Peter deHaan

I'm pleased to report that you can now get Adobe Flex Builder 3 beta 3 and Adobe AIR beta 3 from the Adobe Labs site starting now. Other notable additions to the Adobe Labs site are the new "BlazeDS" beta, and an Adobe AIR Extension for Dreamweaver:

• Adobe Flex 3 beta 3 (Dec 12)


• Adobe Flex Builder 3 Public Beta 3 (Dec 12)


• Adobe Flex 3 SDK Beta 3 (Dec 12)


• Adobe AIR beta 3 (Dec 12)


• BlazeDS beta (Dec 13)


• Adobe AIR Extension for Adobe Dreamweaver beta 3 (Dec 12)

So, the first question is "What is BlazeDS?" According to the Adobe Labs page:

BlazeDS is the server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology that enables developers to easily connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real-time to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR applications for more responsive rich Internet application (RIA) experiences.

UPDATE: Also, check out the official Flex Team blog for more details, on the opening of the AMF specification, and the open source Blaze DS: Flex Beta 3 Released - And More Good News.