Flex

An Introduction to
Rich Internet Applications
with Adobe Flex 3
Creating Cross-Platform Apps
for the Browser and Desktop
ActionScript
 Scripting language
 Based off of JavaScript
 Syntactically similar to C++
 Focus on web-development with
Adobe Flash
 Developed by Macromedia
 Owned by Adobe (2005)
ActionScript
 1.0: Loose typing, similar to Python
• var x = 4;
 2.0: Static typing, like Java, C++
• var x:int = 4;
Adobe Flex
 Standalone or part of Eclipse SDK
 Integrates ActionScript and MXML
• <mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
private var a:String = “Hello World”;
]]>
</mx:Script>
Flex Builder
 IDE built on Eclipse
• code completion
• code hinting
• design mode
Flex Framework
 Combining MXML and Actionscript
MXML
ActionScript
FLEX
Case Study: BingBuilder
 Requirements
• Visual schedule builder
• External data accessibility and
writeability

Related Products
 Adobe AIR
• cross-operating system
runtime
• combines HTML, Ajax,
Adobe Flash, and Flex
technologies
• deploys RIAs on the
desktop
• build applications and
easily deliver a single
application installer
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