Archive for the ‘Events’ Category
FlexPMD
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events, Flex
Yesterday Adobe Technical Services launched FlexPMD – a tool to audit ActionScript source code and detect common problems (anti patterns, unused code, badly written Flex components ). The tool started as an internal project in Adobe and now it has been made open source.
I can say that using this tool is a must for any complex Flex projects, because it enables you to detect common problems at an early phase. For the moment it can be invoked from Maven/Ant and Mac OS X automator, in the future it will probaby also be available as a Flash Builder plugin.
BlazeDS and LiveCycle Data Services in the Cloud – MAX Laboratory
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events
My colleagues, Mihai Pricope and Mihai Corlan, and I we’ll have a laboratory at Adobe MAX about deploying BlazeDS and LiveCycle Data Services in the Cloud. We plan to show how to create your first project and deploy it on the cloud. We’ll also discuss the challenges that are involved and best practices. We will cover Google App Engine and Amazon ES2.
We cannot cover anything in 90 minutes, but we hope to clarify the basic aspects – and of course to answer all of your questions.
If you are interested in Flex and Java I encourage you to attend – and also to check the other labs and sessions at MAX. And remember, when you attend MAX not only do you learn new things, you also meet new people and find new opportunities.
Adobe Wave launched on Adobe Labs
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events
Adobe Wave Beta was launched on Adobe Labs – it can be accessed here. The idea behind it is quite simple and in the same time quite interesting. Suppose that you are interested in being notified when a retailer is offering a great discount and when a new movie is offered by a content provider – a solution is to install two desktop applications from the publishers and to be receive background notifications when an event happened. The problem is that if you are interested about a lot of things you will have to install a lot of applications.
Adobe Wave solves this problem – you will get all of your notifications through it. It’s an Air application which can be installed and configured on your computer. You can choose which sites can contact you and subscribe/unsubscribe very easy.
If you are a publisher it’s also very easy to use the Adobe Wave to push your notifications, and also very important it’s free. More details can be found here.
Two new open source frameworks from Adobe
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events
Adobe announced two new open source frameworks: Open Source Media Framework (previously called Strobe) and the Text Layout Framework. What can you do with these frameworks?
OSMF is a set of components that you can use in order to build your own video player. Until OSMF you either had to use a pre-built player and try to customize its behavior or you had to create your own player. Most of the time the second option was embraced, especially by media publishers. Now, with OSMF it should be much easier to do that.
TLF is a framework for text layout – more powerful than HTML/CSS. It has support for bidirectional text, multiple columns and other typographical features. It does not depend on the Flex Framework so it can be used even from a simple Flash application. A good example of usage is the New York Times TimesReader 2.0.
Free Enterprise RIA seminar
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events
Finextra and Adobe are hosting an e-seminar related to RIA concepts (real time data, video, rich interactive components) and how to integrate them in trading applications. The session is free, it lasts 75 minutes and is interactive (you can ask questions). It will feature experts from Morgan Stanley, Adobe, Lab 49 and Societe Generale. If you are working for the enterprise and you are interested in RIA applications it’s a good opportunity.
In order to attend go to the Finextra website, where you can read more details and register.
FlexMonkey 1.0
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events
The first production release of FlexMonkey is available now on the Gorilla Logic website. FlexMonkey is an AIR application used to do automated testing for Air applications. Also it’s free and open source. Related to that, one of my colleagues compiled a list of tools used for testing Flex applications – the list is located here.
Android and Adobe Flash
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events
HTC Hero will be the first Android phone to ship with Adobe Flash Player. The announcement was made today by HTC and Adobe Systems at a press conference in London. Also HTC will join as a participant in the Open Screen Project. Great news for Flash, HTC is a very large company in the mobile phone industry.
The HTC Hero will support Flash Player 9 and ActionScript 2. Flash Player 10 is expected to be available in the near future.
More information can be found on Mark Doherty blog. Mark is an Adobe evangelist focused on mobile devices.
Adobe LiveCycle Data Services 3 beta is out
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events, LCDS/Blaze DS
The archive can be downloaded from Adobe Labs. You can also find samples, videos and documentation about the new modeling tools and about the new messaging features.
New update to Acrobat.com – Tables
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events
Yes, now you can create collaborative spreadsheets – see the movie here. It started with Buzzword, two weeks ago we launched Presentations and now Tables. Also, starting today one can buy Premium subscription, and if you register by16 July you’ll receive a discount – see this announcement.
SocialGeek Bucharest – first edition
Posted by cornel | Filed under Events
I will speak at the SocialGeek conference in 19 June. The event sounds interesting – some of the presenters will talk about technical things, others about the Romanian market. You can register here - hope to meet you there.