Adobe Flash Builder

Adobe Flash Builder

Original author(s)	Macromedia
Developer(s)	Adobe
Stable release	4.7 / December 7, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-12-07)[1]
Written in	Java[2]
Operating system	Microsoft Windows and MacOS
Type	Integrated development environment
License	Trialware
Website	www.adobe.com/products/flash-builder-family.html

Adobe Flash Builder (formerly known as Adobe Flex Builder)^[3] is an integrated development environment (IDE) built on the Eclipse platform that speeds the development of rich Internet applications (RIAs) and cross-platform software applications, especially the Adobe AIR platform. Adobe Flash Builder 4 is available in two editions: Standard and Premium.

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.

Before version 4. The name change is meant to indicate its connection to other products in the Adobe Flash Platform^[4] and to create a clear distinction between the free and open source Flex SDK and the IDE.^[5]

1. ↑ "Adobe Flash Builder Free Trial". 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
2. ↑ Daugherty, Eric (March 19, 2010). "Getting Started With Adobe Flash Builder 4" (PDF). DZone Refcardz. DZone, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2010. Retrieved January 13, 2010.
3. ↑ "Adobe to unify ColdFusion, Flex, Flash with Flash Builder 4". Ars Technica. March 2010. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
4. ↑ Brimelow, Lee (May 15, 2009). "A much needed name change". The Flash Blog. Adobe Systems. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
5. ↑ "Adobe Flash Builder 4 at Adobe Labs". Adobe Labs. Adobe Systems. Archived from the original on June 6, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2009.