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Getting the Most Out of the Flex Builder Design View

Macromedia Flex Builder is the Macromedia IDE for developing Macromedia Flex applications. One of the top differentiating features of Flex Builder is the visual Design view, which helps designers and developers build Flex applications more productively.

Furthermore, with the Design view, traditional designers can easily adapt to Flex and quickly build application interfaces, laying out Flex user interfaces quickly and easily and connecting them to back-end data sources.

The Design view also helps people, whether technical or visual, learn and understand MXML. For example, many people use the Design view to lay out interfaces and then switch to the Code view to see the MXML code that Flex Builder generates. Or they use the Split view to show design and code simultaneously. For instance, as you tweak code, the Design view updates, so you can quickly see the effect of setting parameters on MXML.

Whether you are primarily a coder or a designer who prefers to work visually, this article highlights a range of features within the Design view, which can help you create and maintain your applications.

Requirements

To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software:

Macromedia Flex Builder

• Try Flex and Flex Builder
• More information on getting Flex Builder

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