Adobe Edge - A tool for designers to create HTML5 content

English: A bubble graphic overview showing the relations between interaction design and its overlapping disciplines. Deutsch: Eine Übersichtsgrafik, die Interaction Design in Relation zu seinen benachbarten Disziplinen zeigt. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Adobe® Edge is a new web motion and interaction design tool that allows designers to bring animated content to websites, using web standards like HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3.

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Flash Builder 4.7 Beta is now available.. !!

the latest version of Flash Builder is currently in public beta with support for Apache Flex 4.8. The beta is free to all - it will expire when the official version ships. The official version will be a free upgrade for retail 4.5/4.6 customers.

 The Flash Builder team is looking for feedback on support for Apache Flex SDKs
(and how it can be made using Apache Flex easier in Flash Builder).


The URL of the download page is

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashbuilder4-7/

The key highlight of this release is support for Flash Player 11.4 and AIR 3.4, as well as support for the new Apache Flex 4.8 SDK. Other new features include

• New compiler support for ActionScript Projects
• Support for creating ActionScript Workers
• Support for iOS USB deployment, testing & debugging
• Support for iOS simulator

changes from previous release: 

• FB 4.7 no longer includes design view.

Building Web & Mobile Applications for SAP Backend using Adobe Flex, updated

Development

SAP Provides following development tools for Adobe Flex application development:

•SAP Visual Composer (VC)

•SAP Business Objects Xcelsius

Integration

•Adobe Flex applications built on Adobe Flex Builder can be integrated to SAP WebDynpro Java & ABAP using SAP Flash Island technology.

•Adobe Flex applications built on Adobe Flex Builder can be deployed over SAP NetWeaver Web AS Java and could be made available to end users using SAP NetWeaver Portal (formerly Enterprise Portal).

How to connect to sap from mobile using flex ?

With usage of Flex complex business processes are simplified and more interactivity is introduced dealing with display of rich data. Oracle, SAP, Business Objects, and other enterprise software companies are also integrating Flex technology within their enterprise applications.

SAP NetWeaver Gateway technology provides a standard based simple approach to connect devices, environments and platforms to SAP applications & solutions. It enables development of innovative people centric solutions for SAP solutions into new experiences such as: 

• social and collaboration environments, 
• mobile and tablet devices and
• rich internet applications. 

It offers connectivity to SAP R/3 application using any programming language or model without the need for SAP knowledge by leveraging REST services and OData/ATOM protocols.

Adobe® Flash Builder Plugin for SAP NetWeaver Gateway Services enables Flex developers to build web and mobile applications that access SAP data via NetWeaver Gateway Services (NGS). 

The plugin provides features that enable Adobe Flex developers to more easily build web and mobile applications that connect to SAP systems through SAP NetWeaver Gateway. The plugin works within the existing Flash Builder Data Centric Development (DCD) workflow.

Simple wizards allow developers to

1. connect with and browse a Gateway Server’s Service Catalog 
2. generate ActionScript service wrappers and value objects for selected services
3. Flash Builder Data Service Panel and Design View drag-and-drop integration

The new Adobe Flash Builder Plugin for SAP NetWeaver Gateway can be downloaded from the link below: 

Adobe Flash Builder Plug in for NetWeaver Gateway

Read the document below for details about the installation instructions & how to use this plugin.
Getting Started with Adobe Flash Builder Plugin for SAP NetWeaver Gateway Services

Below is the video of how to use Adobe Flash Builder Plugin for SAP NetWeaver Gateway Services

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Introducing Flash Builder 4

Flash Builder is a commercial tool from Adobe focused on developer productivity. It supports the following capabilities.

• Intelligent coding help and templates
• Network monitor
• Interactive, step-through debugger
• Emulation and on-device debugging
• Visual design interfae
• Data access wizards
• Memory and performance profilers
• Automated testing support

Hello World in Flash Builder 4


Introducing Flash Builder 4


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Getting Started With Flex SDK

Flex architecture contains following components:

•Adobe Flex Builder

•Adobe Live Cycle Data Services ES

•Adobe Flex Charting

•Adobe Flex SDK

Flex SDK is a free tool containing the following components:

• Command line compiler
• Debugger

the following link provides step-by-step instructions for creating an Adobe AIR applications using Flex SDK
Creating your first application using Flex SDK

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Getting Inspired & Exploring the possibilities of Adobe Flex, updated

Image via Wikipedia

Now its time to browse some Rich Internet Applications (RIA) built in Adobe Flex.

Rich Internet Applications are web applications that works like full fledged desktop applications.

They can be delivered to the user through a site specific browser either through a plug in or virtual machines.

A site-specific browser (SSB) is a software application that is dedicated to accessing pages from a single source (site) on a computer network such as the Internet or a private intranet. SSBs typically simplify the more complex functions of a web browser by excluding the menus, toolbars and browser chrome associated with functions that are external to the workings of a single site. These applications can be started by using mostly a desktop icon using the favicon.^[1]

Examples of site-specific browser

• Mozilla Prism - https://mozillalabs.com/en-US/prism/ 
• Robin Web Browser - http://raven.io/ 
• Fluid App - http://fluidapp.com/

RIAs let you perform in-line editing, drag and drop items or otherwise interact directly with elements.
Popular browser based RIAs include Flickr, Google Maps, and eBay.

Why Adobe Flex ?

Flex is a highly productive, free open source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems.

Flex applications can be built using Flex SDK or Adobe Flex Builder 3. It is basically a collection of technologies developed by Adobe which can be used for the development of cross platform Rich Internet Applications (RIA).

Flex applications can be delivered on the web via the Flash Player or to the desktop via Adobe AIR

Flex requires server-side technologies like Java, SAP NetWeaver, ASP.NET or PHP to provide it with real-time data.

Adobe Flex is used across broad variety of industries and use cases.

Flex showcase which is a Flex application letting you browse and search for publicly available Flex applications. Many companies are developing Flex RIAs for internal applications.

Feel free to explore different the Flex showcase on your own, this will provides you with good inspiration and great ideas, and will lets you see what Adobe Flex is capable of.

1. Adobe Flex Showcase
2. Adobe AIR Application Showcase

Flex development can be beneficial not only to developers but also to end-users. Due to Flex programming model you can get scalable and reliable solutions. Even these solutions can be re-designed whenever needed. 

Please click the link below to get Tour de Flex application which provides over 600 running samples with source code!

 "Tour de Flex" and "Tour de Flex Mobile" - provides collection of Flex applications showcasing the capabilities of the technology for web/desktop and mobile application development respectively.

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