Adobe Flash Builder - an integrated development environment for creating cross-platform rich Internet applications. With Flash Builder create applications that use the infrastructure Adobe Flex, MXML, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe AIR, ActionScript 3.0, Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES and the components of Adobe Flex Charting. Also included are tools for testing, debugging and profiling, which ensure the performance and efficiency. Adobe Flash Builder has a multilingual interface with support for Russian language.

Adobe Flash Builder - is more of a design tool, but focused on the creation of RIA-based applications the internal language of Flex. In fact, it is a further development of Flex Builder. The new version has a completely new IDE, enhances the usability of the basic functionality, as well as databases. One of the most interesting features of novelty is the automatic processing of many types of data that increases the speed of application development.

Development Environment Flash Builder 4 includes a platform Flex 4 is now available under open source. In addition, support is provided for the new technology Adobe Flash Catalyst for accelerated development of user interfaces, regardless of the development of server-side applications. Ready-made user interfaces can be connected to a variety of server platforms, including PHP, Java, Adobe LiveCycle, and have already referred to ColdFusion. Support for web services both main types - REST and SOAP - enables a new development environment to perform the most demanding developers.

Regarding the development of Web applications based on popular technology ColdFusion, Adobe has prepared a real surprise for those who can not pick up a modern and powerful tool. Especially for developers who do not have enough possibilities for the package Dreamweaver, released a special development environment ColdFusion Builder, which is available both as a standalone product and as part of Premium-edition package Flash Builder 4. ColdFusion Builder development environment is based on the popular open source platform Eclipse and is a professional tool, created in response to numerous requests from users, with support for all the latest technology.

Another important announcement was the announcement of the launch of a service called Flash Platform Social Service. This service allows developers to effortlessly connect their Flash-applications to social networks without having to write separate code for each integration of the network. The new service offers developers a universal programming interface API, which can be used in applications of technology-based Flash and Flex. New API abstracts developers from the specific API interfaces for each target platform, and offers a set of widgets that work in the mode of «plug and play», - these widgets can be used in applications for implementation of the most common functions and analytical tools to work with a specific site.

Real benefit from the integration of Flash-applications with social networks is expected in the propagation of technology Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.0 on each PC and on most mobile platforms. When these technologies are more widespread application would be to create a desktop platform for web and mobile devices using the same tools - Flash, Flex and associated development environments. Before the ubiquitous Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.0 is a real benefit from the integration of Flash-applications from social networking sites is questionable.

Options Flash Builder 4:
"Creating a Flex project with the support of Adobe ColdFusion and Adobe LiveCycle Data Services
"Creating applications that provide access to remote data services
"Writing and editing the application source code using editors
"Creating an ActionScript function in the MXML code or in separate files
"Creating custom components and easily access them
"Project Management applications with multiple functions, provided the basic environment IDE Eclipse
"Creating applications in different ways by using built-builders
"Running applications in a web-browser or the standalone Flash Player
"Debugging Flash Builder program with integrated debugging facilities
"The publication of the application source code to provide users and other developers
"Creating a project library enables you to create a common library of components
"Appearance of an integrated development environment (IDE)

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