thanks jagadish On 1/8/09, Jagadish M <jagan.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > > * > > Adobe Flex 2 > * > > Adobe significantly changed the licensing model for the Flex product line > with the release of Flex 2. The core Flex 2 SDK, consisting of the > command-line compilers and the complete class library of user interface > components and utilities, was made available as a free download. Complete > Flex applications can be built and deployed with only the Flex 2 SDK, which > contains no limitations or restrictions compared to the same SDK included > with the Flex Builder IDE. > > Adobe based the new version of Flex Builder on the open source > Eclipse platform. The company released two versions of Flex Builder 2, > Standard and Professional. The Professional version includes the Flex > Charting Components library. > > Enterprise-oriented services remain available through Flex Data Services 2. > This server component provides data synchronization, data push, > publish-subscribe and automated testing. Unlike Flex 1.0 and 1.5, Flex Data > Services is not required for the deployment of Flex applications. > > Coinciding with the release of Flex 2, Adobe introduced a new version of > the > ActionScript programming language, known as Actionscript 3, reflecting the > latest ECMAScript specification. The use of ActionScript 3 and Flex 2 > requires version 9 or later of the Flash Player runtime. Flash Player 9 > incorporated a new and more robust virtual machine for running the new > ActionScript 3. > > Flex was the first Macromedia product to be re-branded under the > Adobe name. * > > Adobe Flex 3 > * > > On April 26, 2007 Adobe announced their intent to release the Flex 3 SDK > (which excludes the Flex Builder IDE and the LiveCycle Data Services) under > the terms of the > Mozilla Public License.*[1] *Adobe released the first beta of Flex 3, > codenamed Moxie, in June 2007. Major enhancements include integration with > the new versions of Adobe's Creative Suite products, support for AIR (Adobe's > new desktop application runtime), and the addition of profiling and > refactoring tools to the Flex Builder IDE. > > In October 2007, Adobe released the second beta of Flex 3. On December 12, > 2007, Adobe released the third beta of Flex 3. On February 25, 2008, Adobe > released Flex 3 and > Adobe AIR 1.0. > > *Adobe Flex 4 * > > Adobe has announced that Flex 4.0 (code named Gumbo) will be released in > 2009. > *[2] *Even though this announcement has been made, the product plan has > yet to be completed. > > Some themes that have been mentioned by Adobe that will be incorporated > into Flex 4 are as follows: > > Design in Mind: The framework will be designed for continuous collaboration > between designers and developers. > > Accelerated Development: Be able to take application development from > conception to reality quickly. > > Horizontal Platform Improvements: Compiler performance, language > enhancements, BiDi components, enhanced text. (Speculation derived from > Adobe Systems) > > Full Support for Adobe Flash Player 10. > > Broadening Horizons: Finding ways to make a framework lighter, supporting > more deployment runtimes, runtime MXML. (Speculation derived from Adobe > Systems) > > > > *Flex 4 milestones: (Speculation derived from Adobe Systems) * > > Scope determined, April 2008 > > Beta 1, late 2008 > > 4.0 final, 2009 > >> > > > > > >
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