Product overview

Build next-generation web experiences

Adobe® Flex™ 2 is the most complete, powerful application development solution for creating and delivering rich Internet applications (RIAs) within the enterprise and across the web. It enables enterprises to create personalized, multimedia-rich applications that dramatically enhance user experience, revolutionizing the way people interact with the web.

Adobe Flex Builder 2

Adobe Flex Builder™ is an Eclipse™ based IDE for developing RIAs that combine the richness of desktop applications with the cross-platform reach of the Adobe Engagement Platform. Flex Builder enables developers to quickly build rich client-side logic that integrates with XML, web services, or Flex Data Services. With sophisticated design and layout tools, user interface designers can also create richer, more usable application interfaces with a customized look and feel.

Adobe Flex Charting 2

Flex Charting provides a rich library of interactive charts and graphs that enable rich data dashboards and interactive data analysis. Dynamically rendered on the client and with full support for the Flex data-binding and event model, the charting components make it easy to add drill-down, rollover, and other interactivity that makes your charts even more insightful than before. All of the charts can be extended to provide additional functionality, or developers can use the base classes to create customized chart types.

Adobe Flex Data Services 2

Flex Data Services provides a set of powerful server-side data management features that enable developers to rapidly deliver data-intensive Flex applications. Deployed as a standard web J2EE application, Flex Data Services enhances the client-side Flex framework by providing high-performance data connectivity with existing server-side data and business logic. Based on a robust messaging architecture, Flex Data Services integrates with existing standards-based middleware and provides services that automate data synchronization between client and server, add support for real-time data push and pub/sub messaging, and enable collaborative and occasionally connected applications. Start building applications today with the free Flex Data Services 2 Express, a single-CPU production license.

Adobe Flex framework and SDK

The Flex framework is a component-based development framework for delivering rich Internet applications for the Flash Player runtime. Combining standards-based languages with a rich set of extensible UI and data access components, Flex enables developers to rapidly construct applications with rich data presentation, robust client-side logic, and integrated multimedia. Applications built with Flex run across all common desktop platforms, enable complete customization of the application look and feel, and support a full range of methods for connecting to back-end data and services. The free-of-charge Flex 2 SDK includes the Flex class library as well as the MXML and ActionScript 3.0 compiler.