February Meeting: What’s New in Adobe AIR 3!

January 12th, 2012 Chris Griffith

February 6, 2012
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Our next meeting will be on February 6th (Monday) at the Art Institute of San Diego. Here is the outline of the meeting:

6:00 – 6:30 General Networking

6:30 – 7:00 Roundtable Discussion & Tech News Updates

7:00 – 8:00 Main Presentation: What’s New in Adobe AIR 3

Hope to see you there!

Chris, James & Darius


Open Forum: Flash-ageddon and beyond

November 17th, 2011 Chris Griffith

December 5, 2011
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

No agenda. Let’s meet at Chevy’s for some food and drink as we discuss the future of our group and the whirlwind of recent events.

Please RSVP (http://sdfug.groups.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=post.display&postid=39576) so we can make sure we get a table for everyone!

Plus, we do have some software to raffle off!


November Meeting: Flex Mobile Skinning

October 19th, 2011 Chris Griffith

November 7, 2011
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Come to the November meeting to learn about creating mobile-optimized skins in Flex 4.5! Adobe’s top skinning expert will be giving an overview of how to create awesome looking mobile skins. Jason recently gave a lab on Creating Skins and Packaging Themes at this year’s Adobe MAX conference (I had a chance to attend on of his labs, it was awesome). If you want to get a head start on this, I suggest you read his 3 part article mobile skinning series is now posted at Adobe Developer Connection. Hope to see you there!

About Jason San Jose

Jason San Jose is a Software Engineer on the Flex SDK team at Adobe focused on mobile components and mobile skinning. Jason also has experience working on the Flash Builder team authoring and testing developer productivity features including Call Hierarchy, content assist and refactoring.


October Meeting: Adobe MAX recap

October 6th, 2011 Chris Griffith

October 10, 2011
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Well, another great Adobe MAX has come and gone. Come join Chris, James, Kyle, as well as any other SDFUG members who attended to a round table discussion of the conference. We will talk about the keynotes, the sessions, the vibe and what ever else the conference threw at us.

Hope to see you there. 

PS: There will be pizza and drinks!

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September Meeting: Create Mobile and Tablet content with Flash Professional CS5.5

August 2nd, 2011 Chris Griffith

September 12, 2011
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Due to Labor Day, September’s meeting will be pushed back by one week to September 12th.

In this session, Doug Winnie, Web Community Manager from Adobe Systems, will give an early run-through of his MAX lab for everyone to follow along with. Doug will walkthrough how to create a mutli-device project using Flash Professional CS5.5 and ActionScript 3.0. Bring your laptops and your development devices to follow along!

Doug Winnie is a Web Community Manager at Adobe Systems where he works with the developer and interactive design communities to help their workflow and efficiency when working with the Flash Platform and HTML5. Doug formerly was Principal Product Manager for Adobe Edge, Adobe Flash Catalyst and Creative Suite Web Premium. Doug tweets as @sfdesigner on twitter, blogs at sfdesignerdw.wordpress.com and lives in San Francisco, CA.

Hope to see you there!

Chris & James


August Meeting: HTML5 & Flash, can’t we get along?

July 22nd, 2011 Chris Griffith

August 1, 2011
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Come join us as we take a look at HTML5, CSS3, and other web technologies from a Flash Platform point of view. James will give a presentation providing an overview of the HTML5 landscape, and Chris will demo some tools (there might even be a surprise). I am sure will have a lively discussion on the topic!

We are back at the Art Institute for this meeting at our regular time. We will have a few shirts and books to raffle off, so make sure you attend!


July Meeting

June 20th, 2011 Chris Griffith

July 11, 2011
7:00 pmto9:00 pm

UPDATE: We co-hosting the meeting with the San Diego BlackBerry Developer Group at 7pm at their meeting location:
UCSD Extension’s University City Center Building:
6256 Greenwich Dr.
San Diego, CA 92122

Join us on July 11th (a week later, due to the Fourth of July) to learn about DevelopmentArc’s newest product, Maque!

James Polanco will be speaking about DevelopmentArc’s newest product, Maque; and examine common mocking practices for web application development. Mocking is the process of creating temporary data or code solutions that mimic behavior of real data within your application. Typically, mocking is used to develop and test against data that is being provided remotely, either by a server or web service. Nearly all of today’s modern applications consume data in some way, be it a mobile app running on a device or a desktop-based application.

