Category Archives: Adobe AIR

Fonts in Flex 4 / Flash Player 10 / AIR 1.5 Make Me Happy

By James Ward | Published: August 11, 2009
Device font rendering in Flash content has always had some limitations, including the inability for text to be correctly scaled, rotated, and faded. Due to these limitations many developers using Flex resort to embedding fonts. But this can really bloat the size of applications – especially when working with non-English languages. Luckily Flash Player 10 [...]
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DZone Podcast about Adobe AIR, Flex, and Java

By James Ward | Published: April 30, 2009
I recently recorded a podcast with James Sugrue for DZone. In the podcast we talk about why Flex and Adobe AIR are relevant to Java developers. You can either listen to the podcast or read transcribed text. It’s good to see DZone doing a lot more Flex related content including the Refcardz I’ve co-authored: Very [...]
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The Startup Success Podcast

By James Ward | Published: February 19, 2009
I was recently able to be a guest on The Startup Success Podcast. I talked with Bob and Patrick about my usual topics: Rich Internet Applications, Flex, Adobe AIR, etc. It was a very enjoyable chat. Give it a listen and let me know what you think.
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Upcoming Flex Presos: Colorado, Vegas, Philly, Sydney, and Brisbane

By James Ward | Published: February 10, 2009
Over the next few months there are a number of great technology conferences across the globe. I’ll be speaking about Adobe AIR and Flex at: Java Posse Roundup on March 3 – 6 in Crested Butte, CO TheServerSide Java Symposium on March 18 – 20 in Las Vegas Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise on March [...]
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Learn Flex Fast – 3 Day Jam in Crested Butte, Colorado

By James Ward | Published: February 9, 2009
Bruce Eckel and I will be hosting a 3 day Adobe AIR and Flex Jam in Crested Butte, Colorado – February 25 – 27. If you are learning Flex or diving deeper into Flex then this will be a great opportunity to quickly learn more. For beginners we will work through our book First Steps [...]
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Video: Desktop RIAs on Linux with Adobe AIR 1.5

By James Ward | Published: January 14, 2009
Adobe recently announced the release of Adobe AIR 1.5 for Linux! For us Linux users this is huge! Now desktop RIAs with Adobe AIR work the same on Windows, Mac, and Linux! I recorded a short instructional video that shows how to get it working. (Original video size is 1024 x 768 so you might [...]
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Flash Platform Partner Resources

By James Ward | Published: January 8, 2009
The Flash Platform (Adobe AIR, Flash Player, Flex, etc.) has become a mainstream software development platform. This is very exciting but also leads to me getting a boat-load of email. That is great! I love hearing from the community and answering questions. I do respond to every email I get – even if it takes [...]
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Learn Flex Fast – Adobe AIR and Flex Jam in Colorado

By James Ward | Published: January 6, 2009
February 25 – 27, 2009 Bruce Eckel and I will be hosting a Flex / Adobe AIR Jam in Crested Butte, Colorado. Anyone who needs to learn Flex or take their Flex programming skills further will enjoy the atmosphere and methodology of this event. Attendees can: Follow our book First Steps in Flex Follow our [...]
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Using Adobe AIR and Flex to Make Your Apps *Bling*

By James Ward | Published: November 25, 2008
At Dreamforce 2008, Salesforce.com’s annual conference, I co-presented a session about integrating Adobe AIR and Flex with Force.com. A recording of that presentation is now available. Let me know what you think.
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