Adobe Edge, now available for free to download until October. At that point it will go on sale. So what is it? Well it is a similar program to Flash, just not as powerful. It is HTML5 though so I have a feeling this is the direction Adobe is going. My guess is that this and either dreamweaver or flash will merge..similar to what happened with Flex. Here is a table that shows where Edge fits into Adobe’s software development process:
Product | Sample use cases | Supported technologies |
---|---|---|
Adobe Edge Animate | Motion and interaction design for new compositions or using existing CSS-based page layouts, content rotators, simple games, advertising. | HTML/HTML5, JavaScript, CSS/CSS3, JSON, web graphics including SVG, jQuery-based animation framework. |
Adobe Dreamweaver | Websites and web applications for desktops, smartphones, and other devices | HTML/HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, PhoneGap, site management, FTP, CMS frameworks, SVN (Subversion) |
Adobe Flash® Professional | Immersive interactive experiences, mobile applications, gaming, premium video, advertising | ActionScript, Flash Player, AIR for desktop and mobile |
Adobe Flash® Builder | ich Internet Applications (RIAs) and mobile applications | Professional ActionScript IDE, Flex, Flash Player, AIR for desktop and mobile |
The platform interface looks very similar to Flash. So this looks like it will be very easy to learn if you know Flash and HTML.
Link to software: http://edge.adobe.com