As developers, we are becoming more dependent on remote data sources and developing against these services can be challenging. The data may not be available yet or we need to test what happens when something goes wrong. Maybe the server is down, or the data is being returned to us malformed. Testing these different scenarios can be time consuming and hard to implement. James will discuss how Maque (an AIR based application) allows you to rapidly create temporary data solutions so you can confidently test your application while staying focused on your development goals.

About James
James Polanco is a web-application architect and co-founder of DevelopmentArc. He currently focuses on both web and server-side development platforms and provides in-depth training on Flex development best practices. He and his company have provided services for Adobe, Yahoo, Toyota, Scion, CoreLogic, VMWare and many other firms. James is a regular speaker at both national and international web-conferences and author for Adobe Press.

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Canceled: AdobeCamp San Diego

June 3rd, 2011 Chris Griffith

June 25, 2011
9:00 amto1:00 pm
9:00 amto1:00 pm

Canceled

We regret to inform you that we need to cancel the upcoming AdobeCamp San Diego due to issues beyond our control. Your tickets have been refunded.

The San Diego Flash User Group, the San Diego Adobe Developer User Group and the San Diego Photoshop User Group are hosting a 4 hour deep dive into Adobe’s Creative Suite 5.5!

Join us at the Adobe Camp where we will share with you how Adobe Creative Suite tools have evolved to dramatically enhance your workflow and keep your skills fresh. You’ll learn how to work faster and stay ahead of the latest trends, especially the rapid proliferation of mobile devices and the vast array of screen sizes.

Tickets available now!

When
Saturday, June 25, 2011 from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM (PT)

Where
Art Institute of San Diego
7650 Mission Valley Road
San Diego, CA 92108

You will discover how to:

Design and develop rich browser-based content for desktops or devices with the leading HTML5 authoring tools.

Develop rich interactive applications for Android, Blackberry, and iOS with Adobe AIR, Flash Professional and Flash Builder.

Learn about the new iPad applications available for Photoshop.

Agenda

Welcome & Overview – 10 minutes
Flash Professional – 30 minutes
Dreamweaver – 30 minutes
PhotoShop – 30 minutes
Flash Catalyst – 30 minutes
Flash Builder – 30 minutes
CF Builder – 15 minutes
Community Showcase – 30 minutes
Wrapup and Prizes – 10 minutes
(lunch is included)

Speakers

Chris Griffith – Adobe Community Professional / Manager San Diego Flash User Group
James Polanco – Founding Partner / Web Application Architect at DevelopmentArc
Stephen M. Burns – Manager San Diego Photoshop User Group
Darius Fattahipour – Manager Adobe Developer User Group
Demian Borba – Adobe Community Champion / CEO at Action Creations

We are capping attendance to 50 campers, so get your tickets now. Tickets are $20, which includes lunch and raffle entry. The raffle prize will be a copy of an Adobe Creative Suite (sorry, no Master Collection).


Developing GPU-Accelerated Games and Apps for Android Devices Using Adobe Flash and AIR

May 20th, 2011 Chris Griffith

June 1, 2011
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Great new, we were able to get Adobe’ Game Developer Evangelist Lee Brimelow to present on Developing GPU-Accelerated Games and Apps for Android Devices Using Adobe Flash and AIR! He is in town to present at Qualcomm’s Uplinq conference, so we had to change the meeting day. We will be holding it in the South Building in the conference room at 6pm.

About the Presentation:
Discover the benefits of using Adobe Flash and AIR for developing games on Android devices. Learn how to take full advantage of GPU acceleration on Snapdragon smartphones and tablets to create exciting and dynamic games with fantastic performance. See demos and examples of finished games as well as actual code samples that will help you create and optimize great Flash and AIR apps for mobile.

About Lee
Lee Brimelow is a developer evangelist at Adobe who is currently focusing on Flash gaming. He has worked in the past for companies like AOL, Netscape, frog design and eBay. Brimelow runs the highly popular video tutorial site at gotoandlearn.com and writes a blog dedicated to Flash at theflashblog.com.

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May Meeting: Building Mobile Applications – Hands On Lab

March 14th, 2011 Chris Griffith

May 2, 2011
6:00 pmto9:00 pm

Grab your laptops, bring your Android devices, and join us as Chris Griffith leads us through a hands on lab!

More details coming!