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Featured articles

Foundation Flex for Designers book excerpts

Foundation Flex for Designers book excerpts by Greg Goralski

Samuel Asher Rivello

Managing application state with Flex 3


Build more powerful and scalable applications with state management.

Mike Morearty

Flex Builder 3 supports multiple SDKs


See Flex engineer Mike Morearty demonstrate how Flex Builder provides support for multiple SDKs.

David Zuckerman

Flex Builder 3 now has refactoring support


See Flex Builder engineer David Zuckerman show how refactoring can save time and make development faster.

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Exploring a unified component workflow between Flex and Flash


Learn from this embeddable video player project how to build Flash applications that you can also use as Flash or Flex components.


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.

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.

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


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

Innovating the Flash CS3 and Flex 3 workflow


Learn to use Flash and Flex side by side to maximize your productivity for Flash application development.

Designing Flex 2 skins with Flash, Photoshop, Fireworks, or Illustrator


Design Flex 2 skins with your favorite tools—and gain flexibility and control as you create a unique look for your applications.

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


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