Flex and Flex Builder Codename History

This is history according to Ted Patrick and shared at the keynote at 360Flex in Seattle.

Lego
Mindstorms
Lliad
Odyssey
Royale
Monk
Zorn
Mistral
Zaphod
Moxie

2000 to 2007

2000 – Developer Paradigm for SWF (Lego, Mindstorms)
2001 – SVG/XML to SWF (lliad Odyssey)
2002 – “Royale” begins (Flex 1.0)
2003 – Matt and Deepa join team
2004 – Flex 1.0 arrives (J2EE Server)
2004 – David and George Comninos join “Monk” – Flex Builder start
2004 – Flex 1.5 arrives (J2EE Server)
2005 – Flex 2.0 Alpha at MAX
2006 – Flex 2.0 arrives (SDK + Builder + Data Services)

(note the references to the team members of Matt, Deepa, David, and George i think was because they were at the conference. There are many other great devs that have been part of Flex for quite a while.)

  • Carlos

    I thought Zaphod was the code name for Flash Player 9… as in a player supports two AVM’s.

  • http://www.renaun.com Renaun Erickson

    Probably so, Ted was liberal to include codenames that where related to Flex’s history. And he did mention the FP9 and the new VM’s.

  • nig

    Go Team Lego!

  • Jamie Badman

    Weird how Firefly never gets a mention – it was a definite precursor within Flash to what we do in Flex now.

    So why’s it been ignored I wonder?!

    Jamie.

  • http://www.carlosrovira.com/blog Carlos Rovira

    Yeah! I arrived to Flex when the name was royale.
    I always like that name… : )