Flash pro CS55 vs. Flash Builder 45

Dear Adobe Community,
I have been a Flash Pro (AS3) programmer for some time, but since the advent of Adobe Air for Android and iOS this year, I've been seen increasing momentum in the use of Flex and Flash Builder 4.5. For both Adobe moderators/experts as well as community members, what in your opinion and experience, are the advantages of staying with Flash Pro to develop mobile apps vs. using Flash Builder 4.5?
thank you for your advice,
Alex

What Jon says about using Flash Pro for minor AS classes and also avoiding timeline scripting isn't correct. I mean, it is correct if you are of a mindset that is more on the lines of Eclipse code editing, but there are other ways of working with Flash. It is possible to have very complex AS projects, and also it's possible to do impressively complex things with only timeline code. You can even do that in organized ways!
My general approach is that if I have to work with colleagues, or it's a job requirement to work with classes (like, there's going to be a code review by the client), or I am reusing a previous project's classes, then I'll do it as external packages. If I have to do something really quickly, or if it's a proof of concept, I'll do timeline code. Sometimes I will completely work out a technique using timeline code, and then incorporate the code into a class file to use with the main project.
I made the "select your own seat" application for Carnegie Hall site, almost entirely with timeline code (there is one place where I needed to share some code amongst nine FLAs, so for that I used #include of an external non-class AS file). I also made the MiXit apps on cartoonnetwork.com, and it has around 50 external AS class files, but also quite a bit of timeline layout and animation.
I just like how Flash Pro lets you work with graphical things and the code that drives them, all in one environment.

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