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You can easily submit a request to have it shown here.</p> <a href="community-showcase.html" class="btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> <div class="span3" > <div class="featuresbox"> <div class="feature-image"><img src="images/tools-icon.png"></div> <h4>Tooling</h4> <p>Utilize the tools you are already familar with. Apache Flex® utilizes MXML for layout and AS3 (an ECMAScript based language like JavaScript) for coding. Use the Eclipse-based IDEs like Adobe Flash Builder and FDT or use IntelliJ IDEA or any text editor to make your applications.</p> <a href="about-features.html" class="btn">Read More</a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span8"> <div class="headline marginbottom"><h4>Learn Flex® :</h4></div> <div class="row-fluid">  <div class="span3"> <div class="picture"><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/bigosmallm/flexjs-an-introduction"><img alt="" src="images/training/FlexJSAnIntroduction.png"/><div class="image-overlay-link"></div></a></div> <div class="item-description"> <h5><a href="https://www.slideshare.net/bigosmallm/flexjs-an-introduction">FlexJS - An Introduction</a></h5> <p>FlexJS™ is a new application development framework that cross compiles MXML and ActionScript into HTML and JavaScript. It runs in web, desktop and mobile(app) in swf format and runs in browser based environments as HTML/JS/CSS files without the need for the Flash Player plugin. It brings the advantages of Flex to the JavaScript world.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="span3"> <div class="picture"><a href="https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/exercises/ex1_01.html"><img alt="" src="images/training/FlexInAWeek.png"/><div class="image-overlay-link"></div></a></div> <div class="item-description"> <h5><a href="https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining/exercises/ex1_01.html">The Flex in a Week Series</a></h5> <p>The Flex in a Week training series consists of videos and exercises to teach experienced programmers how to program using the Flex 4.5 framework and Flash Builder 4.5. To gain the most from this series, watch the videos and complete the exercises in the order in which they are listed.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="span3"> <div class="picture"><a href="https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining.html"><img alt="" src="images/training/FlexInAWeekVideo.png"/><div class="image-overlay-link"></div></a></div> <div class="item-description"> <h5><a href="https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videotraining.html">Flex In A Week Video Series</a></h5> <p>The Flex in a Week video training course will help you understand how you can leverage the open source Flex framework to build RIAs. To make it easier for you to learn Flex, you will use the Eclipse-based Flash Builder 4.5 development tool, which includes the Flex framework and provides features such as intelligent coding, interactive step-through debugging, and visual design of the user layout.</p> </div> </div>  <div class="span3"> <div class="picture"><a href="https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/interactive_maps.html"><img alt="" src="images/training/1296459538876.jpg"/><div class="image-overlay-link"></div></a></div> <div class="item-description"> <h5><a href="https://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/interactive_maps.html">Building interactive maps with Flex</a></h5> <p>It has never been easier to build interactive online maps with Flex. There is a wide range of APIs now available. The focus of this article is building a simple map application using the open-source Modest Maps Flex API. Modest Maps offers a number of advantages over other Flex mapping APIs including the ability to point at multiple basemap providers and direct access to the source code. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="span4"> <div class="headline marginbottom"><h4>Latest News:</h4></div> <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="entry"> <span class="meta"><strong>22</strong><br/><small>Nov. 2017</small></span> <div> <h4><a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache-flex-4-16-1"><u>Apache Flex SDK 4.16.1 Released</u></a></h4> <p>Apache Flex SDK 4.16.1 has been released, which adds support for the latest Flash Player and AIR runtimes and some bug fixes. <a href="/installer.html">Install</a> it now, or <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache-flex-4-16-1">Read More Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry"> <span class="meta"><strong>12</strong><br/><small>Mar. 2017</small></span> <div> <h4><a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache-flex-4-16-0"><u>Apache Flex SDK 4.16.0 Released</u></a></h4> <p>Apache Flex SDK 4.16.0 has been released, which adds support for the latest Flash Player and AIR runtimes, fixes nearly 40 bugs, and adds support for FontAwesome 4.7. <a href="/installer.html">Install</a> it now, or <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache-flex-4-16-0">Read More Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry"> <span class="meta"><strong>11</strong><br/><small>Apr. 2016</small></span> <div> <h4><a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flexjs_0_6_0"><u>Apache FlexJS & FalconJX 0.6.0 Released</u></a></h4> <p>Apache FlexJS 0.6.0 and Apache Flex FalconJX 0.6.0 were released. These tools allow ActionScript and Flex developers to create HTML based applications outputting to JavaScript. <a href="https:///installer.html">Install</a> it now, or <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flexjs_0_6_0">Read More Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry"> <span class="meta"><strong>11</strong><br/><small>Jan. 2016</small></span> <div> <h4><a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flex_4_15_released"><u>Apache Flex 4.15 Released</u></a></h4> <p>Apache Flex 4.15 was released, which adds support for the latest Flash Player and AIR Runtimes, fixes several bugs and improves speed. <a href="/installer.html">Install</a> it now, or <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flex_4_15_released">Read More Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry"> <span class="meta"><strong>11</strong><br/><small>Nov. 2015</small></span> <div> <h4><a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flexjs_0_5_0"><u>Apache FlexJS 0.50 Released</u></a></h4> <p>Apache FlexJS 0.50 This release includes some new components, updated integration with Apache Cordova, a few effect classes, and drag and drop support. <a href="/installer.html">Install</a> it now, or <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flexjs_0_5_0">Read More Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry"> <span class="meta"><strong>31</strong><br/><small>Mar. 2015</small></span> <div> <h4><a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flex_4_14_1"><u>Apache Flex 4.14.1 Released</u></a></h4> <p>Apache Flex 4.14.1 was released, which corrects over dozen bugs and adds new, minor features. <a href="/installer.html">Install</a> it now, or <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flex_4_14_1">Read More Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry"> <span class="meta"><strong>3</strong><br/><small>Jan. 2015</small></span> <div> <h4><a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flex_4_14_released"><u>Apache Flex 4.14 Released</u></a></h4> <p>Apache Flex 4.14.0 was released, and adds support for the latest Flash Player and AIR runtimes, promises, native support for tables in TLF, the Spark RichTextEditor component, FlatSpark skins and components, and iOS7 and Android 4.x mobile themes. <a href="/installer.html">Install</a> it now, or <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flex_4_14_released">Read More Here</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="entry"> <span class="meta"><strong>3</strong><br/><small>Jul. 2014</small></span> <div> <h4><a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flex_sdk_4_13"><u>Apache Flex 4.13 Released</u></a></h4> <p>Apache Flex 4.13.0 was released, and adds support for the latest Flash Player and AIR runtimes, debugger support for ActionScript Workers, and over 30 bug fixes. <a href="/installer.html">Install</a> it now, or <a href="https://blogs.apache.org/flex/entry/apache_flex_sdk_4_13">Read More Here</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>    <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span12">  </div> </div>  </div></div>    <div id="footer" class="container-fluid paddingbottom" > <div class="row-fluid">  <div class="span3"> <div class="footer-headline"><h4>About Us</h4></div> <p>Apache Flex® is a highly productive, open source application framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops and devices (including smartphones, tablets and tv). 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