Free Flex Builder for Unemployed Developers

By James Ward | Published: April 3, 2009

Flex Builder is now free for not only students and educators but also for those who are currently unemployed! If you fall into this category – my sympathies – but hopefully by learning Flex you can get a job again soon. And since the Flex job market is super hot, getting a new Flex job shouldn’t be too hard. :)

All you need to do is go to freeriatools.adobe.com and (honestly) fill out the information. I hope this helps get you on your feet again!

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  • http://okgosu.tistory.com okgosu

    Hi, James
    Great news for flex developers~
    I think this would make my flex book to be sold more :)
    It was sold more than 13,000 in korea.
    Sang-Houn

  • http://www.kevinbondelli.com Kevin Bondelli

    This is another example of why I love Adobe as a company. They realized that releasing Flex for free to the unemployed is a win-win situation.

  • Jeremi Bergman

    Nice, but you can’t sell anything you develop with it…

    I attest that the following statements are true:
    1) I am not currently employed or being paid to develop software applications or web pages
    2) Adobe Flex Builder 3 Software I receive under this program is for my personal use to learn about Adobe Flex and improve my skills
    3) My license to use Flex Builder 3 under this program will not be used for production or commercial purposes, nor will it be transferred to any other person or entity, including to my employer should I become employed.

  • http://noben.org/ Nicolas Noben

    That is a great move Adobe. Good luck to ya all. Decent flex developers are VERY HARD to find.

  • http://dzone.com Rick Ross

    What an excellent way for Adobe to help developers who are down on their luck. Very well done, guys. Congratulations!

  • http://www.jamesward.com James Ward

    Hi Jeremi,

    It’s really intended to help developers learn Flex while they are unemployed. If a developer is selling something that they built with Flex Builder then hopefully they can afford to pay for the license.

    -James

  • Jeremi Bergman

    @James I would agree, but if you dont have money to buy the IDE, but you develop a great app using FB that you can’t sell, then how are you ever to make money :)

    I know why they put that in there, just seems like a funny catch 22.

  • Alan Carwile

    Free Flex Builder is great – Thanks Adobe!

    There is a link also for free 60 days of 5x Flex books on Safari Online, but that has a catch. It requires that we enter credit card information and consent to being charged $9.99 a month if we forget to cancel within 60 days. Not really interested in something else to keep track of :-) I tried to skip entry of my credit card info, but no luck.

    I’d suggest Adobe should ask Safari Online to tweak their otherwise very nice offer.

    James – thanks for informing us about the free FB offer!