Published on
March 22, 2010 in
ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0, ADOBE, FLASH, FLASH BUILDER, FLEX SDK and FRAMEWORKS.
Tags: ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0, Adobe Flash Builder 4, FLASH, flex 4, flex framework, FLEX SDK.
Adobe Flash Builder 4 has been released and with it the Flex 4 framework some of the features listed below:
Powerful coding tools ENHANCED
Develop using a powerful Eclipse™ based IDE that includes editors for MXML, the ActionScript® language, and CSS, as well as syntax coloring, statement completion, code collapse, interactive step-through debugging, and automatic generation of common code.
Rich visual layout ENHANCED
Visually design and preview user interface layout, appearance, and behavior using a rich library of built-in components. Extend the built-in Flex framework components or create new ones as needed. Import functional application UI created using the Adobe Flash Catalyst™ interaction design tool.
Data-centric development NEW
Introspect Java™, PHP, Adobe ColdFusion®, REST, and SOAP services to display methods and properties in the new Data/Service Explorer. Bind methods to UI components using a simple drag-and-drop approach.
Interactive data visualization ENHANCED
Create data dashboards and interactive data analysis by simply dragging and dropping a chart type and linking it to a data source using the Flex Charting library. Use the powerful Advanced Datagrid to enable users to explore complex data.
Skinning and styling ENHANCED
Customize the appearance of an application using CSS and graphical property editors. Quickly set the most commonly used properties and preview the results in Design View. Browse available themes and apply them to your project using the new Theme Browser.
Integration with Adobe Creative Suite design toolsENHANCED
Import design assets created using Adobe Flash Professional, Illustrator®, Photoshop®, or Fireworks® software, or import a complete application user interface created using Flash Catalyst. A new workflow between Flash Professional and Flash Builder facilitates importing and updating custom Flex components.
Native support for Adobe AIR
Create applications for the Adobe AIR® runtime with Flash Builder 4, including all the tools required to build, debug, package, and sign AIR applications. Adobe AIR lets you quickly develop RIAs for the desktop using the same skills and codebase you use to build RIAs for the browser.
Code refactoring ENHANCED
Quickly navigate through code or restructure it by renaming all references to a class, method, or variable. Flash Builder 4 adds move refactoring.
Powerful testing tools ENHANCED (Premium edition only)
Accelerate application performance using memory and performance profilers that monitor and analyze memory consumption and CPU cycles. Support for automated functional testing tools such as HP QuickTest Professional is also available.
Network Monitor NEW (Premium edition only)
Generate a detailed audit trail of all data passed between the local Flex application and the back end, assisting with debugging and performance tuning.
Advanced data services ENHANCED
Use open source BlazeDS to add binary, high-performance, HTTP-based data transport, or add the Adobe LiveCycle® Data Services ES2 module for real-time data push and pub/sub messaging.
Command line build NEW (Premium edition only)
Use the new command line build capability to automate your build process.
Flex unit testing integration NEW (Premium edition only)
Automate functional testing using the Flex unit testing framework.
ASDoc support NEW
Display comments in MXML and ActionScript editors using ASDoc.
More info at :
Adobe’s official Flash Builder 4 Product Page
The Official Flex Team Blog post
Published on
May 16, 2009 in
FLASH, FLASH BUILDER, FLASH PLATFORM, FLASH PLAYER, FLEX IDE, FLEX SDK, FRAMEWORKS and SDK.
Tags: Adobe Flash, Adobe Flash Builder, Adobe Flex, Adobe Flex Builder, FLEX SDK, Integrated development environment, SWF.
So it finally happened the IDE(Integrated development environment) known till now as Flex Builder it going to be renamed as Flash Builder , why ? To me it’s easy It makes a lot more sense, yes you can use the Flex Framework and yes you can use also build AIR apps and ActionScript 3.0 projects but at the end the result its the same your project gets compiled as an .swf file , so maybe this rename of the IDE should have happened earlier, it would have evited some confusion. This means that the Flex Framework it’s going to be renamed ? apparently no the flex framework stills and the Flex SDK stills the same but who better to explain it than Lee Brimelow and Duane “Chaos” Nickull check out their posts on the subject.
Hope this is the first step towards the process of integrating the Flash tools and not just renaming them. I haven’t used Flash IDE coding panel since who knows when, hope the Flash Builder and the Flash Professional IDES one day get along real well.
UPDATES:
Serge Jespers (Adobe Platform Evangelist ) explains in a little more detail why the renaming of Flex Builder to Flash Builder.
Keith Peters thoughts on Flash Builder
Ryan Stewart post Flex Builder “Gumbo” is Being Renamed Flash Builder
Lee Brimelow’s Flash Builder rebrand FAQ
Peter Elst Flex Builder gets rebranded to Flash Builder
Mihai Corlan (Adobe Platform Evangelist ) About the rebranding of Flex Builder into Flash Builder
Chuck Freedman The FlashFlex name game.
Gumbo is the code name of the next version of Adobe Flex and new information about it has been made available on the Gumbo Page of the Flex Open Source site.
Some of the highlights on the next version of Flex include the following:
Themes of the Release
Design in mind
A framework for continuous and easier collaboration between designer and developer.
Developer Productivity
Improve compiler perfomance and add productivity enhancements.
Framework evolution.
Take advantage of the new Flash Player capabilities and add features required by common use-cases.
Ely Greenfield gives us a demo on designer and developer workflow.
And Matt Chotin provides a recorded preso outlining the plans for the next version of the Flex SDK (Gumbo).
Some of the things that Matt says on his preso are quite promising a new namespace added (MXML 2009) to the MXML language to support more toolability and make it easier to describe experience-oriented features such as states and transitions.
A new format that promotes the features available in the Flash Player and is usable by tools to describe various graphic assets, including skins (FXG) this format is already in use by the Fireworks CS4 Beta.
Component and skinning architecture for easy tool participation.
Improved existing experience-oriented features such as states, effects, and layout.
A final release it’s aimed to the second half of 2009.
Bidirectional layouts (mirroring) and text support.
New Video component.
And he also mentions that a new initiative is forming to build a ground-up lightweight/scalable framework for developing at other devices such as mobile phones but it’s a long term aimed to be released at the first half of 2010.
Here’s the link to Mike’s preso
Here’s a link to Gumbo’s White Paper: An Introduction to the Gumbo Component Architecture
Keep an eye on Gumbo’s Downloads page on Adobe’s Open Source site for releases of Gumbos Milestones.
Published on
February 25, 2008 in
ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0, AIR and FLEX IDE.
Tags: ACTIONSCRIPT 3.0, ADOBE, AIR, AIR 1, FLASH, Flex, Flex 3, FLEX IDE, FLEX SDK.
That’s it the new version of Adobe Flex is here and with it the new AIR 1 runtime, for details visit Mike Potter’s post. Congrats to all the people involved in this release Adobe is really pushing its open source side by making the Flex compilers source available.
Be sure to check Flex SDK page on Adobe Open Source and the product pages of Flex 3 and AIR 1.
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