Flex Builder 3.0 - Retail Boxed (Mac/Win)

Adobe Flex Builder 3 accelerates Flex application development. It is an Eclipse based development tool enabling intelligent coding, interactive step-through debugging, and visual design of the user interface layout, appearance, and behavior of RIAs. Flex Builder 3 includes the complete Flex framework, including compilers, a component library, and debuggers.

Flex Builder 3 is available in Standard and Professional editions. Both editions allow import of assets from Adobe Creative Suite® 3 software, making it easy for designers and developers to work together. Flex Builder 3 Professional further adds powerful data visualization capabilities, the new Advanced Datagrid, memory and performance profilers, and support for automated functional testing for developing business-critical applications.

• Full support for the Adobe AIR™ runtime makes it easy to create RIAs for the desktop.
• New integration with Adobe Creative Suite® 3 software helps designers and developers work together more efficiently.
• New and enhanced data visualization features, including the new Advanced Datagrid, enable even richer presentation of business data.
• New memory and performance profilers make it easy to optimize your application.

Benefits

• Rich user experience
• Cross-platform, accessible applications
• Adobe AIR integration
• Developer productivity
• Adobe Creative Suite 3 integration
• Ease of use
• Open source, standards-based framework
• Advanced data services
• Enhancements to existing projects
• Scalability

System Requirements for Adobe Flex Builder 3.0 (Mac/Win) - 38044404

FLEX BUILDER 3 FOR WINDOWS (STANDARD AND PROFESSIONAL)

• Intel® Pentium® 4 processor
• Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Windows Vista® Home Premium
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
• 500MB of available hard-disk space (additional 500MB required for plug-in configuration)
• Java™ Virtual Machine: Sun™ JRE 1.4.2, Sun JRE 1.5 (included), IBM® JRE 1.5, or Sun JRE 1.6
• Eclipse™ 3.2.2 for plug-in configuration (Eclipse 3.3 recommended for Windows Vista)
• Adobe® Flash® Player 9 software*

Flex Builder 3 for Windows has also been tested to work with these specific products:

• BEA Workshop 10.1
• IBM Rational Software Architect 7.0.0.3 (Eclipse 3.3 plug-in configuration only)

FLEX BUILDER 3 FOR MAC OS (STANDARD AND PROFESSIONAL)

• PowerPC® G4 1.25GHz or Intel processor
• Mac OS X v10.4.7–10.4.10 or 10.5
• 1GB of RAM (2GB of RAM recommended)
• 500MB of available hard-disk space
• Java Virtual Machine: JRE 1.5 or JRE 1.6 from Apple
• Eclipse 3.2.2 (for plug-in configuration)
• Adobe Flash Player 9 software*

* New Adobe Flex® Builder™ 3 projects create applications that require users to have Adobe Flash Player 9 (9.0.115.0). You can change this requirement to an earlier version of Flash Player 9 in the Flex Compiler section of your project's properties.