Flex vs Flash

Yesterday I attended a free Flex training session that was put on by Adobe. The training covered how to integrate Flex with ColdFusion. I know a fair amount about ColdFusion, but hardly anything about Flex. I learned a lot, but I have a lot more to learn about Flex.

One issue I pondered during the training was the difference between Flash and Flex. I think the difference comes from how the apps are built. Yesterday we worked on our projects using Flex Builder and the interface was one that I am very comfortable with. I opened Adobe Flash CS3 today and it looked a lot more like PhotoShop, and less like something I would use comfortably. In the end they both produce apps that run on the Flash platform, and I think they can fun on the AIR platform as well.

I did some looking around and found this article about the differences: The Difference Between Flex and Flash.