On this page, you will find resources to help you move from building small, simple applications to larger, more complex applications.  You need to decide how to separate and organize your code and how to pass data between the components.

For more general resources about how rich Internet applications work and how to integrate them into your IT infrastructure, see the Flash Platform page.

Learning the basics

  1. Video: Creating loosely coupled components
  2. Article: Code Behind vs. Template Components
  3. Docs: Creating custom components

Core technology concepts

  1. Excerpt: OO programming, design patterns, and ActionScript 3.0
  2. Excerpt: Selected design patterns

Application architecture

An application framework, like Flex, is a library of classes that provide granular application functionality and services. The following resources help you use  features of the Flex

Video: Flex framework features to support large apps

Join Flex engineer, Alex Harui, as he shows you how to use the Flex framework to build large applications.

  1. Except: Modules, libraries, applications, and portals
  2. Docs: Building modular applications
  3. Docs: Using runtime shared libraries
  4. Docs: Developing and loading sub-apps

Excerpt: Internationalization, accessibility, and printing

Get detailed recipes for localizing your application and making it accessible.

  1. Docs: Localizing Flex applications
  2. Website: Building accessible Flex apps
  3. Docs: Using deep links
  4. Docs: Communicating with the wrapper

Architecture frameworks

An architecture framework is the skeleton or internal structure to hang an application on. It does not provide additional services, but outlines how you should build an application using a specific collection of design patterns. Here are resources for some popular frameworks.

Article: Develop Flex RIAs with Cairngorm

A 6-part series by Adobe Professional Services that explains the why and how to build an application with Cairngorm.

  1. Website: Open source Cairngorm
  2. Tutorial: Introducing Cairngorm
  3. Video: The PureMVC framework
  4. Website: The Robotlegs framework
  5. Article: Robotlegs for framework beginners

Video: Using the Mate framework

Join Mate framework author, Laura Arguello, as she walks you through building an app with Mate. 

  1. Website: The Mate framework
  2. Website: The Swiz framework
  3. Article: Mate for framework beginners
  4. Video: Introducing Swiz
  5. Website: The Parsley framework
  6. Introduction to Robotlegs
  7. Blog: Building a Flex app with the Parsley
  8. Tutorial: Using the Flash Builder 4 data-centric features with Parsley (and other frameworks)

Architecture framework comparisons

These resources compare various frameworks and help you choose the best one for your application.

Choosing a Flex framework

A Flex developer's first look at Cairngorm, Mate, PureMVC, and Swiz.

A survey of inversion control frameworks

A member of Adobe Professional Services introduces, applies, and compares Spring ActionScript, Parsley, Flicc, and Swiz.

InsideRIA's battle of the Flex frameworks

A panel of Flex experts is questioned about their use and opinions about various frameworks.

FrameworkQuest 2008

A six-part InsideRIA series that compares and presents the pros and cons of Cairngorm, PureMVC, Swiz, and Mate.

Flex user forum

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Adobe Flash Platform blog

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04/11/2017 Feathers 3.2
03/28/2017 Fixing the ‘timestamp’ error when packaging an AIR app for desktop
09/23/2016 HSTS Support in Flash Player 23
09/21/2016 Running Adobe Flash Builder on Win and Mac with Java 7/8
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