Archive for the 'Adobe AIR' Category

36 New, Cool Flex and AS3 Tools, Libraries and Components

The Flex and AS3 ecosystem is exploding. The demand for individuals who know these technologies is at an all time high. I currently get about 5 people per day that are seeking developers who know this stuff. Over the past year the demand has only increased. More and more kats are jumping into Flex/AS3 dev [...]

Adobe is Now Hiring Flex and Flash Developers!!!

Erin Fife from Adobe got in touch recently about some pretty cool Flex and Flash development opportunities that are currently available at Adobe. Flex and Flash developers are encouraged to get in contact with Erin directly to speak about potential employment with Adobe. (efife@adobe.com or 408-536-5382)
Here is a bit more information from Erin about [...]

Video Skinning Explorations and Fun with Flex 3 Effects

Dolores Joya sent over a link to her blog with a couple of new Flex 3 experiments today. In her research she was able to develop some pretty cool transitions using the Flex Effects classes. The source code is included with her sample, just do the right click boogie for the source.
The other area [...]

San Diego Flash Users Group Recap

I checked out the SDFUG meeting last night over at the Veoh offices here in SD. Really great group of guys. Kyle Tyacke headed up the festivities. We saw a cool video from Kevin Lynch about AIR and also watched videos about Parleys, DigiMix, eBay Desktop and some other AIR apps. A free copy of [...]

6 Adobe AIR ActionScript APIs explored part II: Network Detection

As previously mentioned the “Developing AIR Applications with Adobe Flex 3″ online manual is really a great place to get information for many of the aspects of AIR development using Flex 3.0. This example was created using the code and information available on this page.
There are three classes available to monitor network connectivity for Adobe [...]

Another Free Flex Book Up for Grabs!

First off thanks to everyone who stopped by to congratulate me on my new “Flex Champion” status. Second, thanks again to Suzanne Nguyen and everyone at Adobe for this awesome opportunity. I am truly honored. Third, congrats to my fellow Flex Champions Chad Udell and David Flatley.
Now, on to the free Flex books!!!
Congrats to [...]

6 Adobe AIR ActionScript APIs explored, first up File System Access

Ted Patrick recently visited San Diego and gave a presentation for the upcoming release of Flex Builder 3.0 and AIR 1.0. One thing that
stood out was the slideshow that Ted used during his presentation. One important screen that jumped out at me was the Adobe AIR Application Stack. The 6 Adobe AIR APIs in this [...]

42 tech items for Flex Developers to research, study and watch in 2008

2007 was an AWESOME year for Flex and AIR. 2008 should continue this trend. Here are several different technologies and other items I plan on monitoring going into 2008. Some of these are bleeding edge, others are fundamentals which we’ve been studying for years.
“I’m sure that Flex skills will be one of the hottest [...]

Adobe Flex Hourly Billing Rates (via HotGigs)

The Adobe Flex job market has been doing very well over the past 10 months or so. See the chart below for some aggregated calculations from hotgigs.com for hourly Flex rates. I am not sure where they are getting these numbers but this does seem to be inline with what’s going on in the industry. [...]

kannopy AIR Application Development and Consulting

Announcing “kannopy - AIR Application Development and Consulting”. This exciting new company will focus on application development using the Adobe Integrated Runtime. kannopy should be officially open for business sometime in early 2008. In addition to pure AIR app dev kannopy will also offer high end experience and UI design for Flex and AIR applications. [...]