Flex 4.x Release

About Flex 4 Release

Adobe Flex 4 was code named Gumbo. This version will focus on improving workflow between developers and designers, and will also include an improved component framework model to decouple the visual design of your Flex applications from the underlying code.

What's new in Flash Builder 4 beta | Adobe Developer Connection

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About Apache Flex & its Roadmap

About Apache Flex 

First public release of Apache Flex is Apache Flex 4.8.0. The initial Apache Flex release would be a "Parity" release. That means no new improvements, features or bug fixes will be in this release, the goal would be to try to match Adobe Flex 4.6. Some features in case dependent on features not donated by Adobe to Apache may be missing or may require separate installation.

Apache Flex Road-map

Apache Flex road-map is available at: https://cwiki.apache.org/FLEX/roadmap.html
the Flash Platform Road Map - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplatform/whitepapers/roadmap.html

Apache Flex Home page 

http://incubator.apache.org/flex - contains information about how to checkout the code and submit patches to Apache Flex SDK development.

Apache Flex Mailing Lists

http://incubator.apache.org/flex/mailing-lists.html

References

• UI Flex Components: Tested! Supported! Ready! - http://www.flextras.com?c=104
• Podcasts on Flex - http://www.theflexshow.com

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.

Let's Install & Test Apache Flex 4.8.0 SDK in Flash Builder

Below are the list of important resources which would help you getting started with Aparche Flex 4.8.0

Announcement: Release of Apache Flex 4.8.0 

http://lnkd.in/Vvu4_E

Apache Flex Installer

http://flex.apache.org/installer.html - The Apache Flex SDK Installer simplifies the download and installation of the latest Apache Flex SDK and its components onto your computer for anyone who might not be familiar with compiling from source code but wants to use the latest release of the Apache Flex SDK and prepares your favorite IDE such as Adobe Flash Builder or JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA by downloading its binary distribution from apache.org or its mirrors, and install it . 

Blog on "How to install Apache Flex 4.8.0 in Flash Builder"

http://lucamezzalira.com/2012/07/24/how-to-install-flex-4-8-0-sdk-in-flash-

builder/

Install Apache Flex

http://people.apache.org/~bigosmallm/installapacheflex/

Did you got it running.. please share your experience by commenting on this blog.

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Developing Applications for the Samsung Smart TV

The video below provides an introduction to the Samsung Smart TV platform and shows how to make AIR for TV applications for Samsung Smart TV and how to deploy to Samsung Smart TV.

 

Softwares Required 

• Adobe AIR for TV 2.5 for 2011 Samsung Smart TV models, 
• Samsung TV application software development kit (SDK) 

Reference

Flash Platform for TV

Mustella - a framework for automated testing of Flex SDK

Mustella is a Flex based test framework that allows testers to automate manual tests with explicit control over mouse positions and frame intervals. Tests written with Mustella has better understandability since it makes use of MXML.


Details of Mustella framework could be found at Mustella wiki page (currently under construction).

Build an SAP backend Flex Application using LCD Services

SAP Headquarters, Building 1 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This video demonstrates how to build Adobe Flex applications that fetches information from SAP R/3 backend system using the new feature of Flash Builder and a new SAP Connector component in Adobe LifeCycle Data Services.

 
try this feature and share your feedback if you find this information useful.

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