This week the Flex SDK gets some bug fixes, iLog releases a new set of visualization components, the new version of jQuery UI was released, Microsoft provides some guidance on Silverlight development, and a talk on the future of Rich Internet Applications. All this and more on the Weekly RIA RoundUp from InsideRIA.

FEATURED: Flex SDK 3.3 Released

Adobe released an update to the Flex SDK this week. This change brings the Flex SDK to 3.3 - and it includes an update to the SDK, the data visualization components, as well as Flex Builder itself (which includes support for the latest version of Flash Player 10 and AIR 1.5.1). This released fixes a number of bugs, and it is available to download today.

Adobe Flex Team Blog: The Official Flex Team Blog: Flex SDK 3.3 Released

ILOG Releases next Iteration of Visualization Components

ILOG released version 2 of their advanced data visualization components for Flex. This component set includes heatmaps, 3D charts, Gantt charts, OLAP and Pivot charts and much more. The new release also includes interactive demos with which the developer can view the source.

Adobe AIR Team Blog: ILOG Releases New Data Visualization Components for Adobe AIR - Adobe AIR Team Blog

jQuery UI 1.7 Released

The jQuery UI framework received a lot of attention for its latest release, 1.7. This version gets its own site, and a lot of updated controls. The new version includes support for jQuery 1.3, a new extendable CSS framework, and bundled themes. Team member Richard Worth has stated (in regards to this project), "We want to make Rich Internet Applications as easy as jQuery has made Ajax, and that's really starting to happen."

Ajaxian: jQuery UI 1.7 Released: New CSS Framework and Dramatic Updates to Controls

Whitepapers on Silverlight Development

Tim Heuer highlighted the white papers that Microsoft has written on Silverlight development. The current white papers include:

• Security Guidance for Silverlight Applications
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for Silverlight Applications
• Silverlight and Web Analytics
• Content Protection
• Silverlight Migration Guide - Upgrading Online Media

All of these whitepapers are available on the Silverlight community site, and Tim has provided the relevant links in his post.

Tim Heuer (Microsoft): Silverlight Guidance: Whitepapers on SEO, Security, Media

Video Introduction to JavaFX

Robert Eckstein provided a 15 minute introduction to JavaFX recently on SDN. This video covers how to create a sample application in Netbeans and how to target both the desktop and mobile environments.

Sun Developer Network: New Video: "15 Minutes or Less - JavaFX," With SDN's Robert Eckstein

New MLB.TV Player Now in Beta

The new MLB.tv flash-based media player is starting to show up in the wild. MLB has been using the World Baseball Classic as a testing ground for the new player. Many of you may remember that MLB abandoned their previous Windows-media based solution for a Flash-based player earlier this year. Initially, the new player looks and acts like a amazing application, and the initial beta went off without a hitch.

AppDivision: New MLB.TV MediaPlayer is in Public BETA!

Talk About the Future of RIA's Now Available

Several Adobe employees including Matt Chotin (Flex product manager), James Ward (evangelist), and Chet Haase (developer) gave a talk at Devoxx entitled The futre of Rich Internet Applications. This talk has now been made availale through Parleys.com and you can view an embedded version of the talk on Matt Chotin's blog.

Matt Chotin (Adobe): Devoxx Talk now available on Parleys

SpringSource Released Next Milestone of Spring/BlazeDS Integration

The Spring/BlazeDS integration reached version 1.0.0.M2 this week. The lead developer, Jeremy Grelle, stated:

The main features of note that have been added in this release are integration with Spring Security, and simplified XML-namespace-based configuration. The namespace support results in significantly simpler Spring configuration files than using the full syntax, especially when using the new security features.

This version is available to download today.

SpringSource Blog: Spring BlazeDS Integration 1.0.0.M2 Released

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