Getting started with Flex 4, Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder

Posted by on Mar 22, 2010 in ColdFusion, Flash Builder, Flex | Comments Off

I’m pretty sure you will have heard that the Flex 4 SDK, Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder have been released today. If not, check out Andrew Shorten’s blog post on the Flex Team blog.

Andrew Shorten: In the Flex 4 SDK, we’ve implemented a completely new component and skinning architecture (Spark) that supports a level of expressiveness in RIAs not seen previously.

In Flash Builder 4, the team has made it easier than ever to connect to back-end services with a complete set of data centric development features, enabled new design and development workflows with Flash Catalyst and Flash Professional, as well as enhancing the core code development features that are essential to developer productivity.

We also released a completely new IDE for rapidly and efficiently building ColdFusion applications.

ColdFusion Builder is built on Eclipse and is integrated with Flash Builder 4 for fast, easy RIA development. ColdFusion Builder is packed with features and also allows you to easily build your own extensions. RIAForge already has a bunch of these that are ready to go.

When we first introduced ColdFusion Builder to the community, Ben Forta (Mister ColdFusion himself ;-)) wrote an article on how to get started with ColdFusion Builder.

Flex.org got a fresh new look and new/updated content including a new resources page to help you get started. We also launched a new Flex showcase. If you feel that your app belongs in the showcase, make sure you let us know! Tour de Flex has also been updated with new samples.

If you’re new to Flex or just want to update yourself on the new features in the Flex 4 framework and Flash Builder 4, you may want to take the Flex In A Week course. If you just want a quick taste of what Flex is, have a look at the Flex Testdrive.

Adobe’s Devnet and Adobe TV have a ton of new content on how to get started and use Flex 4, Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder. But before you get started, you may want to download the trial versions for Flash Builder 4 and ColdFusion Builder. Quick note: If you already played around with the beta versions, make sure you uninstall those first before installing the release versions!

There… That should keep you busy for a while. ;-) Flash on!

The future of Flash Player, Flex, AIR, Thermo and more

Posted by on Aug 26, 2008 in News | Comments Off

Just last week, Mark Anders did the keynote at 360Flex in San Jose where he talked about the future of the Flash Player, Flex 4, AIR 1.5, Thermo, FXG and much much more. Here’s the video from that keynote. It is quite lengthy but there’s a lot of really good info in it. Via Greg Wilson.