Adobe Flex 2.0 Beta1

Adobe Flex is the complete solution for building cross-platform Rich Internet Applications within the enterprise and across the web.
Flex 2.0 delivers an integrated set of tools and technology enabling developers to build and deploy scalable Rich Internet Applications.
Flex provides a modern, standards-based language supporting common design patterns and includes a client runtime, programming model, development environment, and advanced data
Main features:
- Flex Framework 2.0
- Flex Builder 2.0
- Flex Enterprise Services 2.0
- Flex Charting Components 2.0
- ActionScript 3.0
- Flash Player 8.5.
Enhancements:
- The Flex 2.0 product line enables developers to build rich, engaging web-based applications based on the ubiquitous Macromedia Flash runtime from Adobe and includes a complete solution for building Rich Internet Applications. Macromedia (now Adobe) originally coined the phrase Rich Internet Application (RIA) to describe a trend in the web development community toward building more engaging web experiences using Flash and HTML.
- The first generation of RIAs combined graphic-rich user interface controls that reduced or eliminated page refreshes. They have since evolved into sophisticated desktop-like applications that integrate rich data visualization components, such as data grids and graphical charts, multimedia audio and video, collaborative features like whiteboards and cobrowsing experiences, and real-time data push. As the complexity of such applications increased, so too did the cost of building and maintaining RIAs. Adobe responded to this need with Flex, which has become the industry-leading RIA development solution.
- Developers are a major focus of the Flex 2.0 release. To ensure that we take the product in a direction that meets your needs, the Flex team is excited to announce the public beta release of the Flex 2.0 product line. If youre not already familiar with Flex 2.0, you can find a complete overview in the David Wadhwanis article, Flex 2.0: Enabling the Next Generation of Rich Internet Applications. Read on to learn more about changes since the release of Flex 2.0 alpha 1.
- The beta 1 release includes updated installers for Flex Builder 2.0, Flex Charting 2.0, Flex Framework 2.0, and Flash Player 8.5. In addition, Flex Enterprise Services 2.0 is now available for the first time. The following outlines what is new in the Flex 2.0 beta 1 release.