Do I have to use Flash Builder?

Hello,
I am a newbie. Do I have to buy Flash Builder to create mobile applications? I successfully used Flex a while ago without Flash Builder (just emacs and Flex compiler) to make SWF files, but I am new to mobile development and I am not sure if I can package my Flex apps for, say, iOS, etc by just using the Flex tools.
Thanks
Konstantin

1. It appears as though the current plan is for that backend stuff to be done in Flash Builder (formerly known as Flex). This is because Catalyst is intended to be a designer-specific tool, and the designer does not always know the code. Instead the designer sets up the states, and gets it ready, and the developer connects the dots.
2. Hopefully they will get round-tripping to Builder in by the first full release. At the current time, once the FXP is opened in Builder, there is no way to bring it back to Catalyst. on that workflow
Personally, the more I think about it, the more I see Catalyst being integrated into Builder, as a Designer-oriented Front-end.
Also, why do they allow you to see the code in Catalyst if you can't do anything with it....? If you want to fully break off from the Developer-side of things, you should show no part of it. And, don't show the code without allowing us to change it!
Sorry, took off on a (short) rant that would be better served in its own thread.

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