Flex 2 is coming — are you ready?

Edit on 1/31: CNET says it will be tomorrow…

Edit 2: Confirmed, and the Flex Framework SDK will be free even post beta!

The public alpha was made available a few months ago, and the usual Flash community luminaries have been testing and refining it ever since. Last week Adobe’s John Dowdell noted that the Public Beta is “expected Very Soon Now.” If that news motivates you to finally get up to speed on the Flex front, here’s what you should do:

• Review the Flash Platform overview to see where Flex fits in the overall Flash Platform puzzle.
• Read Mike Chambers’ original article introducing Flex 2 and Christian Cantrell’s recent post Clarifying the Term “Flex”.
• Read John Dowdell’s posts from last week, Flex 2: Tell a Friend and Out of the Ghetto, in which he explains how Flex enthusiasts can help ensure Flex 2 is quickly taken seriously by the RIA development community (and why that’s important.)
• Register for Flashforward2006 Seattle, less than a month away now, where we’ll have an all-day workshop, an Adobe-led session, and many other opportunities to see Flex 2 and ActionScript 3 put through their paces.
• Watch the Adobe Labs page and be ready to download the beta when it becomes available! (Or check back here and we’ll let you know.)

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