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Adobe Releases Flex Builder Linux Alpha

Posted by kdawson on from the joining-the-party dept.

mikepotter writes "Adobe announced Flex Builder Linux Alpha at the Adobe MAX conference today. This is a native Linux port of the Flex Builder IDE (based on Eclipse) for building rich Internet applications. 'Flex Builder Linux is a plugin-only version of the Flex Builder that you can use to build Flex applications on Linux. We wanted to get an early release out with the base Flex Builder features so you could begin to provide us with your feedback and let us know your priorities for additional features.'"

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  1. free? by wwmedia · · Score: 3, Interesting

    knowing adobe i have to ask "whats the price?"

  2. linux support by SolusSD · · Score: 2, Interesting

    good- another company that realizes that linux adoption is inevitable.

  3. The best Flex alternative no one's heard of... by kimanaw · · Score: 3, Interesting
    TIBCO GI.

    • Open source (BSD license)
    • Free as in beer.
    • Free as in liberty.
    • Great UI composer
    • Built for web service integration
    • Lots of nifty online tutorial videos
    • Eats its own dogfood: It runs in the browser! (No Java, no activeX, no flying pig aka Eclipse, just DHTML)
    • And.. (drumroll, please) NO FLASH!
    I've only been kicking it around for a few weeks, but its a fantastic tool. The learning curve is a bit steep, but now that I got my head around it, I'm not looking anywhere else.
    --
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    Pussy: "My name is Pussy Galore."
    007: "I must be dreaming..."