Adobe® Flash® Builder™ 4 (formerly Adobe Flex® Builder™) software is designed to help software developers rapidly develop cross-platform rich Internet applications (RIAs) and content using the open source Flex framework. It includes support for intelligent coding, debugging, and visual design and features powerful testing tools that speed up development and lead to higher performing applications.
Data-centric development
Introspect Java™, PHP, Adobe ColdFusion®, REST, and SOAP services to display methods and properties in the new Data/Service Explorer. Bind methods to UI components using a simple drag-and-drop approach.
Integration with Adobe Flash Catalyst
Import Flex Projects (FXPs) created using Adobe Flash Catalyst™ software, saving time and improving the quality of the user experience. FXPs contain functional UI elements, including MXML, ActionScript® language coding, component skins, and graphical assets, enabling developers to focus on core application logic.
Network Monitor (Premium edition only)
Generate a detailed audit trail of all data passed between the local Flex application and the back end, assisting with debugging and performance tuning.
Command line build (Premium edition only)
Use the new command line build capability to automate your build process.
Flex unit testing integration (Premium edition only)
Automate functional testing using the Flex unit testing framework.
Automatic generation of common code
Automatically generate code for accessor functions (getters and setters) and event handlers to speed up development of commonly used functions.
Debugger improvements enhanced
Set conditional breakpoints, evaluate expressions, and set watchpoints on variables to halt execution on value change. Use the Expressions view to watch variables selected in the Variables view and to add/evaluate watch expressions. Break out of a loop during a debugging session using run to line.
Custom templates
Customize default information contained in new MXML, ActionScript, and CSS files, such as author and date, introductory comments, copyright information, opening and closing tags and attributes, ActionScript declarations, namespace prefixes, and more.
Flex Theme Browser
Easily browse and import Flex themes and apply them to your project.
ASDoc support
Display comments in MXML and ActionScript editors using ASDoc.
Adobe Flash Professional workflow
Import and update custom Flex components using the new workflow between Adobe Flash Professional software and Flash Builder 4.