May 26th, 2009
Tour de LiveCycle Launched!
As members of the Adobe Evangelist team, we are often asked, “What is LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES)”? That’s not an easy question to answer! The challenge is that LiveCycle ES is not a typical product with a typical list of features. It’s an extensible platform that offers a wide array of services, each with its [...]
May 11th, 2009
New York Times Reader – Why AIR?
This morning, the New York Times launched a new desktop application for reading their newspaper built on Adobe AIR. At first glance, you may ask, “What’s the big deal? – I can read the New York Times online already”. When I first heard about this application, I asked the same question! I’ve seen a [...]
Apr 30th, 2009
Flash Camp Orlando May 29th, 2009 – Registration open
Flash Camp Orlando is now open for registration! If you register in the next 29 hours, you can get in at a discounted rate. The event is Friday, May 29th, 2009 at the University of Central Florida Live Oak Event Center. Registration details can be found at http://www.flashcamporlando.com For those of you that attended Flash [...]
Apr 30th, 2009
Flex and AIR certification, a developer's experience
A few weeks ago, Holly Schinsky (one of the developers of Tour de Flex and other cool projects) did some research on becoming “Flex/AIR Certified”. My first reaction was to roll my eyes because I’ve never really believed in certification programs. I’ve always felt that they measure someone’s test-taking abilities rather than their ability to [...]
Apr 21st, 2009
Tour de Flex stats for 16 days
I spent some time today pulling statistics for the usage of Tour de Flex in the last 16 days (4/5/2009 – 4/20/2009). The results were pleasantly surprising: Last 16 days of data: 556,133 samples viewed (34,000+ per day!) Total of 4,213,937 viewed since we launched at MAX on 11/16/2008! Tour de Flex application was executed [...]
Apr 6th, 2009
Tour de Flex 1.2.1 Released – bug fixes and a few new features
Since we launched Tour de Flex 1.2, several bugs have been reported and fixed. Version 1.2.1 is now available that contains the following fixes and changes: BUG FIX – Flex SDK samples didn’t work offline. All Flex SDK and AIR samples now work offline BUG FIX – The icons were broken in list view when [...]
Mar 30th, 2009
Tour de Flex 1.2 Released
We have finally released Tour de Flex 1.2. Below are the highlights: New improved skin (thinner chrome) Splash screen has been replaced by a quick start screen that we can update frequently with news of new samples, resources, etc. Fixed a memory/CPU issue (see previous post) Comments are now hosted in the Adobe forums. You [...]
Feb 24th, 2009
Adobe AIR HTML Control, Flash Content and Garbage Collection
For the past few days, I’ve been trying to figure out why Tour de Flex’s memory and CPU utilization increases every time a new sample is viewed. Today, I had a breakthrough that explains the bloat and a simple workaround: Summary: If an mx:HTML control loads a page with flash content, the control cannot be [...]
Feb 20th, 2009
Flex Camp Miami – March 6th – Warm up with Flex!
What’s the temperature at your house today? It’s 72 degrees in Miami. Sound good? Give yourself something to look forward to and register for Flex Camp Miami on March 6th. I’ll be presenting the Keynote. Below is the agenda as of today – check http://www.flexcampmiami.com/ later for the final version.
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