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I decided to promote my Flex IDE installation from Flex Builder 3 and Gumbo to latest release "Flash Builder 4".

I downloaded the application installer from: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flash_builder

When I ran the installation, logged on as an Administrative user on my Windows XP desktop PC,  the installer would run, but crash out mid installation with the following Error...

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When it comes to coding, the user interface plays a major role for developers.

Code Bubbles re-defines the development user interface, dealing with code fragments instead of files and concurrent working sets.  Definitely something worth looking in to.

You can sign up for the beta release here: Code Bubbles Beta

NOTE: The below is for Mac only at the moment - but I will try and obtain the Windows compatible versions.

I have managed to obtain trial copys of 2 of Adobes latest products Gumbo, also known as Flex 4 and Catalyst (formerly Thermo).

If you would like to try these, please follow the links below:

Catalyst: http://www.123adapt.com/adobe/Adobe%20Flash%20Catalyst_installer_mac_214930.dmg
Gumbo : http://www.123adapt.com/adobe/Gumbo_mac_installer_215018f.dmg
Serial : http://www.123adapt.com/adobe/serial.rtf

Also note that, this is authentic trial software from Adobe and NOT Illegally downloaded!!!

If you have any problems with these - let me know.

Found this nice little tool a while back for creating tutorials or demoing functionality of an application.

The output it generates is in Flash format, so the content can be viewed in a browser.

It also allows you to add shapes and speech bubbles, making it even easier to highlight and explain application functionality.

Also, the software is free!!!

Check it out here at: http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ and also have a look at the tutorials.

The Aptana IDE is a free, open-source, cross-platform, JavaScript-focused development environment for building Ajax applications.

It features code assist on JavaScript, HTML, and CSS languages, FTP/SFTP support and a JavaScript debugger to troubleshoot your code. For Javascript and CSS development, I have yet to find a better and more user-friendly IDE.

It's free! Read more and download Aptana