Flex and Flash Builder Overview

                                  
                                            Flex and Flash Builder Overview



Hello Friends,
                     Today i am going to tell u something about flex framework and Action script.

Flex is the way to make rich Internet applications (RIAs) quickly and easily. 
At its basic level, it’s a framework for creating RIAs based on Flash Player. 
Along with being a framework, Flex is also a new language. At its heart is 
MXML, a markup language based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) 
that makes it really easy and efficient to create applications.
 Flex is a powerful, free, open source application framework that also support mobile applications for iOS, Android™, and BlackBerry® and Tablet OS devices.
Tools and IDES to create Flex application :
  Adobe Flash Builder    : 
                                         It is an enterprise-class Eclipse™ based IDE. Productivity features include on-device debugging and mobile simulators for testing across screen sizes and resolutions.
Adobe Flash Builder is not available freely, it is a licenced software.
For learning, we can use its trial version.
Server Integration

Integrate with all major back ends including Java™, Spring, Hibernate, PHP, Ruby, .NET, Adobe ColdFusion®, and SAP using industry standards such as REST, SOAP, JSON, JMS, and AMF.

Download link for flash Builder 3 :
                      http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flexbuilder3

So firstly download and install your flash builder, then we will start to create flex applications.