New Flex 4/Spark online training program

I just wanted to plug an awesome new online training program specifically for creating Spark components and Spark item renderers. The training course covers a broad overview of Spark component and item renderer architecture and walks you through best practices and examples so that you understand exactly how to take advantage of the new functionality provided in Spark. I highly recommend taking this if you’re new to Spark and unsure of how to get your hands dirty.

More information here.

Posted on 15.07.10 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Flex 4, Flex

Flex SDK 4 & Flash Builder 4 Updates Now Available!

The Flex team is very excited to announce the release of Flex SDK 4.1 and Flash Builder 4.0.1 which are available for download today!  Flex SDK 4.1 is an update to Flex 4 and includes:

  • Support for mirroring layouts and text in order to support right-to-left- locales. The goal of this new feature is to trivialize the work involved to re-purpose Flex applications designed for left-to-right locales for deployment in right-to-left locales.
  • Native support for Flash Player 10.1 and AIR 2.
  • Critical bugfixes and enhancement requests.

To support this new SDK, Flash Builder has shipped an update which lets developers target Flex SDK 4.1 (as well as support applications that target AIR 2). Additionally, the Flash Builder 4.0.1 update contains critical bugfixes. You can grab the Flash Builder 4.0.1 updater here.

Finally, be sure to check out newly shared information about the next release of the Flex SDK (code-named: Hero)!

Sincerely,
Deepa Subramaniam & Andrew Shorten
Flex SDK & Flash Builder Product Managers

Posted on 01.07.10 | 8 comments | Filed Under: Flash Builder 4, Flex 4, Flex

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My name is Deepa Subramaniam and I am the Flex SDK Product Manager. Prior to being a Product Manager, I was a Lead Computer Scientist on the Flex team at Adobe. I worked primarily on FXG, data-aware controls, and general Spark and MX architecture design. I am a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Computer Science. I am also the author of Adobe Flex 3.0 for Dummies, which you can purchase on Amazon.com and other book retail sites. Aside from Flex, I’m a professionally trained South Indian classical dancer and played on a championship adult kickball team. I live in San Francisco and can be seen biking around, giggling and singing to myself.