Archive for: March, 2008

Mar 31st, 2008

Adobe LiveCycle ES – an intro video for developers

Out on the server… beyond Flex and AIR… even beyond LiveCycle Data Services… is Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite. Adobe is winning major customers with this enterprise platform and is getting ready to launch the public beta of LiveCycle 8.2 (officially named “LiveCycle ES Update 1″). I’ve created a 10 minute video (ok.. well… 14 minutes) [...]

Mar 27th, 2008

LiveCycle ES vs LiveCycle DS vs BlazeDS – clearing up the confusion

As you probably know, Flex Data Services was recently renamed to LiveCycle Data Services ES, commonly referred to as LiveCycle DS. However, this name change has confused a lot of people because there was already a set of products named LiveCycle Enterprise Suite, commonly referred to as LiveCycle ES. After talking to many people at [...]

Mar 24th, 2008

In Europe? Want to learn tons about Flex? 360Flex is coming in 13 days!

If you are in Europe and are interested in Flex, AIR, LiveCycle, etc., check out this event.   360Flex Atlanta was a huge success with standing-room only sessions.  A lot of topics will be covered – http://www.360conferences.com/downloads/EuropeSchedule.pdf For more details and to signup, go to http://www.360flex.com/360flex_europe/ I’ll be there to present – Join us!

Mar 23rd, 2008

Online training this week on Flex, Flash, Mobile, ColdFusion and Dreamweaver!

March 24th – 28th, 2008 – Adobe Developer Week There are some great online sessions available this week at http://adobe.com/go/2008_developer_week. These live seminars are scheduled events simulcast over the web via Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional. You’ll need a web browser, Adobe Flash player and an Internet connection. Voice-Over IP will broadcast over your computer if [...]

Mar 22nd, 2008

Rebuilding My Website Using Flex – Part 1

This is the first in a series of posts that will document my experience using Adobe Flex to dramatically improve a simple existing website. Like many of you, I am fairly new to Flex Development and need a good project to sink my teeth into. If you have not developed in Flex before, you may [...]

Mar 19th, 2008

New on ADC – Best Practices for team-based development with Adobe LiveCycle ES

Earlier this week, a new technical guide was posted to the Adobe Developer Connection titled, “Best practices for team-based development with Adobe LiveCycle Workbench ES“. If you are relatively new to developing applications with LiveCycle ES, this is a great read. Other good LiveCycle-related content can be found at http://www.adobe.com/devnet/livecycle I am going to be [...]

Mar 19th, 2008

The "richest" application I've ever seen! A full-motion flight simulator for an Embraer 190

Ok, ok – this article is not about Adobe technology or AJax or any other recently discussed RIA technology … but it is about a VERY engaging and immersive user interface. I recently was asked to join a sales call at a major airline training center where pilot recurrent training takes place. In the room [...]

Mar 17th, 2008

A Must Have for Flex, AIR and Flash developers – ActionScript 3 Reference Guide (PDF)

A great new reference guide for ActionScript 3 is now available for immediate download from the Adobe Developer Connection. I put this to use within 10 minutes of downloading it. Class/Interface format: Snippet from the guide: You can download yours from http://www.adobe.com/devnet/actionscript/articles/atp_ria_guide.html

Mar 17th, 2008

So now you want to develop Flash Lite Content for Windows Mobile?

Over the weekend, the news broke that Microsoft is licensing the Flash Lite 3 player and Reader LE for Windows Mobile. I’m not a Flash Lite expert, but I’m suddenly curious. I’m sure that there are many of you out there like me that have never built anything for Flash Lite but are suddenly interested [...]