InsideRIA will be holding its first official session at Adobe MAX this year in San Francisco. If you are going to be at MAX, please check us out. Here is the official information:
InsideRIA Outlook, 2009: What Every Developer Needs to Be Thinking About
Wednesday November 19, 2008 11am - 12pm
Moderator:
Rich Tretola
Expert Panel:
RJ Owen, Andrew Trice, Sean Christmann, Adam Flater, Andre Charland
Description:
Join top experts to hear how standards, the economy, emerging players, workflow, client expectations, and more are affecting the industry. InsideRIA regulars representing some of the top houses in the business discuss the top strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the industry. Panelists have five minutes to outline their top SWOT points; then the panel and audience have an open Q&A on what we can expect in the next 12 to 18 months.
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I'd be interested in how a new found focus on design, collaboration and Thermo will affect developers and the roles they play.
I am interested in this as well. My initial reaction to Thermo at MAX last year was to be worried about what Thermo would spit out.
http://blog.everythingflex.com/2007/10/02/why-thermo-scares-me/
The way I see it now is that Thermo would be best used as a rapid prototyping tool used by designers to allow developers to have more of a head start on building out the application. The developer would benefit in a few ways:
1) A better understanding of what the designer actually wants because it will include transitions, animations, etc.
2) Some of the code should be available for re-use in the application build.
I would really hate to see applications being built and shipped using only Themo as I believe it will wind up with bloated file sizes and an application that don't scale well.