CFUnited 07 - ColdFusion 8: Flex 3 & Apollo (AIR) …

Hello World,

Here I am at what I like to call the “bleeding edge” session. This presentation may be the “blockbuster” session of the entire conference. It is …

ColdFusion 8: Flex 3 & Apollo (AIR) (The Future of Adobe Development)

with Matt Chotin

• It started off a bit slow as he gave some background on Flex and AIR (it will always be Apollo to me).
• Matt opened up the flor to questions very early on. He is a man of few slides.
• The roadmap for “AIR Lite” (mobile) is still TBA. They first need to get the latest AVM down to a size that can be hosted on mobile devices.
• There are plans to have PDF support in AIR.
• Will we see PDF support in Flex? In the short term no … in the future … who knows!?
• What is SQL Lite? It’s an open source database with a small footprint that is used by AIR to provide local database support.
• The Flex teams expects to have the stand-alone Flex Builder 3 built upon Eclipse 3.3. By the way, Eclipse 3.3 should be released next week. (http://www.eclipse.org/)
• Support for auto-run applications from CDs and/or thumb drives is on the Adobe roadmap but will not be present in version 1.o.
• Flash Player 10!? We are still trying to convince our clients that Flash Player 9. It’s still a future vision.
• Stop throwing the Yahoo/Google toolbar in with the Flash Player download! It’s only offered if you visit the Adobe site to download the player.
• He showed a rather simple but cool AIR app built using Flex. You can find and download the app here (http://www.tweet-r.com/).
• You should be able to communicate with AIR applications using CF8 Event Gateways.
• Can an AIR application be installed onto a Thumb Drive? Matt was unable to answer the question. Give me a few minutes and I’ll tell ya. I love a challenge.
• Time passes when your having fun. The presentation was over before we knew it.

Ciao,

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AIR … is in the air

Hello World,

Well, it looks like we have a name for the Adobe runtime code named Apollo, it’s AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime). This announcement not only presents a new name but also a new release with several new features:

• A new embedded database based on SQLLite
• Improved Drag and Drop capabilities
• Improved HTML/Javascript capabilities including;
  • Transparent HTML application support
• Improved Windowing API
• Native File Pickers / Browsers
• Server / Service Connectivity API
• Native Menuing API
• Clipboard Support
• File type/extension registration

You can find more information about this new release and download it by going here:

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air/

They have also announced a new Developer Derby for Apollo … er I mean AIR deployed applications. You can get more information about that here:

http://labs.adobe.com/showcase/special/airderby/

And finally you can be a part of the AIR tour by joining Adobe at a city near you:

http://onair.adobe.com/

So get your FREE copy of AIR, build a killer AIR app, and get on the Bus and join the AIR tour!

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The New Kid of the Block - ApolloApps

Hello World,

opened their doors this past weekend (Saturday March 31st) bringing to our community of developers a valued resource. As you may have guessed, it is a site devoted to bringing together Apollo developers and giving them the resources they need to build Apollo applications.

The site includes a Forum, Tutorials, Book references, Blog listing, Events, and more. Believe it or not it even has a section for Apollo jobs. Check it out! They even give you a FREE POP Email account (mine is rushint@apolloapps.com) and FTP account, allowing you to upload Apollo related documentation and tutorials.

One more reason why you should join ApolloApps … soon your membership will give you access to their Flash Media Server for use with your Apollo applications. Click on the image above (or go to apolloapps.com) and see what I’m talking about.

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