Rich Internet Applications and the systems that drive them
Posted in AIR, Flex, Flex Builder on Feb 24th, 2008
The title says it all. Here’s some links to the bits.
Flex Builder 3.0
http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/
Flex SDK 3.0
http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+SDK
AIR 1.0
http://www.adobe.com/products/air/
Posted in AIR, Debugging, Flex, Flex Builder on Feb 8th, 2008
Edit: In a comment below Ted Patrick confirmed that Adobe has indeed already changed the licensing to allow for a virtualized Win/Mac combination. Fantastic News! One more reason to develop on a Mac! (02/08/08 11:42 PST)
I develop Flex and AIR applications in Flex Builder on my Macbook Pro notebook and I keep a copy [...]
Posted in AIR, Frameworks, Java on Feb 5th, 2008
We knew it was coming but we didn’t know when or in what form. Adam Flater just posted that the Artemis project has officially been reborn as the Merapi project. The list of contributors looks impressive, including both developers and designers.
For those of you not familiar with Artemis Merapi, it’s a framework for connecting Adobe [...]
Posted in AIR, Flex, Flex Builder on Aug 13th, 2007
Ted Patrick, during the 360 Flex keynote, announced that the next Flex 3.0 beta will be available in October. While he didn’t go so far as to specify when in October I’m hopeful that the timing will coincide with MAX. In addition Ted announced that Flex 3 and AIR will ship in parallel sometime “very [...]
Posted in AIR, Flex, Flex Builder on Jul 12th, 2007
Creating an AIR express install badge is relatively simple. Adobe has done all the heavy lifting for us, our part consists of a little prep work and configuring some Flashvars. It is our part that I want to focus on in this tutorial. What you will need to create a badge:
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Posted in AIR, Eclipse, Flex Builder on Jul 10th, 2007
If your web server refuses to serve-up your shiny new AIR app, the problem just might be the MIME type or lack there of. Mike Chambers posted on this topic awhile back and I bumped into it again yesterday (how quickly we forget!) so I thought I’d blog it for my own sake and yours.
The [...]
Posted in AIR, Conferences, Flex on Jun 11th, 2007
For those of you that have been suffering night terrors ever since you passed on the opportunity to attend Apollo Camp San Francisco, redemption is at hand.
Mike Chambers just twittered/announced the onAIR Summer Bus Tour. Looks like a motley crew of Flex, AIR and Javascript developers are going to pile into a 12 person [...]
Adobe Apollo AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) Beta and Flex 3 Beta have hit the labs homepage. In addition there’s a Flash Player 9 update beta. Oh it’s going to be a late night, better put on a pot of coffee.
Posted in AIR, Conferences, Flex, Flex Builder on Mar 16th, 2007
I’m more than impressed with the Apollo Camp schwag bag. First of all I wasn’t expecting anything other then Apollo Alpha 1. Here’s what we received:
Apollo Camp t-shirt
Nice little Apollo Camp sticker (I think I’ll put it on my MBP
Lynda.com Apollo training DVD by none other than Mike Chambers
Of Course Apollo Alpha 1
AND THE BIG [...]