Watch these tutorial and demonstration videos to learn more and get started with the Adobe® Flash® Builder™ 4, Adobe Flash Catalyst™, and Adobe Flex® 4 SDK betas.
Flash Builder and Flex SDK Tutorials
Introducing Flash Builder 4
Welcome to the next generation of Flex Builder! Senior Engineering Manager Heidi Williams highlights the new design-centric, data-centric, and developer productivity features of Flash Builder 4. (3:46)
Developer Productivity in Flash Builder 4
Generate code faster in Flash Builder 4. Computer Scientist David Zuckerman demonstrates the improved package explorer feature and how it will help developers increase productivity. (5:50)
Flex for ColdFusion Developers
Long-time ColdFusion advocate Tim Buntel explains the data-centric features in Flash Builder 4 and shows how developers can easily integrate Flash Builder and ColdFusion to create Flex applications. (4:26)
Handling Large Recordsets in Flash Builder
Adobe Senior Product Manager Tim Buntel demonstrates how to handle large record-sets automatically between Flash Builder and ColdFusion, while using the new network monitor feature in Flash Builder to monitor traffic. (5:35)
Debug and Test Code in Flash Builder 4
In this video, computer scientist David Zuckerman demonstrates conditional breakpoints and unit testing and how to debug and test code in the new version of Flex. (4:54)
Work with Flex 4 SDK in Flash Builder 4
Flash Builder 4 has new components to help developers work with the Flex 4 SDK. David Zuckerman demonstrates the functionality of the states model, code hints and proposal cycling. (4:05)
PHP Services in Flash Builder 4 (Part 1)
Senior Computer Scientist Tom Lane gives an overview of the code for a PHP function in Flex, and then highlights the functionality of the data services panel. (8:45)
PHP Services in Flash Builder 4 (Part 2)
Adobe's Tom Lane walks you through the mechanics of connecting a Flex application to a PHP data service with Flash Builder 4. (5:02)
Flash Catalyst Tutorials
Introducing Flash Catalyst
Quality Engineering Lead Aaron Dolberg gives an overview of Flash Catalyst, and explains how to convert artwork to components, set up component states, and add interactivity to your application. (6:37)
Wire Framing in Flash Catalyst
Ty Voliter, a Developer on the Adobe Flash Catalyst Team, explains how to quickly wireframe a design concept in Flash Catalyst. (9:10)
Create your First Application
Ty Voliter, a Developer on the Adobe Flash Catalyst Team, demonstrates how to create interactivity and animation in Flash Catalyst. (9:42)
Exporting from Fireworks to Flash Catalyst
Doug Winnie shows you how to export basic artwork from Fireworks CS4 to Flash Catalyst using the FXG Export feature. (3:46)
Use Native Fireworks Files in Flash Catalyst
In this video, Doug Winnie shows you how to import PNG files as bitmaps for use in Flash Catalyst Beta 1. (5:49)
Create a Data List in Flash Catalyst
Quality Engineer Nate Bishop demonstrates how to convert art from an existing Adobe Illustrator composition into a Data List. (6:25)
Create Animations in Flash Catalyst
Ty Voliter, a Developer on the Adobe Flash Catalyst Team, demonstrates how to use states and the timelines panel to build an introductory animation. (7:29)
Distribute Objects to States
Flash Catalyst introduces a new workflow concept: working with states. Doug Winnie explores what a state is and how to avoid common errors when working with states. (4:25)
Sharing Flash Catalyst Libraries
Doug Winnie explains how to use the Library panel in Flash Catalyst to export and import your own graphics, components and assets to give to others or to reserve for future projects. (3:21)
FlashCamp Demonstrations
FlashCamp San Francisco Keynote
Kevin Lynch, CTO of Adobe and David Wadhwani, GM and VP of the Flash Platform Business Unit open up the FlashCamp San Francisco Keynote with an update on the Flash Platform, Flex 4, Flash Builder 4, and Flash Catalyst 1.0. (29:03)
Introduction to Flash Catalyst
Steven Heintz, Product Manager for Flash Catalyst gives and introduction and overview to the Flash Catalyst 1.0 beta. (20:39)
What's New in Flex 4
Ely Greenfield, Principal Scientist at Adobe gives an overview of some of the new features included in the Flex 4 SDK. (19:17)
Skinning Components and Apps in Flex 4
Glenn Ruehle and Deepa Subramaniam from the Flex SDK team give an introduction and overview to the new skinning architecture in the Flex 4 SDK. (17:57)
New Productivity Features in Flash Builder 4
Heidi Williams from the Flash Builder team gives an overview of some of the new developer focused features in Flash Builder 4. (12:52)
New Data Features in Flash Builder 4
Tom Lane, Senior Computer Scientist on the Flash Builder team shows off some of the new data connectivity features included in Flash Builder 4. (26:50)
Update on Adobe AIR
Arno Gourdol, engineering manager on the Adobe AIR team gives an update on Adobe AIR, and talks about the future direction of the desktop runtime. (17:30)
Using Effects and Animation in Flex 4
Chet Hasse, Senior Computer Scientist on the Flex SDK team talks about new support for animation and effects in the Flex 4 SDK. (22:17)
Advanced CSS in Flex 4
Joan Lafferty from the Flex SDK team gives an overview of advanced CSS usage for styling in the Flex 4 SDK. (13:14)
