We’ve got great news for those who were waiting for an easier way to create rich Internet applications with Adobe Flex [1] using IntelliJ IDEA [2].

Many advanced features are supported by the upcoming version 7.0.3 that is already available throught the Early Access Program (EAP):

• Smart code completion for MXML and AS files, with cross-resolution of code symbols between them, even inside of mx:Script blocks and attribute values
• Automatic code formatting, highlighting and styling
• On-the-fly code validation with instant quick-fixes
• Code insections to hunt perfomance bottlenecks, bad code practicies and other problems
• Rich set refactorings

We’ve composed a comprehensive tutorial, for you to quickly start over.

To get your hands on IntelliJ IDEA Flex experience, you only need:

• IntelliJ IDEA Flex tutorial in PDF format [3]
• Latest IntelliJ IDEA EAP Build [4]
• And, optionally, sample project [5] (it’s what you’ll anyways get after completing the tutorial)

Hope you enjoy the new opportunitiies...