Refer to the featured tutorials and videos on this page to understand how Flex 4 and Flash Builder 4 work together to help you build enterprise-class rich Internet applications.

Overview

Get started with Flex and Spring
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SpringSource and Adobe are collaborating to make it easy for Java developers to create enterprise-class rich Internet applications (RIAs) using Adobe Flex software and Adobe Data Services software, a cornerstone of the Adobe Flash Platform, and Spring, the de facto standard for enterprise Java.

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Learn about Spring powered Flex applications

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Build a Flex and Java app with Spring and BlazeDS

Get more help with Spring and Flex integration

Get started with Flex and Java using any J2EE server

Discover how the new datacentric development features in Flash Builder 4 and Flex 4 help speed rich Internet application development.

Take a test drive

  1. Connect to data
  2. Modify the database
  3. Test and debug your code
  4. Deploy your application

Build a Flex and Java application

  1. Introducing to Flex 4 and Java integration
  2. Connecting to a BlazeDS Remoting destination
  3. Using web services with data-centric development

More about Flex and Java

  1. Flex and Java differences: getters and setters
  2. Accessing EJBs in Flex with Oracle WebLogic and BlazeDS
  3. Building a data driven Flex and Java application with WebORB for Java

Integrating Flex 3 and Java

Getting started

  1. Wiki: Getting started primer for Flex and Java
  2. Part 1: Java EE and Flex: A compelling combination
  3. Part 1: ActionScript for Java developers
  4. Part 2: ActionScript for Java developers

Beyond the basics

  1. Video: Get up to speed on Flex messaging service
  2. Tutorial: Integrating a simple Flex application with Grails
  3. Tutorial: Creating components and enforcing separation of concerns with Flex
  4. Tutorial: Building web service clients with Flex Builder 3
  5. Cookbook: Building Flex applications with JSPs
  6. Tutorial: Dependency injection with Flex
  7. Tutorial: Uploading a file with Flex and Java
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