 3.0, amazingly helpful :-)