I downloaded Flex 1.5 maybe a month ago. I haven't had time to check it out. Yesterday, I saw many blog entries about Flex 2.0 beta. The latest pricing schemes got me excited about the possibility that we might be able to afford this product.
If you have followed the product's development, you might know that it creates .swf files using xml and javascript. You might also know that the price for the server is over $12,000!
The news of earlier this week is exciting because the new pricing scheme will mean that the server will be free and the IDE called Flex Builder 2 will sell for under $1000!
After an easy download and installation, I found that I had created several simple applications by following a tutorial in a matter of a couple of hours. The amount of code required is remarkably small.
I am sure that this technology that produces a great user experience has great promise and will be used extensively in our college.
