Adobe Flex Builder
Downloads While Flex applications can be built using only the free Flex SDK, developers can use Adobe Flex Builder 3 software to dramatically accelerate development. Flex is a highly productive, free open source framework for building and maintaining...
[February 25, 2008, 7:00]
Adobe launches rich web-development tools
News Flex Builder 3 integrates with Adobe Creative Suite 3 software and includes new testing tools, including memory and performance profilers and support for automated functional testing: all factors that should arguably speed up development and lead...
[February 25, 2008, 11:03]
Adobe puts its muscle behind Apollo
News Developers can write Apollo applications using Flex Builder, Adobe's development tool for writing Flash applications. Adobe on Tuesday introduced a preview version of Flex Builder for Macintosh, which is available as a separate product or a plug-in...
[October 26, 2006, 11:30]
Macromedia extends Flex
News The new Flex Builder package is a set of design and development tools intended to help developers quickly build applications in Flex, which has largely been used to create slick interfaces for Web applications.
[August 23, 2004, 8:35]
Adobe offers Flash Catalyst for testing
News The software maker also made available the open-source Flex 4 framework that underpins Flash Builder 4, which was previously known as Flex Builder. Adobe said it rebranded Flex Builder to more clearly align the Eclipse-based development tool with...
[June 1, 2009, 16:42]
Adobe Flash Player 10 Administration Guide
White Papers This content can be created by Adobe Flash Professional, Adobe Flex Builder, or other tools that output the SWF file format. Flash Player is the software that allows computers to play multimedia content contained in SWF (pronounced "Swiff ") files...
[May 29, 2009, 1:19]
Adobe plans to open-source Flex
News It plans to continue to sell Flex Builder, an Eclipse-based development tool, and Flex Data Services, server software for accessing corporate databases. Adobe Systems plans to open-source Flex, its development framework for building Flash and...
[April 26, 2007, 10:12]
Macromedia Flex: The Presentation Tier Solution for Delivering Enterprise Rich Internet Applications
White Papers This white paper provides an overview of Macromedia Flex, and Macromedia's Integrated Development Environment for Flex applications, Macromedia Flex Builder. Macromedia Flex is a new server product from Macromedia that makes the full power of Rich...
[December 24, 2004, 2:00]
Adobe releases Flash and Flex upgrades
News Flex Builder 2, a commercial tool based on the Eclipse open-source framework, costs £345 per developer. Adobe Systems on Wednesday plans to release upgrades to its Flash Player software and Flex development tool for building Web applications.
[June 28, 2006, 10:00]
Accelerating the performance validation of AJAX and Flex applications (podcast)
White Papers How to use the Flex Builder performance profiler to identify problem code Today's Web client environments are getting more complex to test as you need to capture information not just from simple HTTP-based pages but also from rich Internet...
[November 19, 2009, 7:05]
Beer Hunter: Even More Fun as a Flex RIA
White Papers The combination of Ruby and Flex allowed Pathfinder to design and develop this application in a little over a month. Andrews Distributing is the nation's leading beverage brand builder. Andrews came to Pathfinder Development to enhance their...
[March 10, 2009, 0:21]
Adobe brings AIR to the Linux Foundation
News As part of the AIR-on-Linux release, Adobe is making an update to the alpha version of its Flex Builder framework for Linux. It has open-sourced development tools, including its Flex development framework, and contributed a scripting engine to the...
[March 31, 2008, 16:51]
Adobe open sources BlazeDS
News On the other hand, Flash Player and Flex Builder, the integrated development environment (IDE) used to build Flex applications, remain proprietary. LiveCycle ES, combining PDF technology and the Flex flash-based developer tools, is aimed at...
[December 17, 2007, 9:34]
Macromedia to Flex new Flash server muscles
News Macromedia is set to announce an update on Monday to Flex, the company's server software for adding interfaces to Web applications. Version 1.5 of Flex, set for release in November, will include an expanded menu of components for creating custom...
[October 18, 2004, 11:45]
Acrobat 9 Pro Extended: a first look review
Reviews Developers can tweak layouts with Flex Builder 3 or Flash CS3. Adobe's Acrobat 9 document-creation software is adding dynamic features such as animation integration, dynamic maps, 256-bit encryption and improved forms.
[June 13, 2008, 8:47]
Acrobat 9 review
Reviews And developers can tweak layouts with Flex Builder 3 or Flash CS3. Among the many new, dynamic features to justify a business purchase of Acrobat 9 include dynamic maps, enhanced 256-bit encryption and improved forms.
[June 26, 2008, 11:08]
Adobe begins public testing of ColdFusion 9
News The new version of ColdFusion is better integrated with Adobe's Flash platform, building on the introduction of support for Adobe technologies such as Flex and PDF in ColdFusion 8, Adobe said. Adobe has released a public beta-test version of its...
[July 13, 2009, 16:07]
Macromedia aligns with Eclipse
News Against heated competition by everything from existing Web technologies to Microsoft's long-delayed new operating system, code-named Longhorn, Macromedia has claimed some success with the adoption by more than 300 enterprises of its Flex...
[June 6, 2005, 11:05]
Developers' mixed reaction to Macromedia takeover
News I'm concerned about all the smaller Macromedia developments that have come up through the past couple years — Flex, Breeze, Contribute, FlashPaper," wrote one discussion group participant. Adobe's proposed acquisition of Macromedia took software...
[April 19, 2005, 9:50]
