by Beth Tucker Long · April 11, 2011

Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 will soon be available (release is currently scheduled for early May) to the PHP development community. Version 4.5, though, is not just the latest version of Flash Builder, it is the beginning of a partnership between Zend and Adobe. Flash Builder 4.5 is under the Adobe umbrella, but will come with Zend Studio 8 bundled in and will have the full backing of Zend. You will now be able to create mobile applications using the Adobe Flash platform and PHP in one integrated application. Both Flash Builder and Zend Studio have been built on the Eclipse platform, so you will be able to build Flex and PHP side-by-side.

by Cal Evans · June 14, 2010

In part 1, we discussed how to use the new Flash Builder 4 Data Connection Wizard to connect to a PHP API. We used FB4′s prototyping feature to build a simple class that allows us to read/write users from a WordPress user list. In part 2, we discussed how to use that data connection to [...]

by Cal Evans · June 7, 2010

What do you do when component A needs to update itself only after component B completes an asynchronous task. In Flex, it is pretty easy to solve this problem using a simple concept called Callbacks.

by Keith Casey · May 25, 2010

Last year in the thick of web2project development, we realized something obvious: The vast majority of people don’t need the full system, they just need a way to see their just their information in a useful way. Towards that goal, we started shopping around for options to simplify and an Adobe AIR app quickly became a leading candidate. Fast forward a few months and I finally had the time to try out Flash Builder 4.

by Cal Evans · May 10, 2010

Adobe is hosting a series of training classes for PHP developers looking to get into Flash Builder. If you want to learn more about Flash Builder 4 and Flex, click on inside and we’ll give you the details.

by Cal Evans · May 3, 2010

Ryan Stewart of Adobe talks with us about who he is and what he does at Adobe.

by Cal Evans · April 26, 2010

Adobe’s new Flash Builder 4 comes with a shiny new wizard-driven data access interface. How does it measure up to the “old-school” way of interfacing to remote APIs? Our own Cal Evans investigates.

by Carl Anderson · March 22, 2010

Adobe Flash Builder 4 offers up some changes over the formerly named Flex Builder 3, plus some quick and easy ways to develop data-centric applications that access PHP services, while barely writing any PHP at all.

by Cal Evans · February 16, 2010

Recent blog posts called into question Adobe’s commitment to open standards and specifically to HTML5. Now John Nack, Adobe employee but not spokes-person, speaks out and gives readers a hint of his true feelings on the matter.