Flash Builder 4 (or Flex Ver 4)

Recently Adobe released Flash Builder 4 … and for those working with Flex … this is a significant release … especially the integration with Flash Catalyst. I suppose after years of working with IMS, ArcGIS Server and Open Source GIS … Flex really leaves a great first impression (and still does now)... a giant leap for me personally after years of toiling with Java, .NET, ASP etc. I got so confused (and mental) with ASP.NET and the whole JavaScript integration. I think most web developers (maybe UI crazy ones like me) prefer fast prototyping IDEs with great graphics and animation. We should not be stuck with confusing callbacks and server side codes.

Here are some cool links and tutorials … be prepared to blow your mind:
Flash Catalyst (to create UIs for Flash Builder 4) - http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/tutorials/

Flex 4 or now known as Flash Builder 4 online training videos:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/flex4beta/index.html

Also ESRI has released Flex 1.3 with some new features and sample codes. I can’t wait for ESRI Flex 1.4 … this will support online web editing. Suppose its bye-bye Web ADF and sayonara Java after this. Finally something we can develop with cool Web GIS design in mind and not boring old interfaces.

http://resources.esri.com/arcgisserver/apis/flex/