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Components
Get started with components
- Get oriented to Flex and RIAs.
- Download Flex.
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- Download the free Flex SDK to build and debug Flex applications.
- Download and try Flex Builder, an Eclipse-based IDE that provides a rich set of tools to speed app creation.
- Read the components primer.
- Code your first components.
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- From the Flex Getting Started Experience: Build a simple RIA.
- Flex Quick Start: Building components in MXML
- Flex Quick Start: Building components in ActionScript
- Build on your knowledge.
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- Visit the Flex Getting Started Experience on learn.adobe.com.
- Get inspired: Go to the Flex showcase to see what other developers are building with Flex. Visit the Flex Component Exchange and the Flex community portal for components.
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Featured articles
Get the ILOG Elixir components for Adobe AIR and Flex
ILOG Elixir (July 7, 2008)
Turn raw data into clear, actionable information through a highly graphical and interactive user experience.
ILOG Elixir: Your remedy for vibrant data visualization
Julian Payne (May 27, 2008)
Add advanced data visualization displays that go far beyond standard controls and charts.
Using Flash media components to play video in Flex projects
Serge Jespers (May 12, 2008)
Create a Flex component in Flash and make it work in Flex.
Flex data visualization
Sunil Bannur (May 5, 2008)
Use the data visualization library to create powerful, interactive apps.
Building a simple dashboard using Flex 3 with ILOG Elixir
Matt Wicks (Mar. 10, 2008)
Use Flex, Adobe AIR, and web services to create a 3D map that displays geographical population statistics.
Create customer Flex components using Flash CS3
Glenn Ruehle (Feb. 25, 2008)
See Flex framework engineer Glenn Ruehle demonstrate how to use the Flex component kit for Flash CS3 to create custom Flex components and utilize states and transitions.
Exploring a unified component workflow between Flex and Flash
R Blank (Feb. 4, 2008)
Learn from this embeddable video player project how to build Flash applications that you can also use as Flash or Flex components.
Building a simple interaction between Flex and JavaScript using the ExternalInterface API
Charlie Key (Dec. 10, 2007)
Create multiple component web applications and use JavaScript as the glue to hold them together.
Integrating Flex and video
Greg Hamer (Nov. 5, 2007)
Explore options for creating and delivering video to your Flex applications in the browser or in Adobe AIR.
Designing Flex 2 skins with Flash, Photoshop, Fireworks, or Illustrator
Narciso Jaramillo (Updated April 16, 2007)
Design Flex 2 skins with your favorite tools—and gain flexibility and control as you create a unique look for your applications.
Designing Flex applications with Fireworks CS3
Design the look of Flex applications using the new features in Fireworks CS3.
Exploring Flex 2 integration with Fireworks CS3
Check out a brand new export option allowing you to generate Flex MXML pages directly from your Fireworks CS3 layouts.
Adobe Flex 2: Training from the Source
Using project-based tutorials, this book/CD volume is designed to teach the techniques needed to create sophisticated, professional-level projects with Flex.
Integrating Flex Charting 2 and Nitobi Grid with FABridge
Use these technologies together to build a dashboard application that visualizes enterprise data and brings users closer to a desktop experience.
Designing Flex 2 skins with Flash, Photoshop, Fireworks, or Illustrator
Narciso Jaramillo (Updated April 16, 2007)
Design Flex 2 skins with your favorite tools—and gain flexibility and control as you create a unique look for your applications.
Building an image-viewing widget with ActionScript 3.0
Migrate an image viewer app from ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0 to explore the new capabilities of ActionScript 3.0.
Flex 2 Quick Starts
Start using Flex 2 now. Understand basic concepts and learn how to code top tasks.
Using ColdFusion with Flex – Part 1: Creating and running a Contact Manager application
See Flex Data Services synchronize data between tiers and clients. (Updated April 23, 2007)
Using ColdFusion with Flex – Part 4: Creating and running a session tracker
Learn how to use Flex Data Management Services in the Phone Selector sample application.
Creating components and enforcing separation of concerns with Flex
Bill Bejeck (Jan. 7, 2008)
Use the two effective approaches to developing your applications with Flex.
Yahoo! and Flex: Feel good in your own skin
Yahoo! (Dec. 17, 2007)
Match the default Flex component skin to the Yahoo! look and feel in your Flex apps.
Building an icon-checkbox component with Flex 3
Mark Niemann-Ross (Nov. 19, 2007)
Learn how to create multiple icon-only versions of buttons based on check boxes.
Creating Flex components
Bruce Eckel (Sept. 10, 2007)
Use MXML, ActionScript, and the programmed learning practice to create components to simplify the development process.
Creating a custom rich text editor Flex 2 component with Fireworks CS3
Extend the current Flex component library by developing a custom rich symbol that exports MXML from Fireworks CS3.
Programming Flex 2 excerpts: From framework utilities to data integration
Download three chapters from O'Reilly Media's book and gain useful, practical insights into developing components and working with data. (Updated May 7, 2007)
Flex Component Exchange
Check out components from the community and from the Adobe Flex team and customize them for your RIAs.
NoteTag: Anatomy of a Flex mashup
Learn about the architecture, components, and classes behind NoteTag—a proof-of-concept Flex app.
Moving data from ColdFusion CFCs to Flex 2 applications
Use this simple hello world example to get started using Flex and ColdFusion together.
Using ColdFusion with Flex – Part 3: Creating and running a phone selector
Discover basic Flex functionality through the Flex Phone Selector sample application.
LiveDocs: Creating components at runtime
Learn how to dynamically create your components in your application.
ActionScript Technology Center
Get all the latest information about ActionScript 3.0, an important step in the evolution of the capabilities of the Flash Player runtime.
LiveDocs: Creating and extending components
Add more functionality and style to the components that came with your Flex installation.
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