tag:www.insideria.com,2007-12-16://34 2008-05-12T20:28:15Z InsideRIA.com is an online community developed by O’Reilly and sponsored by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Our goal is to create an invaluable resource for information on the ever-changing state of design and development of rich Internet applications (RIAs). Movable Type Publishing Platform 4.01 tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23696 2008-05-12T04:29:31Z 2008-05-12T20:28:15Z

So it's just 3 weeks now before the next leg of the Adobe On AIR Tour. I'll be joining up with the crew in Stockholm, Sweden June 2nd to kick off the next 6 cities we'll be visiting and speaking at. If you're interested in attending make sure to sign up now because the events are selling out fast.

Andre Charland http://www.nitobi.com So it's just 3 weeks now before the next leg of the Adobe On AIR Tour. I'll be joining up with the crew in Stockholm, Sweden June 2nd to kick off the next 6 cities we'll be visiting and speaking at. If you're interested in attending make sure to sign up now because the events are selling out fast. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23687 2008-05-09T20:30:55Z 2008-05-09T20:40:34Z

You will notice that InsideRIA has added new listen functionality that allows you to listen to each blog post. This is great for people like me who are usually very busy trying to do more than one thing at a time. Click on the new listen link and a media player will open and begin reading you the post. You also have the option to download a copy of the mp3 file to take with you on your favorite portable devise.

Rich Tretola http://blog.everythingflex.com You will notice that InsideRIA has added new listen functionality that allows you to listen to each blog post. This is great for people like me who are usually very busy trying to do more than one thing at a time. Click on the new listen link and a media player will open and begin reading you the post. You also have the option to download a copy of the mp3 file to take with you on your favorite portable devise. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23680 2008-05-09T14:00:23Z 2008-05-10T06:07:55Z

I happy to announce the launch of a community resource center for user interfaces aptly title the User Interface Resource Center. The UIRC is a community driven site focused on providing interface resources and guidelines. Adobe and Microsoft are both partners, so this is sure to be big.

RJ Owen I happy to announce the launch of a community resource center for user interfaces aptly title the User Interface Resource Center. The UIRC is a community driven site focused on providing interface resources and guidelines. Adobe and Microsoft are both partners, so this is sure to be big. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23671 2008-05-08T21:36:36Z 2008-05-08T21:34:03Z

Aptana announced last week they're going to help developers deploy to the cloud, starting with Joyent's hosting services. So now Aptana is helping developers write JavaScript code with their IDE, run JavaScript and on the server with Jaxxer and now deploy their app to the web with the click of a button.

Andre Charland http://www.nitobi.com Aptana announced last week they're going to help developers deploy to the cloud, starting with Joyent's hosting services. So now Aptana is helping developers write JavaScript code with their IDE, run JavaScript and on the server with Jaxxer and now deploy their app to the web with the click of a button. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23670 2008-05-08T17:42:23Z 2008-05-08T18:16:51Z

Tomorrow afternoon I am going to be having a chat with a few of the guys from SlideRocket. If you aren't familiar with it - SlideRocket is a Flash/Flex based RIA that really does online presentation creation and delivery right. They are currently in private beta. Let me know if there are any questions that you would like me to ask.

David Tucker http://www.davidtucker.net/ Tomorrow afternoon I am going to be having a chat with a few of the guys from SlideRocket. If you aren't familiar with it - SlideRocket is a Flash/Flex based RIA that really does online presentation creation and delivery right. They are currently in private beta. Let me know if there are any questions that you would like me to ask. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23488 2008-05-08T16:31:47Z 2008-05-08T13:33:50Z

David Tucker http://www.davidtucker.net/ tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23662 2008-05-08T00:14:18Z 2008-05-08T00:54:21Z

RJ blogged a bit earlier, but I thought I'd share a couple of my thoughts too. We all knew this would come eventually, but now is official: Flash is more open thanks to the Open Sceen Project. Although we're not going to see the impact overnight this is going to be very important for mobile, devices and large organizations in the years to come. The one catch is we don't know the exact licensing yet.

Andre Charland http://www.nitobi.com RJ blogged a bit earlier, but I thought I'd share a couple of my thoughts too. We all knew this would come eventually, but now is official: Flash is more open thanks to the Open Sceen Project. Although we're not going to see the impact overnight this is going to be very important for mobile, devices and large organizations in the years to come. The one catch is we don't know the exact licensing yet. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23650 2008-05-07T01:22:13Z 2008-05-07T02:10:34Z

The best way to learn Flex is to get in there, and to start working with it. However, there are things you might not pick up on on your own. One of the best ways to get to know the inner workings of the Flex framework, and to learn how others do it. Now, where can you look to see how others have done things? Here are a few ideas...

