3.4. Summary

In this chapter, I described how to use Flash Builder 4 to create and manage simple Flex projects and applications. You learned the following:

• When using Flash Builder, Flex applications are built in Flex projects.

• Flex applications are compiled into SWF files and require additional supporting files when they're deployed.

• The files in the html-template folder are used to model generated HTML wrapper files.

• Compiled files in the default bin-debug folder are meant for debugging and testing and are significantly larger than the version you deploy to your Web site.

• Flex applications designed for deployment in a Web browser use the open-source SWFObject JavaScript library to dynamically generate HTML code that loads Flash Player and displays your application at runtime.

• You should create a release build of your Flex application for deployment to a Web site.

• A release build folder normally contains the release build of a single application.

• You can integrate a Flex application into an existing Web page by sizing it correctly and copying code from the generated HTML file into the hosting page.

• You can use Dreamweaver CS4 to import and integrate a Flex application into a Webpage.