Downloading the latest Adobe Labs version of Flex 3 SDK/Flex Builder 3 (codename: Moxie)

Whether you’re new to the Wonderful World of Flex, or if you’ve used Flex 1.0, 1.5 or 2 in the past, head on over to the Adobe Labs site and check out the Flex 3 SDK, or if you fancy more of an IDE, grab Flex Builder 3 (which uses Eclipse).

Adobe Flex Builder 3 Public Beta
Adobe Flex 3 SDK Public Beta

If you choose to go the SDK route (it includes a nice command-line compiler, mxmlc) you have the option of grabbing either the Flex 3 SDK Beta 1 release, or you can grab one of the many recent Nightly Builds of the Flex 3 SDK (click the check box to enable the downloads and populate the list of nightly builds). A word of warning about the nightly builds though:

The nightly builds of the Flex 3 SDK do not include support for Adobe AIR. If you require Adobe AIR support you should use the beta 1 version of the Flex 3 SDK.

In an upcoming post, I’ll walk you through installing the standalone version of Flex Builder 3 (Beta 1) and how you can install a nightly build so you can take advantage of the latest code fixes and improvements.

Good luck, and happy Flexing!

Peter

For more information on installing the nightly builds into Flex Builder 3, see “Installing the latest nightly Flex 3 SDK build into Flex Builder 3″