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June 30, 2007 by g.
Flash CS3 has been shipping for 2½ months. Flex 3 is now up on labs. And also up on labs is the Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3. Finally Adobe is releasing resources focusing on Flex/Flash integration.
Following are links to a few resources on the topic of integrating Flex and Flash.
NOTE: If you see links for additional sources, please use the comments to add them in. We will refresh this list in time at the list grows.
October 1, 2007
Session: Using Flash and Flex Together
Presenter: Nick Velloff
http://www.adobemax2007.com/na/sessions/
Home Page: Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_Component_Kit_for_Flash_CS3
June 25, 2007
What’s in store for Flex 3 beta
Video Interview of Glenn Ruehle, Engineer on the Flex SDK team
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videos/flex_3_beta/
April 18, 2007
Acrobat Connection Presentation and Demonstration (Duration 30 Minutes)
Glenn Ruehle, Engineer on the Flex SDK team
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a300965365/p75214263/
April 23, 2007
Blog Entry: Example for Flex Component Kit for Flash CS3
Jesse Warden
http://jessewarden.com/2007/04/example-for-flex-component-kit-for-flash-cs3.html
June 28, 2007
Blog Entry: Using Copy Motion to ActionScript 3 with Flex
Richard Galvan, Flash Technical Product Manager
http://blogs.adobe.com/rgalvan/2007/06/using_copy_motion_to_actionscr.html
June 16, 2007
Blog Entry: Flex Controlling Flash
Jesse Warden
http://jessewarden.com/2007/06/flex-controlling-flash.html
May 03, 2007
Blog Entry: Controlling Flash Player 8 SWFs in Flash Player 9 SWFs
Jesse Warden
http://jessewarden.com/2007/05/controlling-flash-player-8-swfs-in-flash-player-9-swfs.html
December 17, 2006
Blog Entry: Integrating a Flash Interface into Flex 2
Jesse Warden
http://jessewarden.com/2006/12/integrating-a-flash-interface-into-flex-2.html
April 17, 2007
Blog Entry: Using Flex Builder 2 to write AS3 code for Flash CS3 Projects
Stefan Richter
http://www.flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2007/4/17/Flex-Builder-2-to-write-AS3-code-for-Flash
July 28, 2007
Blog Entry: Flash Content in Flex Preso
Jesse Warden
http://jessewarden.com/2007/07/flash-content-in-flex-preso.html
Including link to Acrobat Connect presentation here:
http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p58397069/
March 24, 2007
Blog Entry: Using Flash Symbols with ActionScript in Flex
Grant Skinner
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2007/03/using_flash_sym.html
March 12, 2007
Blog Entry: Flex Loves Flash? Embed and Beyond.
Grant Skinner
http://www.gskinner.com/blog/archives/2007/03/flex_loves_flas.html
including link to related presentation at 360Flex.org
http://gskinner.com/talks/flexlovesflash/
January 29, 2007
Article: Managing workflows between designers and developers in Flex projects
Nick Velloff
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/workflows.html
September 5, 2006
Video of Flex Seminar Presentation, Flex and Flash
Jesse Warden
http://www2.sys-con.com/webinararchive.cfm?registered=on&pid=wc_rwf6_s06warden
Plus, related Blog Entry:
http://jessewarden.com/2006/09/flex-seminar-presentation-flex-and-flash-online.html
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June 7, 2007 by g.
These are times of great change and innovation in the networked application development space. We are now getting glimpses of what the future will look like. The foundations for the UIs on the applications of the future now are in place.
Take for instance “Street View” on maps.google.com. I will be over at Adobe next week. Here is a tinyurl into maps.google.com for Adobe’s address. http://tinyurl.com/2t7uwe On the top edge of the map itself, select the link for “Street View”. On this particular map (as of this particular date), clicking “Street View” adds clickable blue lines that bring up 360° views from street level.
I am highlighting “Street View” on maps.google.com for two reasons. First, it is simply amazing. This is yet another example of how the web is going beyond anything that previously existed before. Yes, in the old days we had maps. But no, the maps did not also have 360° photos of the street view. First San Jose, and then all the world! And a few decades hence we will have a back catalogue of historical views from that exact longitude and latitude. Simply amazing.
Secondly, this is yet another instance of Google, one of the powerhouse showcases of AJAX UIs, incrementally adding Flash Player based content (Flash/Flex). Google using Flash/Flex for “Street View” and charting on finance.google.com are major strategic commitments. And nobody knows better than Google the relative merits of AJAX vs Flash/Flex.
The rate of momentum now building in the swing to RIAs is very impressive. The two key technologies now widely employed for RIA UIs are AJAX and Flash/Flex. And Microsoft, the producer of a third would-be contender, Silverlight, is planning on coming on fast.
As a credit to technology publisher Sys-Con.com, yesterday they put up a very solid live “RIA Shoot-Out” that discusses AJAX, Flex, Silverlight, and JavaFX. The recording of the very intelligent roundtable discussion is on-line here:
http://tv.sys-con.com/read/385147.htm
Many on the panel are familiar to me: Mike Potter of Adobe, Yakov Fain of Farata Systems, and Coach Wei of Nexaweb. Overall I am very grateful to Sys-Con for producing this event. I hope that this will be the first of many.
Lastly, every day this week Adobe Evangelist Ted Patrick has been highlighting what is new in Flex 3. Monday: Designer/Developer Workflow; Tuesday: Code Enhancements; Wednesday: Components and SDK Enhancements; today architectural changes that will enable Flex 3 to deliver Dramatically Smaller Flex SWF Files; and tomorrow details regarding Apollo.
Ted has put a substantial amount of material up providing details, including lots of screen captures. Basically, Flex 3 includes features further bolstering Flex as the RIA UI technology of choice, and with Apollo extending Flash/Flex to a new runtime, Flex 3 is laying the foundation for yet another round of innovation in the networked application development space. When you have a chance, I highly encourage you to look through the great material that Ted has put up.
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June 2, 2007 by g.
The good folks at Lynda.com have put up a dozen screencasts (totaling altogether just over 50 minutes), providing walkthroughs of What’s New in the ColdFusion 8 Beta Preview!
These are a great way to get up to speed quickly. You can find them all right here:
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=426
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