
36 Introducing Flex Builder 2
Flex Builder versions and configurations
Flex Builder is available in two versions: the standard version and a version that includes the
Flex Charting components. (For more information, see “Flex Builder versions” in Using Flex
Builder 2.)
Each version is available in two configurations: standalone and plug-in. The standalone
configuration is a customized packaging of Eclipse and the Flex Builder plug-ins created
specifically for developing Flex and ActionScript applications. The plug-in configuration is
for users who already use the Eclipse workbench, who want to add the Flex Builder plug-ins
to their toolkit of Eclipse plug-ins. (For more information, see “Flex Builder configurations”
in Using Flex Builder 2.
Flex Builder and connecting to data
Since Flex applications do not directly connect to a database, you use other tools and services
s u c h a s P H P, A S P, J S P, We b s e r v i c e s , F l e x D a t a Services, ColdFusion Flash Remoting Services,
and so on. Flex Builder allows you to create projects that use these various tools and services to
access data. You then directly interact with them in your MXML and ActionScript code. For
more information about creating projects and accessing data, see Chapter 3, “Working with
Projects” in Using Flex Builder 2.
About Flex Builder perspectives
A group of editors and views that support a specific task or group of tasks are combined into a
perspective. Flex Builder contains two perspectives: one for general development and design
and the other for debugging.
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