From: "Craig Montgomery" <
hcmontgo@UNCG.EDU>
On: February 22, 2010 3:09 PM
UNCG currently does not license any of the newer Banner related applications
that make use of the new RIA technologies. Especially with the tight budget
environment we're in now, we want to look ahead and determine what
products/costs we need to be planning for and be positioned to do some R&D
development and product support/development once the standard Banner apps
we have now start crossing over to these new RIA technologies. The Banner
8.1 Architecture Guide mentions a Flex Builder 2 plug-in for Eclipse and Adobe
LiveCycle Data Services 2.x.
For any school that has established a development environment for this new
architecture, would you share your experience? I see there are Standard and
Professional versions of Flex Builder 3. I also see the Flex SDK is available as
open source. Does Adobe provide discounted licensing for Educational
institutions? Are the only products required to purchase the ones I mention
above (Flex Builder 2 plug-in and Adobe LiveCycle Data Services 2.x.) ?
I would appreciate any sagely advice anyone might have related to this.