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Summary
In this chapter, I gave an introduction to the world of application development with Adobe Flex.
You learned the following:
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Flex applications are built as source code and compiled into Flash documents.
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Flex applications can be run as Web applications with the Flash Player, delivered through
a Web browser.
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Flex applications also can be run as desktop applications, hosted by the Adobe Integrated
Runtime (AIR).
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The Flex Software Developers Kit (SDK) is completely free and available as an open-
source project that’s managed by Adobe Systems.
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Flex Builder 3 is a commercial integrated development environment for building Flex
applications.
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Flex developers tend to have a background in object-oriented software development, but
anyone who’s willing to invest the time can become proficient in Flex application devel-
opment.
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