This week saw Mashable collecting a list of useful AIR applications, a tutorial on the Eclipse JavaFX plug-in, integration between BlazeDS and Spring, and Serge Jespers corrects misconceptions about Flash video. All this and more on the Weekly RIA RoundUp from InsideRIA.

FEATURED: 30+ Great AIR Applications for Designers and Developers

This week, Mashable came out with a list of 30+ Adobe AIR applications that are beneficial to designers and developers. Included in this list are favorites such as Klok, Kuler Desktop, and Balsamiq.

Mashable: 30+ Great Adobe AIR Apps for Designers and Developers

JavaFX Eclipse Plug-in

Paul Bakker gave an introduction to the JavaFX Eclipse plug-in. In his post, he covers how to install the plug-in and start working with the sample JavaFX project. This tutorial should help any Eclipse user get started with JavaFX.

Paul Bakker: Running JavaFX from Eclipse

Spring and Flex Integration Available

Adobe recently announced that they would be cooperating with the Spring project to add BlazeDS integration. The first version with the integration is now available (version 1.0.0.M1). The Spring Source blog states:

This first milestone is very much a foundational release, focusing on support for configuring and bootstrapping the BlazeDS MessageBroker (the central component that handles incoming messages from the Flex client) as a Spring-managed object, routing HTTP messages to it through the Spring DispatcherServlet infrastructure, and easily exporting Spring beans as destinations for direct Flex remoting.

It should be noted (as stated above) that this isn't the final release, but rather the first of many milestone releases.

Spring Source Blog: Using Spring BlazeDS Integration 1.0.0.M1

Flex and Java in the Cloud with Stax

Stax is "The fastest way for developers to build, manage and scale Java applications on EC2". In addition to powering traditional Java applications, Stax also includes support for ColdFusion applications as well as Flex/BlazeDS applications. Stax includes functionality such as scaling, monitoring of applications, and a local development platform.

Stax is currently in semi-private beta.

Mrinal Wadhwa: Easy deploy Flex/BlazeDS apps to Amazon EC2 with Stax

Flash Video Misconceptions

Adobe evangelist Serge Jespers recently posted an article that highlighted many of the myths some believe about Flash video. Serge states that his goal is to set the record straight. He counters such myths as "Flash Video quality is terrible. Just look at YouTube", "Flash Video is progressive download only", and "Flash is a closed format that works with proprietary video codecs" (as well as many others).

Serge Jespers (Adobe): 8 Flash Video Misconceptions

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