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Now Adobe has shipped Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4. This is a significant release with lots of new features and we are all proud of it. I'd like to take a minute to help you get started with the documentation and other learning resources. You should start by reading the introductions from our Product Managers: Deepa Subramaniam's intro to Flex 4 Andrew Shorten's intro to Flash Builder 4 Also, if you are a Flex 3 customer, you should read Joan Lafferty's Differences between Flex 3 SDK and Flex 4 SDK article. We've provided a rich set of content for Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4: Using Adobe Flex 4 (PDF) – Flex SDK and Framework usage content. This book combines the Flex Developer's Guide, Creating and Extending Flex Components, and Building and Deploying Flex Applications. Using Adobe Flash Builder 4 ( (PDF) ) – Flash Builder usage content Adobe Flex 4 Tutorials (PDF) – Tutorials to help you get started with Flash Builder 4 data-centric development featur

Powerful coding tools 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 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 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 Create data dashboards and interactive data analysis by simply dragging and dropping a chart type and linking it to a data source using the Fle

It is with great pleasure that Adobe introduce to us the next release of the Flex SDK, code-named Hero . The Hero release has three main themes: Multi-Screen Development: Allow developers to build applications that target the web, desktop or mobile devices using a single unified framework. Spark Maturation: Polish and grow the Spark architecture by adding new Spark components and capabilities. Large-Application Development: Support developers building large applications by improving fundamental Flex infrastructure pieces. What's even more exciting is that these three themes are being satisfied by taking advantage of new features in the next generation Flash Player and AIR runtimes. As those runtimes become publicly available, you will be able to download Hero builds and exercise in-development Hero features in order to learn and provide feedback. To read more on check it out.. http://blogs.adobe.com/flex/archives/2010/06/introducinghero.html http://opensource.ado

Desktop Integration Features Native p rocess API Create native installers allowing you to launch and communicate with native processes using standard input and output. Using the native process API, communicate with native libraries built using Java™ and .NET and native applications such as "grep" for file searching. You can also create operating system–specific installers (native installers). Applications that use the native process API must be deployed using a native installer. Native document handlers to open documents Open documents in popular file formats like PDF, PSD, DOC, PPT, and MP3 using the native application associated with that file. For example, opening an MP3 file will launch iTunes on systems where iTunes is the default application for MP3 files. Local microphone API Record audio locally on your device without the need for a server. UDP networking support Take advantage of runtime support for the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) to build time-sensit