RIA Development with Adobe Flex and Flash

Got a Netflix account? Now you can manage your Netflix queue right from your desktop using a new Adobe AIR application called Queued. This little application was created primarily to show how AIR and the Dojo Toolkit can be used together to create (RIAs) rich internet applications, Queued is open-source, BSD-licensed software. With Queued, you can access your Netflix queue from your desktop, search for movies to add to your queue, rate movies, and you can even view Instant Watch movies. More info at ReadWriteWeb including a youtube demo movie.

Adobe Flex Builder 3 is gaining attention as this software continues to improve with each release. This article from InfoWorld has a lot of great things to say about the latest release. Some of the new features that are mentioned include better visual layout tools and more control over CSS, new wizards for WSDL introspection and back-end data connectivity, and plug-ins that augment workflow between developers and design teams. Check it out