Flash components have always been the most visually gratifying components on the web. With Flex, Flash has reached a whole new level of interface design, and have made it considerably easier. However, Flex lacks the array of customization options, styles, and animations that are provided by several 3rd party components. Notable among them is FusionCharts, who provide a module just for Flex. For this example, we will use this suite to create a bubble chart in Flex.
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In a previous tutorial we introduced the Adobe Air framework that illustrated how to create a simple application. Remember that Adobe Air is a framework that enables web developers, usually involved in html/js/flash programming, to build desktop applications. In this tutorial we will illustrate how to build an Adobe Air application with Flex, an open source set of technologies for the development of rich internet applications.
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