More Flash Builder 4 niceties

I am posting these as I go along surprising myselft with new UI features that make my life easier.

Here is a couple more:

To the left of the code row numbers a green arrow appears that signals that the current method is being overridden and also, when you place the cursor over a method or variable, all instances and declarations of it get highlighted in the code in gray. I've already found these features very good in helping me keep track of my code very quick and intuitively.

Good stuff Adobe!

Flash Builder 4 Beta - First Impressions

I've installed the beta and here are the first things that stood out for me which look very promising:

• Imported Flex Builder 3 with no problems, it let me know that the project being imported was created under an older version of the Flex Framework and offered the option to select which one I wanted to utilize for it in Flash Builder.
• It also listed the Path Variables that needed to be setup.
  
  
  
• UI Glitches are gone. Many (including me) have complained of disappearing UI elements in Flex Builder 3, in my case I always have problems under Project/Preferences screen.
  
• I was pleased to see that under the project source folder (src by default) there is now a Package node, which is clearer instead of showing (or not showing in the case of default packages) subfolders.
  
  
  
  
• There is also a new node on the Package Explorer for Referenced Libraries which holds all imported SWCs.
  
  
  More to come as I continue to use it!
  
  

Adobe Flash Builder 4 Beta now available (Formerly Flex Builder)

Adobe announced the release of Flash Builder 4 which was previously known as Flex Builder 3. As they say in their posting in Adobe Labs, the shift in name has to do with the differentiation between the open source free Flex Framework and the commercially available developing product suite. Also, dropping in the F brand into the name of this awesome product is definitely going to attract more flash developers who might have been reluctant to pick it up until now.

A video of the new features can be found here.

The 30 free beta is available here.

I am downloading it now, so I haven't tested it yet but I am excited with the improvement of the workflow as it has to do with working with flash graphic assets, which anyone doing pure Actionscript Projects will attest to, it desperately needed simplification.