In order to supposedly give the developers “the best of both worlds” via the notable Salesforce. com and Adobe Systems’ pairing, the companies Monday announced Abode Flash Builder for Force. com, an integrated development environment (IDE) that facilitates the development of rich Internet applications (RIAs) deployable via browsers and on desktops.

Along with providing 100 reusable user interface components, charting and animation capabilities, the Eclipse-based IDE also boasts integration with Adobe’s LiveCycle Data Services, whereby developers will be able to sync Force. com data with a client-side data store.

The underlying idea behind the newly-announced Flash Builder, which will hit the market in the 2010 first half, is to simplify the task of building Flash-based front ends for Salesforce. com applications and RIAs on the desktop in Flash and Flex that suck on Force. com data.

According to Dave Gruber, group product manager, Adobe will provide first-line support to the Flash Builder which, currently available for developers’ preview, will be licensed on a per-seat basis. Developers can either embed Flash components into UIs built with the Salesforce. com VisualForce toolset, or else strip out that layer completely in favor of Adobe technology.

Commenting on the flash Builder, senior director of product marketing Eric Stahl said: “When people build applications, they take their project, figure out what technologies they need to bring to bear. Very rarely is it one single product from one single company.”