Adobe Flex Builder
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Adobe Flash Builder is an integrated development environment
(IDE) built on the Eclipse
platform that speeds development of rich Internet application
s (RIAs) and cross-platform
desktop applications, particularly for the Adobe Flash
platform. Adobe Flash Builder 4 is available in three editions: Standard, Premium and Educational. The package is available free of charge for non-commercial use by students and unemployed developers.
Adobe Flash Builder offers built-in code editors for MXML
and ActionScript
and a WYSIWYG
editor for modifying MXML applications. Adobe Flash Builder includes an interactive debugger
allowing developers to step through code execution while inspecting variables and watching expressions. Flex Builder 3 added support for performance analysis
. The profiling view displays statistical information about memory use in addition to function call execution time.
Prior to version 4, this product was known as Flex Builder. The name change is meant to signify its connection to other products in the Adobe Flash
Platform and to create a clear distinction between the Flex SDK
and the IDE.
Integrated development environment
An integrated development environment is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to computer programmers for software development...
(IDE) built on the Eclipse
Eclipse (software)
Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment and an extensible plug-in system...
platform that speeds development of rich Internet application
Rich Internet application
A Rich Internet Application is a Web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop application software, typically delivered either by way of a site-specific browser, via a browser plug-in, independent sandboxes, extensive use of JavaScript, or virtual machines...
s (RIAs) and cross-platform
Cross-platform
In computing, cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platforms...
desktop applications, particularly for the Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
platform. Adobe Flash Builder 4 is available in three editions: Standard, Premium and Educational. The package is available free of charge for non-commercial use by students and unemployed developers.
Adobe Flash Builder offers built-in code editors for MXML
MXML
MXML is an XML-based user interface markup language first introduced by Macromedia in March 2004. Application developers use MXML in combination with ActionScript to develop rich Internet applications, with products such as Adobe Flex....
and ActionScript
ActionScript
ActionScript is an object-oriented language originally developed by Macromedia Inc. . It is a dialect of ECMAScript , and is used primarily for the development of websites and software targeting the Adobe Flash Player platform, used on Web pages in the form of...
and a WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
editor for modifying MXML applications. Adobe Flash Builder includes an interactive debugger
Debugger
A debugger or debugging tool is a computer program that is used to test and debug other programs . The code to be examined might alternatively be running on an instruction set simulator , a technique that allows great power in its ability to halt when specific conditions are encountered but which...
allowing developers to step through code execution while inspecting variables and watching expressions. Flex Builder 3 added support for performance analysis
Performance analysis
In software engineering, profiling is a form of dynamic program analysis that measures, for example, the usage of memory, the usage of particular instructions, or frequency and duration of function calls...
. The profiling view displays statistical information about memory use in addition to function call execution time.
Prior to version 4, this product was known as Flex Builder. The name change is meant to signify its connection to other products in the Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...
Platform and to create a clear distinction between the Flex SDK
Adobe Flex
Adobe Flex is a software development kit released by Adobe Systems for the development and deployment of cross-platform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform...
and the IDE.