1. Flex 2.0 Flex for ColdFusion developers Part 1

2. What is Flex Flex allows developers to create Flash content for Rich Internet Applications in a more programmer centric way

3. Whats new in 2.0 Flex Builder is plugin for Eclipse Uses new Flash player Introduces Actionscript 3 Direct tie ins to ColdFusion MX Flex Data Services Real error raising

4. Flash 8.5, er, I mean 9 Will execute Actionscript 3.0 New VM Still has old VM for compatibility Code execution much faster Still has small file size

5. Actionscript 3 Based on EcmaScript, JavaScript Incorporates many v2 features AS files use package naming Modern language features found in Java, C# New VM built for AS3

6. Flex Builder 2 Built on Eclipse Every save compiles to a SWF Easier debugging Under $1000.00 Full code hinting

7. Flex projects Standalone SWFs ColdFusion MX 7 as backend Flex Data Services

8. Flex SDK Adobe has downloadable Flex SDK No license fee, FREE! Does not include Eclipse Plugin

9. ColdFusion connector Flex has always worked with ColdFusion Web Services, HTTP Service Remote Object, native AMF support New Event Gateway Requires updating ColdFusion (Mystic)

10. Flex Data Services Record level JMS Publish/Subscribe Allows content to be pushed to the client Ajax mash-ups with embedded SWF for pushing data to HTML

11. Flex Pricing SDK Free Player Free Flex Builder sub $1000.00 ColdFusion Mystic Free update Flex Data Services, ???, probably expensive