adobe flash builder 4 standard
adobe flash builder 4 formerly adobe flex builder software can help you accelerate development build higher performing applications and more easily integrate new projects with your existing infrastructure . this feature-packed release improves workflows for developers and designers through integration with the new adobe flash catalyst interaction design tool . adobe flash builder 4 standard edition adobe flash builder 4 comes in two editions standard edition and premium edition . the premium edition adds professional testing tools including profilers network monitoring an automated testing framework integration with flex unit testing and command-line build support plus it includes adobe coldfusion builder software . adobe flash builder 4 software is a professional-grade development tool for rapidly building cross-platform rich internet applications rias and content using the open source flex framework . click to enlarge . develop cross-platform rich internet applications flash builder 4 enables intelligent coding interactive step-through debugging and visual design of user interface layout appearance and behavior of rias provides productivity tools for working with databases web services rest apis and other data sources includes powerful testing tools such as memory and performance profilers network monitoring and integrated support for automated functional and unit testing that speed up development and lead to higher performing applications improve productivity accelerate development and testing of expressive web applications using powerful developer tooling . powerful coding tools take advantage of a powerful eclipse based ide that includes editors for mxml the adobe actionscript language and css as well as syntax coloring statement completion code collapse interactive step-through debugging and automatic generation of common code . code refactoring quickly navigate through code or restructure it by renaming all references to a class method or variable . flash builder 4 adds move refactoring . quickly navigate through code or restructure it by renaming all references to a class method or variable . flash builder 4 adds move refactoring . click to enlarge . set conditional breakpoints evaluate expressions and set watchpoints on variables to halt execution on value change . use the expressions view to watch variables selected in the variables view and to add evaluate watch expressions . break out of a loop during a debugging session using run to line . click to enlarge . content assist displays code completion hints and asdoc content as you enter mxml actionscript and css code . asdoc content also displays when you hover over a class in the editor . click to enlarge . native support for adobe air create applications for the adobe air runtime with flash builder 4 including all the tools required to build debug package and sign air applications . adobe air lets you quickly develop rias for the desktop using the same skills and codebase you use to build rias for the browser . debugger improvements set conditional breakpoints evaluate expressions and set watchpoints on variables to halt execution on value change . use the expressions view to watch variables selected in the variables view and to add evaluate watch expressions . break out of a loop during a debugging session using run to line . custom templates customize default information contained in new mxml actionscript and css files such as author and date introductory comments copyright information opening and closing tags and attributes actionscript declarations namespace prefixes and more . asdoc support display comments in mxml and actionscript editors using asdoc . adobe flash professional workflow import and update custom flex components using the new workflow between adobe flash professional software and flash builder 4 . integrate with existing infrastructure data-centric development introspect java php adobe coldfusion software rest and soap services to display methods and properties in the new data service explorer . bind methods to user interface components using a simple drag-and-drop approach . integration with adobe creative suite design tools import design assets created using adobe flash professional illustrator photoshop or fireworks software or import a complete application user interface created using flash catalyst . a new workflow between adobe flash professional and flash builder facilitates importing and updating custom flex components . advanced data services invoke web services or request xml or other data via http using a rich built-in library of data access services . use open source blazeds to add binary high-performance http-based data transport plus real-time data push and publish subscribe messaging . deliver more expressive apps create intuitive engaging applications that deliver more compelling experiences . rich visual layout visually design and preview user interface layout appearance and behavior using a rich library of built-in components . extend the built-in flex framework components or create new ones as needed . import functional application user interfaces created using the adobe flash catalyst interaction design tool . interactive data visualization create data dashboards and interactive data analysis by simply dragging and dropping a chart type and linking it to a data source using the flex charting library . use the powerful advanced datagrid to enable users to explore complex data . skinning and styling customize the appearance of an application using css and graphical property editors . quickly set the most commonly used properties and preview the results in design view . browse available themes and apply them to your project using the new theme browser . integration with adobe flash catalyst import flex projects fxps created using adobe flash catalyst saving time and improving the quality of the user experience . fxps contain functional ui including mxml actionscript component skins and graphical assets enabling developers to focus on core application logic . flex theme browser easily browse and import flex themes and apply them to your project .