Archive for the 'Adobe AIR' Category
We all remember the old school gabo site. Here is an AIR application Gabo Mendoza is developing. It looks pretty cool. From the homepage:
“Wouldn’t it be great if you could take pieces of your favorite web sites and put them on your desktop? Things like that auction you’ve got your eye on, your web mail’s [...]
September 27th, 2007 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Platform, Flex, Flex Builder 3, General Development Notes | No Comments
Burrow extends the search ability of Craigslist.org classified ad listings. Search and scan results from up to 20 cities at once. Clip and save listings. Email the results to you or a friend. Turn on auto update to refresh listings.
Now telecommuters and contractors can quickly scan gigs from all over the US, Recruiters and Real [...]
September 5th, 2007 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Flex 3 Skinning, Flex Builder 3 | 6 Comments
Here are 10 new books that will be available in late 2007 and throughout the year in 2008. Enjoy!
Foundation AIR:
Creating Desktop Applications with the Adobe Integrated Runtime (Foundations)
by: Zach Stepek
Paperback - Jan, 2008
Professional AIR: Application Development for the Adobe Integrated Runtime
by: Charles Freedman, Keith Peters, Clint Modien, and Ben Lucyk
Paperback - Feb, 2008
Flex X Cookbook:
The [...]
September 3rd, 2007 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Apollo, Flex, Flex 3 Skinning, Flex Builder 3 | 1 Comment
Following up the list of 22 ActionScript 3.0 libraries is a new list of 31 Flex APIs and resources. You will find: time saving APIs, libraries, tools and other resources related to Flex development.
Adobe Flex cookbook beta
http://www.tiny.cc/VbU44
AnimatedGIfLoader Flex Component
Allows you to load animated gif files into your Flex applications
http://dougmccune.com/blog/animatedgifloader-flex-component/
Asdia
Provides an easy way to [...]
August 21st, 2007 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Flex, Flex 3 Skinning, Flex Builder 3, General Development Notes | 25 Comments
RIA Watch is a pretty simple tool built with Flex Builder 3. It’s a simple concept, aggregate the current desktop RIA technologies. I had this idea at 4AM this morning thinking about what 2008 (and 9) will hold for the future of desktop based RIAs and what will happen to the faux-web-2.5-bubble we currently seem [...]
August 12th, 2007 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Flex, Flex Builder 3 | 1 Comment
I just finished reading Adobe Integrated Runtime for JavaScript Developers and would recommend it to anyone wanting to get a better grasp on Adobe AIR, including what its purpose is, and some background on its creation. The book also outlines what is currently supported in the Beta 1 release and what will be coming along [...]
August 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Adobe AIR, Apollo, Flex, Flex Builder 3 | No Comments
Here is a simplistic image viewing application named “Serrano” built with Flex Builder 3. One main plus for the app is the ability to view SWF’s in the users local system. The app was originally created in Flex Builder 2 and then ported to FB3. This is very much an alpha release or even a [...]
June 16th, 2007 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Apollo, Flex, Flex Builder 3 | 7 Comments