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CHAPTER 2
Introducing Flex Builder 2
This chapter introduces you to Adobe® Flex™ Builder™ 2. An integrated development
environment (IDE) for developing applications using the Adobe® Flex™ 2 framework and the
Flash API, Flex Builder provides you with the tools you need to develop, design, and debug
Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0 applications.
Contents
About Flex Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
About Flex Builder perspectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Compiling your applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Running and debugging your applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
More information about Flex Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
About Flex Builder
Built upon the Eclipse workbench (an open-source IDE), you use Flex Builder to develop Flex
2 and ActionScript 3.0 applications using coding, design, and debugging tools.
Flex Builder and Eclipse
Eclipse is an open-source integrated development environment (IDE), which can be extended
using custom plug-ins. Flex Builder leverages the Eclipse framework to provide an IDE that
allows you to develop Flex 2 and ActionScript 3.0 applications, as well as Flex libraries. The
underlying development workbench builds on the standard Eclipse workbench features, so
Eclipse users will find Flex Builder familiar and intuitive. For more information, see “Flex
Builder basics” in Using Flex Builder 2.
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