I'm a web developer ..familiar with php, cakephp, html, soap, javascript and what not.. I recently got to know about adobe flex, which is great for building RIA(Rich internet applications)..The problem is, I have no knowledge as regards it's demand in the IT sector. Do you think it's something I can go for?

want my honest advice forget Flex because it is entirely based on a Platform about to be buried. its dead on Android now,and Windows 8 won't suport Flash fully just stick to JavaScript and NodeJs those are gaining tractions daily.also Win8 supports Html5 all the way

pc guru: want my honest advice forget Flex because it is entirely based on a Platform about to be buried. its dead on Android now,and Windows 8 won't suport Flash fully just stick to JavaScript and NodeJs those are gaining tractions daily.also Win8 supports Html5 all the way

not true sir. Adobe AIR is very nice and is still being supported by iPhone and android. @OP, yes, you can learn adobe flex as adobe AIR(adobe integrated runtime) is built ontop of flex. You can develope native iPhone apps and android apps with adobe AIR. Adobe AIR can be used on any platform you can install Adobe Flash professional on...

Adobe is pulling its Flash Player plug-in from
Android's Google Play store.
It follows a decision to halt development of the
software for mobile devices.
The plug-in allows multimedia content created using
the Flash format to be viewed via a web browser.
Adobe will continue to develop the player for PCs. It
will also support Air - a tool which lets developers
turn web-based applications using Flash into
standalone mobile apps.
The Flash Player had been popular on Google Play -
with two-thirds of users giving it a top score.
But Adobe said it was removing the option to install
the plug-in because it was likely to exhibit
"unpredictable behaviour" when used with the latest
version of Android, known as Jelly Bean.
It also suggested that smartphone owners who had
upgraded to the latest system should uninstall the
Flash Player if it was already on their device.
Although Adobe is no longer actively developing the
player for Android, Blackberry or Symbian devices -
and never released it for Apple iOS or Windows
Phone handsets - it has said it would continue to
offer security updates and bug fixes for existing
versions until September 2013.
Link: m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19267140

pc guru: want my honest advice forget Flex because it is entirely based on a Platform about to be buried. its dead on Android now,and Windows 8 won't suport Flash fully just stick to JavaScript and NodeJs those are gaining tractions daily.also Win8 supports Html5 all the way

thats false information.

I really dont dig flex cos it gives you huge files anyday.
for me flash gives more flexibility, you can build a complete 15 page website and have your swf size lesser than 100kb
besides, actionscript
google FriendsofED's Object Oriented ActionScript 3.0, that book is awesome.

so wait if Android is killing Flash am under the impression that this also affects Flex. the Future for Flash is really kinda slim