Adobe announces Web 2.0 tool "Flex Builder 2" free for Students & Faculty

Announced today (Oct 24th Northern Hemisphere time), Adobe will be offering Adobe® Flex™ Builder™ 2 software at no cost to students and faculty at educational institutions worldwide (see further story at Yahoo Finance).

Flex™ is used to develop cross-operating system RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) for the Web. "Using Flex Builder 2, developers can quickly build and deploy applications that are expressive, intuitive, and rich in interactivity. Flex Builder 2 is a productive development environment that makes it easy for developers to customize their applications to match the desired look and feel."

Flex™ should be available to download from Adobe in early November.

See Christian Cantrell's blog (Apollo Application Developer) for a run down on the development of Flex™

This opens up a lot of possibilities for interactive media and computer science programs within secondary and post secondary institutions. Applause!!!!