Category Archives: Adobe AIR

Upcoming Conference Presentations: GeoWeb, OSCON, and LinuxWorld

By James Ward | Published: July 21, 2008
Over the next few weeks I’ll be presenting at a few conferences: GeoWeb – Map Based RIA Development Using Adobe Flex and AIR with Duane Nickull OSCON – Flex: the Open Source SDK for RIAs also with Duane LinuxWorld – Building Rich Internet Applications with an Open Source Stack I hope to see some of [...]
Also posted in Flex, Open Source | 1 Comment

The RIA Puzzle: Shaping the Future of the Internet with Adobe Platform Technologies

By James Ward | Published: July 16, 2008
Recently I did an interview with Anthony Franco, President of EffectiveUI, about Flex, Adobe AIR, and Rich Internet Applications. Check it out and let me know what you think.
Also posted in Flex, RIA | 2 Comments

This Week: Europe JUG Tour and SAP / Adobe Nanoconference

By James Ward | Published: July 7, 2008
The last few weeks my wife and I have been tromping around the Alps (and we climbed Mont Blanc!) Now it’s time to get back to work. This week I’m visiting a few Java User Groups to talk about the usual topics: Adobe AIR and Flex Here is the schedule: July 7 – Zurich Java [...]
Also posted in Flex, Java, Other | 4 Comments

Need a QuickFix? Try Google App Engine, Adobe AIR, and Flex

By James Ward | Published: June 12, 2008
Last week I spent a few hours with Dick Wall of the Java Posse working on an application which combines Google App Engine, Adobe AIR, and Flex. This was a fun experiment that turned into a pretty cool application. The application, named QuickFix, sends an image to Google App Engine which does an “I’m Feeling [...]
Also posted in Flex, Google App Engine, Python | 3 Comments

Two Great Flex / Adobe AIR Articles

By James Ward | Published: June 10, 2008
Just a quick note about two great articles which were recently published: ActionScript Collections and Functional Programming by Bruce Eckel In this article Bruce provides examples and insights into the functional pieces of ActionScript. He also covers some of the lesser known things about Collections. I learned quite a bit from this one! InfoQ Case [...]
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Flex and Adobe AIR Interview from QCon SF 2007

By James Ward | Published: May 21, 2008
InfoQ.com has posted an old interview I did with Jon Rose at their QCon SF 2007 conference. In this slightly dated interview I talk about the usual Flex, Adobe AIR, and RIA topics. Makes me wish I still had my beard. Gosh I was sexy. ;)
Also posted in Flex, Java | 2 Comments

Adobe Open Source Presentation in New York Tomorrow

By James Ward | Published: May 14, 2008
Tomorrow night I’ll be presenting at the New York GNU/Linux Meetup Group about Adobe Open Source – including the Adobe Flex SDK, Mozilla Tamarin, Adobe AIR (pieces like SQLite and WebKit), and BlazeDS. More details here. Hope to see you there!
Also posted in BlazeDS, Flex, Linux, Open Source, Tamarin | 1 Comment

Talkin’ About a Revolution

By James Ward | Published: April 23, 2008
Revolutions may be enabled by technology, but they are driven by people. Adobe’s recent announcements about Flex, Flash, and Adobe AIR on Linux are the most recent technology enablers for the software revolution that is currently underway. Usually I’m one of the first to post about Adobe’s Linux related announcements. My trip to Bangalore, India, [...]
Also posted in Flash Player, Flex, Linux | 1 Comment

Video: Building Turbulent AIR Applications on Linux

By James Ward | Published: April 14, 2008
Adobe recently released an alpha version of Adobe AIR for Linux and a updated alpha 3 version of Flex Builder for Linux. I wanted to show everyone how easy it is to build and run desktop RIAs with Flex and Adobe AIR so I recorded a quick video. In the video I use Papervision3D and [...]
Also posted in Flex, Linux, Papervision3D | 6 Comments