WHAT IS FLEX?

Adobe® Flex® is a free, open-source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems. Flex is licensed under the open-source MPL license.

Adobe Flex Builder™ is an Eclipse™ based development tool that accelerates Flex development and includes capabilities for deploying rich Internet applications (RIAs) on Adobe AIR™.




EXTEND YOUR WEB APPS TO THE DESKTOP.

To add even more functionality to your Flex web applications, try Adobe AIR. Adobe AIR software lets you extend your RIAs to the desktop easily and quickly, using your existing tools and skills.

Visti the Adobe AIR Showcase to see how companies like eBay, Nickelodeon, and salesforce.com are using Adobe AIR.

 ADOBE SUPPORTS JAVAONE IN A BIG WAY.

JavaOne will take place May 6–9 in San Francisco.

Join us there to see the following Flex-related presentations:

Stephan Janssen from the Belgium Java User Group will host a BOF titled "Parleys.com: An Adobe Flex/AIR and JavaFX™ Case Study" on Wednesdsay, May 7 from 7:30–8:20 p.m.

Chet Haase and Romain Guy from Google will present "Filthy Rich Clients: Filthier, Richer, Clientier" on Thurday, May 8 from 4:10–5:10 p.m.

Tony Constantinides will present a technical session titled "Rich Internet Applications with Adobe Flex and Java Technology" on Friday, May 9 from 2:50–3:50 p.m.

We'll also host an evening event on Wednesday, May 7

Join Chet Haase and James Ward for a special evening event on Wednesday starting at 5 p.m. in the Metreon Theatre, followed by a reception at Jillian's Bar, next door to JavaOne, starting at 6:30 p.m. with complimentary food and beverages. Pick up a pass for this event from the Adobe booth (#1212) at JavaOne on Tuesday or Wednesday.
FLEX IN ACTION.

Take a look at this sample Flex application that connects to Flickr's web service to let you search for photos.

Type in your search term to see it in action.

With Flex applications, you can publish the source code to your apps. Right click on the application and select "View Source" to view how it was built.

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