software
adobe flash builder
develop cross-platform rich internet applications
Adobe® Flash® Builder™ 4 (formerly Adobe Flex® Builder™) software is designed to help software developers rapidly develop cross-platform rich Internet applications (RIAs) and content using the open source Flex framework. It includes support for intelligent coding, debugging, and visual design and features powerful testing tools that speed up development and lead to higher performing applications.
premium features
| Network Monitor (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. |
| Powerful testing tools (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 software is also available. |
| Command line build (Premium edition only) |
Use the new command line build capability to automate your build process. |
| Flex unit testing integration (Premium edition only) |
Automate functional testing using the Flex unit testing framework. |
top reasons to invest in Adobe® Flash Builder 4
| 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. |
| 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 Flex Charting library. Use the powerful Advanced Datagrid to enable users to explore complex data. |
| Skinning and styling | 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. |
| Integration with Creative Suite design tools | Import design assets created using Adobe Creative Suite® components such as Adobe Flash Professional, Illustrator®, Photoshop®, or Fireworks®, or import a complete application user interface created using the Adobe Flash Catalyst™ interaction design tool. |
| Advanced data services | Use open source BlazeDS to add binary, high-performance, HTTP-based data transport, or add the Adobe LiveCycle® Data Services ES2 module to add real-time data push and pub/sub messaging. |
| 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. |
| Code refactoring | Quickly navigate through code or restructure it by renaming all references to a class, method, or variable. Flash Builder 4 adds move refactoring. |
| 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. |
| Debugger improvements | Set conditional breakpoints, evaluate expressions, and set watchpoints on variables to halt execution on value change. Use the Expressions view to watch variables selected in the Variables view and to add/evaluate watch expressions. Break out of a loop during a debugging session using run to line. |
top reasons to upgrade to Adobe® Flash Builder 4
| Custom templates | Customize default information contained in new MXML, ActionScript, and CSS files, such as author and date, introductory comments, copyright information, opening and closing tags and attributes, ActionScript declarations, namespace prefixes, and more. |
| ASDoc support | Display comments in MXML and ActionScript editors using ASDoc. |
| Adobe Flash Professional workflow | Import and update custom Flex components using the new workflow between Adobe Flash Professional software and Flash Builder 4. |
| Data-centric application development | Introspect Java, PHP, ColdFusion, REST, and SOAP services and display methods and properties in a tree view in the new Data/Service explorer. Bind methods to UI components using a simple drag-and-drop approach. Display services based on different back-end technologies, all represented in a common, consistent model. Also use services to generate forms for master/detail functionality and to create charts. |
| Integration with Adobe Flash Catalyst | Import Flex Projects (FXPs) created using Adobe Flash Catalyst, saving time and improving the quality of the user experience. FXPs contain functional UI, including MXML, ActionScript, component skins, and graphical assets, enabling developers to focus on core application logic. |
| Flex Theme Browser | Easily browse and import Flex themes and apply them to your project. |
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