Adobe have released version 2 of the AIR cross platform runtime, that builds on the success of AIR 1 giving developers new capabilities, and even tighter integration with the desktop. Some new features of AIR 2 include:
* Support for the detection of mass storage devices.
* Advanced networking [...]
Yes you have read this right ….. Adobe Flash CS5 will allow developers to create applications built using Actionscript 3, available for the iPhone and iPod touch.
At MAX 2009, Adobe showed a number of applications and games for iPhone that have been built using a prerelease version of Flash Professional CS5. These applications are [...]
Adobe have made available the BETA release of the Flex 4 SDK (previously codenamed Gumbo). There are 3 major themes and changes to Flex 4 and this release. They are:
Design in Mind: providing a framework for continuous collaboration between designer and developer
Developer Productivity: improving compiler performance and adding productivity enhancements to language features
Framework Evolution: taking [...]
I am currently working on a sample Flex application that requires the ability to upload files to a destination server. I found this article on the Adobe website, by Ryan Favro. It’s a really nice simple example of how to achieve file uploads using Flex and ColdFusion.
Multiple File Upload with Flex and Coldfusion
This is a really nice demonstration / working app from Adobe. The application is built using Adobe Flex 2 and runs in Adobe AIR. The application has been built to showcase Flex 2’s visual components and the interactivity a Flex application can provide.
The application allows small groups to share digital content, exchange ideas, centralise information and [...]
Anybody who is seriously looking at developing Adobe AIR applications should attend this. The Adobe OnAir tour comes to London on 9th April 2008.
The agenda for the London event is online and will be held at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, EC1Y 4SD.
They also have some really nice Adobe OnAir Desktop Wallpapers available for download.
The event is [...]
Found a nice simple RSS reader example at Jonathan Fisher’s blog (northcubed). It is built using Flex Builder 3 and runs in the Adobe AIR runtime on the user’s desktop. Chromeless windows are supported and full source code is available to view or download.
I stumbled across this excellent video tutorial by Bruce Eckel and James Ward on Adobe, that shows an example of a Flex application working with Hibernate and XFire. Take a look, as it makes some very interesting learning on how this can be done as well as proving that ColdFusion doesn’t always have to be the [...]
I have a new machine at home running Windows Vista and have been racking my brains trying to get my files transferred and my desktop set with all my DEV and research work. I have installed Eclipse Europa (3.3) and was ready to install Flex Builder 2 as a plugin.
With Europa successfully installed, I fired [...]
I have been recently learning and using Flex 2. Coming from a ColdFusion background (and being self taught!!), I first found it very hard to get used to the strict typing and syntax that is used to make up a Flex App.
Flex Apps are composed of MXML and Actionscript 3 class files. The MXML is [...]