Andrew Trice The best way to learn Flex is to get in there, and to start working with it. However, there are things you might not pick up on on your own. One of the best ways to get to know the inner workings of the Flex framework, and to learn how others do it. Now, where can you look to see how others have done things? Here are a few ideas... tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23647 2008-05-06T16:29:04Z 2008-05-06T17:35:12Z

Ted Patrick has a post up on his blog about a new feature in Flex 4 that will allow for state-specific variables to be nested in individual components. Ted claims that in Flex 3 and below, States have been too hard to use and edit outside of the "design view" (someone uses the design view?), so an effort has been made to simplify them. In this entry I'll discuss his solution and provide an alternative way to handle states.

RJ Owen Ted Patrick has a post up on his blog about a new feature in Flex 4 that will allow for state-specific variables to be nested in individual components. Ted claims that in Flex 3 and below, States have been too hard to use and edit outside of the "design view" (someone uses the design view?), so an effort has been made to simplify them. In this entry I'll discuss his solution and provide an alternative way to handle states. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23410 2008-05-05T18:00:00Z 2008-05-05T17:26:04Z

One of the most important aspects of delivering a rich user experience is what a user sees and interacts with on the screen. Graphics, whether static or dynamic, comprise the face of an application. Static graphics can definitely suffice for creating the necessary visual parts of an application, but to change them you must replace them with other static graphics. Dynamic graphics, created with programmatic drawing are very powerful because it can be manipulated at run-time, but it can involve more advanced knowledge of the Drawing API. Degrafa is a declarative graphics framework that aims to offer the best of both worlds.

Juan Sanchez One of the most important aspects of delivering a rich user experience is what a user sees and interacts with on the screen. Graphics, whether static or dynamic, comprise the face of an application. Static graphics can definitely suffice for creating the necessary visual parts of an application, but to change them you must replace them with other static graphics. Dynamic graphics, created with programmatic drawing are very powerful because it can be manipulated at run-time, but it can involve more advanced knowledge of the Drawing API. Degrafa is a declarative graphics framework that aims to offer the best of both worlds. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23644 2008-05-05T14:58:13Z 2008-05-05T18:22:34Z

In the last installment of Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA, we looked at the Cairngorm command. In this installment we're going to have a look at the model locator. Follow along with each stage of development, every Monday on InsideRIA.com.

Tony Hillerson In the last installment of Anatomy of an Enterprise Flex RIA, we looked at the Cairngorm command. In this installment we're going to have a look at the model locator. Follow along with each stage of development, every Monday on InsideRIA.com. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23623 2008-05-02T13:00:00Z 2008-05-06T18:24:53Z

In our last installment, we briefly introduced the MXML language. We learned that all MXML tags are used as a sort of "short hand" representation of ActionScript code in Flex applications. This time, we continue to look at MXML and it's role as a helpful tool within the Flex programming environment. All of the material in this article involving code, and indeed all code examples so far in the series, have been written using Flex Builder 3.0. It's worth noting that although we haven't yet devoted an entire installment to the use of Flex Builder, (we will very soon), those new to Flex and wishing to learn more should definitely head straight to the Adobe product downloads page and grab their free 60 day trial. Flex Builder is as good as it gets as far as I. D. E. s are concerned, and a great way to learn programming is to start messing around with code to try to get things to happen. On that note, we've included a sample application for you to experiment with, but more on that later.

Adam Flater and Scott Sheridan In our last installment, we briefly introduced the MXML language. We learned that all MXML tags are used as a sort of "short hand" representation of ActionScript code in Flex applications. This time, we continue to look at MXML and it's role as a helpful tool within the Flex programming environment. All of the material in this article involving code, and indeed all code examples so far in the series, have been written using Flex Builder 3.0. It's worth noting that although we haven't yet devoted an entire installment to the use of Flex Builder, (we will very soon), those new to Flex and wishing to learn more should definitely head straight to the Adobe product downloads page and grab their free 60 day trial. Flex Builder is as good as it gets as far as I. D. E. s are concerned, and a great way to learn programming is to start messing around with code to try to get things to happen. On that note, we've included a sample application for you to experiment with, but more on that later. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23531 2008-05-01T13:51:14Z 2008-05-07T16:49:32Z

Announced on Ryan Stewart's blog and the Adobe Pressroom this morning is Adobe Open Screen: an initiative that involves not only releasing the SWF, FLV and FLV4 file format specifications, but also removes licensing restrictions around the next version of the AIR and Flash player.

RJ Owen Announced on Ryan Stewart's blog and the Adobe Pressroom this morning is Adobe Open Screen: an initiative that involves not only releasing the SWF, FLV and FLV4 file format specifications, but also removes licensing restrictions around the next version of the AIR and Flash player. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23524 2008-04-30T20:48:41Z 2008-05-01T00:39:24Z

Steve Souders the creator of YSlow has now released Cuzillion which is essentially a page load simulation tool. Very cool for figuring the best way to structure your and in which order to load assets.

Andre Charland http://www.nitobi.com Steve Souders the creator of YSlow has now released Cuzillion which is essentially a page load simulation tool. Very cool for figuring the best way to structure your and in which order to load assets. tag:www.insideria.com,2008://34.23443 2008-04-29T14:00:00Z 2008-04-27T22:09:35Z

Jun Heider http://www.iheartair.com