FlashCamp San Francisco, April 16th, Tickets going fast!

March 11th, 2010 Chris Griffith

FlashCamp San Francisco is a free one night event hosted by Adobe covering everything you need to know about about the latest Flash Platform tools and technologies, including Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Flash CS5, Adobe Flash Builder 4 and mobile design and development.

I was at the last FlashCamp in San Francisco and it was a great event. It is an awesome way to talk directly to the folks who make the platform and tools that we all use. They usually have lots of goodies to had out, so if you can’t afford attending MAX, a cheap flight to San Francisco might be in order. I got my ticket, get yours before they are gone.


Meeting recap

January 7th, 2010 Chris Griffith

Thanks to all that could attend, and sorry for the room mix up.

Here is a brief recap of the information that I presented at the start of the meeting:

Flash player 10.1 Beta 2 released (with debug versions!)
http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html

Flash Player & AIR Security Updates
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-19.html

Adobe Flex 3.5 SDK Released
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=flex3sdk

Tour de Flex update with AIR 2.0 samples
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/tourdeflex/?sdid=ENQNT

Conferences
360Flex (March 7-10 San Jose, CA)
FITC – Toronto (April 25-27)
Flash and the City (May 14-16 New York City)
Flashbelt (June 13-16 Minneapolis, MN)

User Group Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JJ7R992

New Tools
Doc?
http://airdoc.be/home/

SourceMate
http://www.elementriver.com/sourcemate/

Again, thanks for coming out and staying late! See in February!

Chris & Kyle


December Meeting

November 27th, 2009 Chris Griffith

Come join us this Wednesday, our topic will be on the new WorkflowLab project, developed in part by our own James Polanco. WorkflowLab is a new AIR application that provides an easy way to learn about and share workflow best practices. It provides designers, developers and project managers with a common way to share information on specific project types including tasks, applications and instructions. The application includes a number of workflow starting points and enables users to easily share additional workflows. WorkflowLab is currently in development and an Alpha build is available for download. Rumor has it that other members of the team might be attending, including Doug Winnie.

In addition, we will have several software giveaways, so you better make plans to attend.

When: December 2nd, 6pm

Where: Art Institute San Diego, South Building


October Meeting: Recap

October 15th, 2009 Chris Griffith

Thanks to all that turned out! Here is a list of some of the items that I mentioned during the meeting:

Grant Skinner’s Flash Performance Overview (http://gskinner.com/talks/quick/)

RIARadio (

http://www.insideria.com/2009/10/ria-radio-live-at-adobe-max–.html )

Flash Catalyst Beta 2, Flash Builder Beta 2 are now available for download at http://labs.adobe.com/

In addition, you should take a look at WorkflowLab, co-developed by a regular SDFUG attendee James Polanoc.


Official Adobe Flex SDK 3.4 Released

August 28th, 2009 Chris Griffith

Although the Open Source version of the Flex 3.4 SDK was made available last week, the official release has been made, including updated Data Visualization components and the Automation Framework bits. You can download the parts from the Adobe site.

Note: The 3.4 release fixes some serious cross-site scripting problems!

The Flex team has also posted on the status of the Flex Data Visualization Components, if you use these components you should a take a moment to read it.


Debugging with Flex Inspector

August 26th, 2009 Chris Griffith

September 2, 2009
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

James Polanco, co-founder of DevelopmentArc will be demonstrating DevelopmentArc’s upcoming Flex debugging tool, Flex Inspector. This application is built on top of Adobe AIR and is intended to provide a Firebug-like experience that allows for real-time inspection and modification of Flex application properties and styles. During this presentation James will also cover some typical challenges with debugging Flex-based applications and discuss how Flex 4 will soon change how applications are designed, developed and debugged.

Afterwards we will have an open technical forum, so bring your questions!

When: September 2nd (Wednesday)
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Location: Art Institute of San Diego – South Building
7655 Mission Valley Road
San Diego , CA 92108


Debugging with Flex Inspector

August 26th, 2009 Chris Griffith

James Polanco, co-founder of DevelopmentArc will be demonstrating DevelopmentArc’s upcoming Flex debugging tool, Flex Inspector. This application is built on top of Adobe AIR and is intended to provide a Firebug-like experience that allows for real-time inspection and modification of Flex application properties and styles. During this presentation James will also cover some typical challenges with debugging Flex-based applications and discuss how Flex 4 will soon change how applications are designed, developed and debugged.

Afterwards we will have an open technical forum, so bring your questions!

When: September 2nd (Wednesday)
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Location: Art Institute of San Diego – South Building
7655 Mission Valley Road
San Diego , CA 92108


August 5th: Demo Day

July 28th, 2009 Chris Griffith

Forget the dog days of summer, we are having demo day! Bring your coolest Flash/Flex/AIR creation and show it off. We are not sure which room will be in, so check the website for more details.

If you need an internet connection for the demo, let us know so we can arrange it.

We will have some prizes for the best demos.

Hope to see you there!!

Date and Time:
August 5, 2009 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Address:
7655 Mission Valley Road
San Diego , CA 92108
UPDATE: The meeting will be held in the NORTH BUILDING in room 145


Adobe Flash Platform eSeminar series on Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder

June 9th, 2009 Chris Griffith

In case you missed our last meeting, or just want to hear the details again, Adobe is host some online presentations on Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder. 

Adobe Flash Catalyst Beta Features 

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM US/Pacific

Adobe Flash Builder 4 Beta (formerly Flex Builder) Simplifies Flex for ColdFusion Developers

Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM US/Pacific
 

To sign up for these, visit http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=detail&id=462539&loc=en_us&sdid=DXAID


Flash Catalyst and Flash Builder 4 have gone into public beta!

June 1st, 2009 Kyle

For those of you still unfamiliar with the new naming conventions, Flash Builder is the new name of Flex Builder.

To get the goods go here:

Flash Catalyst: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/
Flash Builder 4: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashbuilder4/

For some help getting started, go here:

Flash Builder and Flex 4 SDK: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashbuilder4/tutorials/
Flash Catalyst: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashcatalyst/tutorials/
Flash Platform videos: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flash/videos/

… And a bunch more useful links on the Adobe Developer Connection

http://blogs.adobe.com/adc/