Question

I recently heard about Adobe Flex. I am not sure what this programming language is. How can I use it in web development? For example, gilt taste by google uses HTML5, CSS3, and Adobe Flex. Forgive my ignorance, I only heard about this language yesterday.

Answer 1

Flex is a framework for flash. You can use the following languages in the Flex framework:

• MXML
• Actionscript 3
• Css

Flex was created for making flash applications easier and faster since you can do a lot of things without being forced to use Actionscript 3.

For example, if you wanted to set the color of the border of a textfield, add the text “hello” and add it to the stage. This is how you would do it in Flash using Actionscript 3:

var yourTextfield:TextField = new TextField();
yourTextfield..border.fill.color.value = 0xff3300;
yourTextfield.text = "hello";
addChild(yourTextfield);

And here’s how you do it in the Flex framework using MXML:

<s:TextArea text="hello" borderColor="#ff3300"/>