Today Adobe released it’s first updater to the Flex platform, but the dot one (or really the dot zero one) updater gives you much more than you think.

The engineering teams have worked hard at fixing hundreds of bugs and improving the SDK. But what’s more, this isn’t just a bug fix release - the Flex teams have released Flex Builder as a tool for MAC OS X! Winner! On top of that, we can all now move to Eclipse 3.2 rather than working with the older 3.1. I myself use Eclipse 3.2 with the Web Tools Platform (among other plugins).

What else? The teams didn’t just stop there, how about adding some new features as well! There’s runtime CSS support, the ability to develop applications in a modular fashion (great for those larger apps), and automated functional testing with a Mercury QuickTest Pro plugin. Other cool additions include FlashType font support and a fully functional ASDoc implementation that ships with the SDK.

For a full rundown check out Matt Chotin’s article on the Logged In Developer Center - Introducing Flex 2.0.1
Looking ahead, if Apollo is on your radar, and RIA’s on the desktop are your thing, then Flex 2.0.1 is your friend. The enhancements made to the 2.0.1 updater ensure your applications’s readiness for the Apollo preview later this year.

More information can be found on the Flex 2 FAQ.
Download Flex updaters from the Adobe Flex Support Center.

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