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January 31, 2006

Flex Beta 2 and Free Flex SDK

It's all true. We've decided to release a free version of the Flex SDK. We haven't decided exactly what's going to be in it yet, but at a minimum, a compiler and the framework -- everything you need to build Flex 2 applications. We're also going to release a free version of Flex Enterprise Services that will be limited by the number of connections it allows, and will only run on a single server. Of course, Flex Builder 2 and the full version of Flex Enterprise Services 2 won't be free, but now anyone will be able to get started building Flex 2 applications at no cost whatsoever. This is all we really know at this point, but I'll post more details when I have them.

Also, Flex Builder 2 and Flex Enterprise Services 2 will go into public beta tomorrow, so get ready. Some of the new features include:

If you're still getting up to speed on Flex, I made a post the other day entitled "Clarifying the Term Flex" which describes in detail all the different components of Flex. I'll let you know when the beta is available for download, or you can just keep an eye on Adobe Labs (rss).

Posted by cantrell at January 31, 2006 3:21 PM

Comments

this is GREAT news :)

a little question about the framework being included with the free compiler

does this will allow us to have acces to
Global.as and playerglobal.as internals ?

Posted by: zwetan at January 31, 2006 4:09 PM

You've made my day!

Will we be allowed to install the Flex Enterprise Services 2 beta on a publicly accessible server to share samples after it's out tomorrow? With the news of the free limited version, I'd like to get some stuff out as soon as possible. :-)

Posted by: Hans at January 31, 2006 4:54 PM

Hans, sample apps are ok. Let me know what you build.

Christian

Posted by: Christian Cantrell at January 31, 2006 5:16 PM

One word GREAT

Posted by: jf.sal at January 31, 2006 6:45 PM

omfg this is awesome.

so does this mean we can create and deploy "personal" apps?

coz im making a blog in flex to learn how to use it and it would be awesome if i could upload it to a server and use it. if thats possible i'd make it open-source :p

Posted by: ojk007 at January 31, 2006 9:14 PM

Will there eventually be a Mac version?

Posted by: Lola Lee Beno at February 1, 2006 4:00 AM

ben forta stated that there is a beta "mystic" release also. I can't find many details as to what's included in that release...any idea?

Posted by: todd at February 1, 2006 5:43 AM

Great news! I second the question on a mac version.

Now, any chance you guys could release a free production environment version of ColdFusion? (pretty pleeease!!)

Posted by: joshwa at February 1, 2006 8:22 AM

ojk007: Yes, you can build and deploy personal Flex apps, or commercial Flex apps, for that matter.

Lola and Joshwa: We do plan to deliver Mac versions of both the free SDK and Flex Builder 2 in the future. I will definitely post details as I get them.

Joshwa: I'll pass that feedback along to the CF team.

Posted by: Christian Cantrell at February 1, 2006 10:07 AM

I have a question.
In Flex1.5, there's a MediaDisplay component.
In Flex2.0, we should use VideoDisplay instead.
But, I wonder how to use MediaController?

Posted by: Kalvin at February 8, 2006 3:20 AM

This looks interesting. I'll start looking at it as soon as there is a cross-platform version. We don't have a single Windows desktop in our organization, and I'm not starting to add that horrid beast today. VMWare keeps this interesting, but for delivery, we'd need at least Apple support.

But, we're interested. Please do update us when there is a Mac version.

Posted by: Jonathan Lambert at March 13, 2006 1:49 AM




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