Gumbo

The next version of Flex, code name Gumbo, is now in active development. It is has 3 primary themes:

• Design in Mind: provide a framework meant for continuous collaboration between designer and developer.
• Developer Productivity: improve compiler performance and add productivity enhancements to language features like data binding
• Framework Evolution: take advantage of new Flash Player capabilities and add features required by common use-cases

Next steps

1. Watch a presentation on the Gumbo plan (~14 mins) (PDF version)
2. See Ely Greenfield discuss designer/developer improvements
3. Read a longer description of the Gumbo themes
4. View and comment on the specifications

Download builds of Gumbo from here

Milestones

These milestones are very much a work in progress:

Bugs for the upcoming Gumbo milestones

Open Bugs

Recently Fixed Bugs

Documents and Specifications

Gumbo Architecture Whitepaper: start here for the stimulating broad overview of the new architecture

Feature Specifications

FXG 1.0
Gumbo Skinning (including FxComponent)
MXML 2009
Enhanced States Syntax
CSS Advanced Selectors
Group
ItemsComponent and Selector
Layout
Viewport
FxApplication
FxScroller
Text Primitives (TextBox, TextGraphic, and TextView)
FxTextInput
FxTextArea
FxScrollBar
FxRange
FxTrackBase
FxSlider
FxSpinner
FxNumericStepper
ASDoc in MXML
Two-way Data Binding
Pixel Bender Integration
Arbitrary Type Interpolation
New Effects for Components and Graphics
3D Effects Support
Notes on Compiler Performance Improvements