Products

Technologies

A–C

D–H

I–Z

Project centers

Developer resources

Community resources

Product documentation

Downloads

Samples

Training and books

Newsletters

Blogs

MXNA (blog aggregator)
Adobe blogs

ADC program

Additional resources

Flex Developer Center

UI design

Get started with UI design

Get oriented to Flex and RIAs.

Download Flex.

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 a primer and an authoritative UI design guide for Flex RIAs.

Getting started primer: Designing a Flex UI layout
An authoritative source on designing Flex RIAs: The Flex Interface Guide (FIG)

Code your first RIA.

From the Flex Getting Started Experience: Build a simple RIA.
Flex Quick Start: Building a simple user interface
Flex Quick Start: Building an advanced user interface

Build on your knowledge.

Visit the Flex Getting Started Experience on learn.adobe.com.
Get inspired: Go to the Flex showcase to see what other developers are designing with Flex.
Subscribe to the RSS feeds from the Flex Developer Center and Flex cookbook to keep up on articles, tutorials, sample apps, and tips.

Featured articles

Foundation Flex for Designers excerpt: Flex with Photoshop and Illustrator

Greg Goralski (July 7, 2008)
Learn how to build skins in Photoshop and skin Flex components in Illustrator using SWF files.

Developer videos by Chet Haase

Developing an image viewer application with Flex and Cairngorm

Sam Williams (Apr. 8, 2008)
Create an animated photo slideshow that displays external XML data and sorts dynamically.

Managing data on the client

Adobe (Mar. 24, 2008)
Use the methods of the ArrayCollection class to filter, sort, and manipulate data in the Flex client application.

Designing Flex 3 skins and styles using Creative Suite 3 and Flex Builder 3

Narciso Jaramillo (Feb. 25, 2008)
Automate the skinning and styling workflow using Flex Builder 3 and CS3

See how modules make faster Flex applications

Tom Lane, Sr. (Feb. 25, 2008)
Watch Tom Lane, Sr. Computer Scientist at Adobe, show how to use modules to segment and speed up your Flex applications.

Flex Interface Guide (FIG)

Adobe (Updated Jan. 14, 2008)
Get guidance on designing rich Internet and rich desktop applications for the Adobe Flex platform.

Developing interfaces for RIAs: Displaying data using the DataGrid control with Flex

Adobe (Nov. 5, 2007)
Learn how to use the DataGrid control to display and customize complex data in rows and columns.

Designing Flex applications with Fireworks CS3

Design the look of Flex applications using the new features in Fireworks CS3.

Put a Flex UI on your application

Bruce Eckel shows you how to create Python XML-RPC services and call them from your Flex/Adobe AIR apps.

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.

Planning for RIA success (PDF, 108K)

Your users' technical knowledge and behavior, RIA design principles, skills and infrastructure of your team, and ongoing support for the app—factor these principles and implement an effective RIA

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.

Managing workflows between designers and developers in Flex projects

Learn what it takes to collaborate with designers in Flex projects to satisfy creative, technical, and business objectives.

How Flex can transform the user experience on the web

Expressiveness, performance, rich media, real-time messaging, and more: New Flex 2 features help you create engaging web apps.

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.

Introducing Adobe Flash Player 9

Learn about improvements to the player that will power the next generation of rich, engaging experiences.

ActionScript 3.0 overview

Learn how advances in this powerful, object-oriented programming language signify an important step in the evolution of the capabilities of the Flash Player runtime.

Tips for learning ActionScript 3.0

Get a head start on ActionScript 3.0 with these tips and common issues you might encounter during development.

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.

Building RIAs from front to back – Part 1: Understanding the approach

Base your apps on the user experience and develop better rich Internet applications from the start.

LiveDocs: ActionScript 3.0 examples

Check out the examples for ActionScript 3.0.

In LiveDocs: Flex 2.0.1 language reference

Check out the general language reference for MXML and ActionScript 3.0 for Flex 2.0.1.

LiveDocs: Programming ActionScript

Read the documentation on programming ActionScript.

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.

Providing XML to controls with E4X

Adobe (Updated Mar. 24, 2008)
Use ECMAScript for XML to manipulate XML data for use with Flex UI controls.

In Labs: Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3

Adobe (April 23, 2007)
The Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3 allows you to create interactive, animated content in Flash, and use it in Flex as a Flex component.

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.

Understanding the changes in the display API in ActionScript 3.0

Take this guided tour through two code samples to learn how the display API differs from ActionScript 2.0 to 3.0.

Video Tutorial: Creating an expressive app using Flex, Hibernate, and XFire

In this screen-capture tutorial, follow along with the video adnd sample app files as renowned Java author Bruce Eckel and Adobe's James Ward pair up to create an expressive application use Adobe Flex, Hibernate, and XFire.

Building RIAs from front to back

Part 1: Understanding the approach
Part 2: Layout beyond the basic container

Flex 2: What's in it for Flash developers?

Michael Koch (July 10, 2006)
With all the buzz surrounding Adobe Flex 2, many Flash developers are wondering "What's in it for me?" Michael Koch has the scoop.

In Labs: Creating ActionScript API documentation for Flex components with ASDoc

Preview this tool for creating great-looking HTML documentation for your MXML and ActionScript code.

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.

In Labs: ActionScript 3.0 Libraries for Flex 2

Build Flex 2 apps with the Flickr API, Mappr API, RSS parser API, search APIs for video and podcasts, and more.

Flash Professional and Flex 2

Mike Chambers introduces Flex 2 to the Flash community—highlighting the more tightly integrated workflow for Flash developers.

Flash Programmers: Build RIAs with Flex Builder 2

Phil Heinz (May 15, 2006)
Learn how to use the Flex IDE for developing cool rich Internet applications based on what you already know from programming ActionScript within Flash.

LiveDocs: ActionScript 3.0 language reference

Use the ActionScript 3.0 language reference manual from documentation.

Flex article archive

A–C

D–H

I–Z