Flash Builder 4.6 & Flex SDK 4.6

Posted by on Dec 7, 2011 in Flash Builder, Flex | 11 comments

Yeah… I know… You probably already know about this and yes… I am a bit late to the party but I promise to return to my normal blogging schedule soon. The last couple of weeks I’ve been mostly occupied with looking for a place to live and when I found it furnishing it and getting everything hooked up and getting all the paperwork done took just about all my time. But back to the topic of this blog post.

Flash Builder 4.6 and Flex SDK 4.6 are available now. The one thing you may have missed is that this is a FREE UPDATE for Flash Builder 4.5 owners! Quick note: The update is not delivered by the update manager so you must download the trial of Flash Builder 4.6 and then you can use your Flash Builder 4.5 serial number to activate. You also must uninstall your previous version of Flash Builder 4.5 or 4.5.1 before installing 4.6.

The biggest new features in the SDK are the new mobile components. For Flash Builder I’d say that the ability of adding native extensions to your AIR apps as well as the ability to compile your apps with captive runtime support are the biggest additions to Flash Builder 4.6. Michael Chaize has a great post describing the new Flex 4.6 components and how to use them. He also talks about the new features in Flash Builder 4.6.

Michael also just released The Game Of Flex. The Game Of Flex is a quiz with 16 questions, and it’s a real game, which means that if you correctly answer all the questions you get a chance to win a copy of Flash Builder 4.6!!!

You should also check out Holly Schinsky’s post on how to use the new MapQuest API in your Flex 4.6 applications. It’s pretty amazing to see how advanced MapQuest has become and how easy it is to implement this in your Flex or Flash applications.

Flash on!

Build iOS applications with Flex and Flash Builder 4.5.1

Posted by on Jun 20, 2011 in Flash Builder, Flex | 6 comments

You already know that you can use Flex 4.5 and Flash Builder 4.5 to build applications for Android and BlackBerry Tablet OS devices. Today we’re releasing an update to Flash Builder that will enable the exact same workflow to build iOS apps. You’ve probably see us demo this a million times already but today it’s here for you to start building your applications!

In this video I’m showing you have easy it is to do this and where to get all the developer and device certificates from.

The coolest thing is that you can now use the exact same code to build apps for Android, BlackBerry Tablet OS and iOS devices in one go! When you’re app is ready you only need to press the release build button to package your application for all these platforms.

“But my application won’t look native, Serge“. Well… I kinda like that. Flex gives you the freedom to make your application look however you want. But if you really need that native iOS feel then check out this Flex theme.

Want to find out more about Flash Builder 4.5? Then don’t forget to sign up for our Developer Week. It starts today and tomorrow I’ll be talking about mobile application development using Flex and Flash Builder 4.5.1.

If you already have Flash Builder 4.5 then go to the HELP menu and select SEARCH FOR FLASH BUILDER UPDATES to download the 4.5.1 update. If you haven’t upgraded to Flash Builder 4.5 yet then try it for 60 days. I guarantee you’ll love it. Oh… And yes… The iOS workflow also works on Windows!

What’s your favorite Flash Builder 4.5 feature?

Posted by on May 3, 2011 in Flash Builder | 5 comments

In case you haven’t heard… Creative Suite 5.5 and Flash Builder 4.5 are now available for purchase and trial versions are also available. There are lots of new features in both Creative Suite 5.5 and Flash Builder 4.5… But what’s your favorite new feature? Record a quick video, submit it to YouTube, tag it with FB45FAVORITE and add the widget to your site and/or social network pages. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite feature!

Video: My favorite new features in Flash Builder 4.5

Posted by on Apr 11, 2011 in adobe, Flash Builder | 4 comments

Today is an exciting day. Adobe announced Creative Suite 5.5 and Flash Builder 4.5!

With Flash Builder 4.5 and the Flex 4.5 framework developers can easily develop and deploy mobile applications to more than 200 million smartphones and tablets by the end of 2011. But that’s not all Flash Builder 4.5 has to offer! In this video I’m showing my favorite new features in Flash Builder 4.5.

Click here for more information on Creative Suite 5.5.
Click here for more information on Flash Builder 4.5.

Flash Builder sneak peek: Mobile application development

Posted by on Apr 7, 2011 in devices, Flash Builder, mobile | 11 comments

I’m sure you all know that Flash Builder will enable you to build applications with Flex and/or ActionScript and then compile them for distribution on the Android Market. An upcoming version of Flash Builder will also enable the same workflow for iOS and BlackBerry Tablet OS applications. You’ll even be able to package these different types of installers in one go.

Flash Builder sneak peek: Designer/developer workflow

Posted by on Apr 5, 2011 in Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst | 4 comments

The Flash Builder team is working on some very cool stuff for an upcoming release of Flash Builder. In this video I’m showing you how an upcoming version of Flash Builder is making it easer to combine the work you do in Flash Catalyst with the code in Flash Builder.

More sneaks soon… So stay tuned ;-)