On 8/28/12 1 :09PM, "Edward J. Apostol" <e...@edapostol.com> wrote:
>Hey everyone - > > > >Just introducing myself, having joined the list a little over a week ago. >I >developed Flex apps and taught Flex from 2007-2010 or so, and had followed >the future of Flex marginally since it was announced of it being turned >over >to the ASF. > > > >I am doing a presentation for the local dev community here in Toronto >tomorrow evening on what's new and / or happening with Apache Flex, and >(when you have a moment) would appreciate your brief thoughts and comments >on it. Seems like a lot of activity here, so I thought I would ask some >salient questions: > > > >1) Is there an expected date /time frame for the IDE packager to be >released? (Although I will walk through the setup of the current Apache >Flex >install, most of the dev audience will probably want something simpler) In the meantime, if you have a FlashBuilder installation, you can use either https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/flex/sdk/trunk/ide/constructFlex ForIDE.bat (or .sh) depending on your platform to build a packaged SDK using an Apache Flex source or binary kit and the other pieces like Flash Player, AIR, etc from the FlashBuilder installation sdks/4.6.0 directory. > >2) Is there a difference between Apache Flex SDK and the SDK released >with Flash Builder 4.7 Beta >(https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_flashbuilder4- >7) >- I assume that since the mailing lists are referring to Flex as 4.8 that >it >is further along than what Adobe has just packaged. I assume yes since I don't think it is going to include Apache Flex. Carol
