Why the Flex Builder 4 renaming to Flash Builder is good to me

So I'm back from a trip to Tokyo and the first news I read is that Flex Builder 4 (codename Gumbo) will be renamed to Flash Builder !

Ryan have written an explanatory post (read the full "Flex Builder “Gumbo” is Being Renamed Flash Builder" article)about the motivations that drove Adobe to this change.

And I totally agree with him when he has said that it's now clearer that the tools for creating Flash content are independent of frameworks or other parts of the Flash Platform.

Moreover I trust Adobe's decision. It demonstrates us many times that it knows what it does.

But you know what it means to me ?

That my Flex Solutions book will immediately stop to sell :/

The positive thing is that I'm now forced to start writing the second edition faster ;)

So I'll soon publish a detailed table of contents for the Flex 4 Solutions: Essential Tecniques for Flex 4 developers

Comments

[Ryan Stewart]

I don't think you're book is going to stop selling. Flex is still really, really important and it's still the name of the framework.

Now you should keep working on the second version and incorporate all of the Flex 4/Flash Builder 4 goodness, but the old one will sell :)

=Ryan
ryan@adobe.com

[Savvas Malamas]

My first Flex book. Still the much loved one!
Of course its not going to stop selling, there is no reason for this.

Looking forward to the 2nd one.

[Rodrigo]

I don't think renaming it is such a good decision. Flash name carries a strong bias toward unnecessary animation, closed source and toy technology. When I mention Flex to my clients here in South America, they are usually open to hear what I have to say. Once I mention Flash, things get a lot harder.
By the way, I'm on the software development business, not the Web designing business. So this may be a good move from the web designer perspective.
Just my 2c...

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[Federica]

Things Adobe should do:

1. avoid all this noise about developers and designers;
2. give for free the flex builder standard edition;
3. low price for the pro edition;
4. abandon MXML! It is incredible one should not use the proprietary MovieClip and Timeline but SHOULD learn MXML!

Moreover, "Flash Builder 4" sounds confusing when you sell a product called
"Flash Professional CS4"...

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