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Flex News Desk provides the very latest news on the cross-platform Flex development framework for creating rich Internet applications, and on Adobe's AIR/Flex/Flash product combination.
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X-Ray Your SWF Now By Flex News Desk Adobe announced a
collaboration with search
industry leaders to
dramatically improve
search results of dynamic
Web content and rich
Internet applications. Jul. 1, 2008 06:00 AM Reads: 756 | Adobe Releases
Significantly Enhanced
LiveCycle ES By Flex News Desk Adobe has released a
substantially enhanced
BPM/RIA solution. While
LiveCycle suite isn't new
software, its popularity
increased in June of 2007
when the entire suite
started to run on the
same J2EE server and the
RIA components were
introduced. Today, over
5,000 ... Jun. 17, 2008 07:00 AM Reads: 1,191 | AJAX RIA News Desk -
TopQuadrant Delivers
TopBraid Live 2.0 By Flex News Desk TopQuadrant has announced
the general availability
of TopBraid Live 2.0, a
semantic application
deployment platform that
simplifies the creation
of web services to a
'click and connect'
process. Users can
connect data from RDF
stores, relational
databases, spreads... May. 21, 2008 04:45 PM Reads: 2,436 | Adobe Flash Player 10
Public Beta Now on Adobe
Labs By Flex News Desk Today, Adobe announced
the immediate
availability of Adobe
Flash Player 10 beta as a
free download from Adobe
Labs. Adobe Flash Player
10 beta, code named
'Astro', builds on the
capabilities of the
world's most ubiquitous
application runtime with
new support for c... May. 15, 2008 07:00 AM Reads: 2,847 | Adobe and Industry
Leaders Establish Open
Screen Project By Flex News Desk Today, Adobe announced
the Open Screen Project,
supported by a group of
industry leaders. The
project is dedicated to
driving rich Internet
experiences across
televisions, personal
computers, mobile
devices, and consumer
electronics. May. 1, 2008 12:00 PM Reads: 4,132 | Flex on Wall Street By Flex News Desk If you are evaluating
technologies for your
next rich Internet
financial application, do
not miss this one day
event 'Flex on Wall
Street' that will take
place in New York City on
April 18, 2008. Mar. 20, 2008 05:00 PM Reads: 4,332 | Communigate delivers
Pronto! By Flex News Desk CommuniGate Systems, the
leader in carrier-class
Rich Media Internet
Communications, today
announced the
availability of Pronto!
2.0, the latest version
of its powerful, yet
lightweight Unified
Communications user
interface framework built
with Adobe® Flex® 3,
d... Mar. 20, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 4,436 | Application Built in
Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR By Flex News Desk Verb Exchange announced a
deal with interface
design specialist,
Nitobi, to develop the
desktop and web
interfaces for Tabrio, a
new way to stay in touch
with anyone, anywhere.
Verb Exchange and Nitobi
will work together to
enhance the Tabrio user
experience, maki... Mar. 18, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 5,279 | ILOG Ships Graphical
Visualization Tool for
Flex By Flex News Desk ILOG. a member of the
OpenAjax Alliance,
announced that its
graphical visualization
offering for Adobe Flex,
ILOG Elixir, is shipping
with feature and sales
channel enhancements.
ILOG Elixir, available
now, was warmly received
by the Adobe Flex
community during its Beta
period. Feb. 25, 2008 05:15 PM Reads: 8,294 | AOL, eBay, NASDAQ, New
York Times, Deutsche
Bank, Nick.com, Sharp
Take To the AIR By Flex News Desk Question: What do AOL,
eBay, NASDAQ, The New
York Times Company,
Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and
Family Group's Nick.com,
Sharp Corporation and
others have in common?
The answer is that've all
launched pioneering Rich
Internet Applications
deployed on Adobe AIR, to
coin... Feb. 25, 2008 04:30 AM Reads: 3,598 | Adobe Flex Rules,
Everything Else Drools By Flex News Desk The article is basically
'Flex rules, everything
else drools'. It goes on
and on about the good
things about Flex, while
giving only cursory
coverage of Flex
drawbacks. Meanwhile,
it's just the opposite
regarding the other
technologies, going on
and on about drawb... Feb. 14, 2008 08:30 AM Reads: 8,027 Replies: 3 | Building Rich User
Interfaces in Dreamweaver By Flex News Desk  Web application
developers and designers
often give up on building
rich, interactive user
interfaces because they
lack the JavaScript
skills to make it happen.
AJAX development power
tools - including
Dreamweaver, Spry and
off-the-shelf AJAX
components - make it e... Feb. 14, 2008 03:00 AM Reads: 12,677 Replies: 1 | Discovery Channel and
EffectiveUI Launch Earth
Live By Flex News Desk Earth Live is an
application that
EffectiveUI has created
in collaboration with
Discovery channel. The
application helps people
to learn the world by
engaging them with a more
effective UI, so complex
information such as
climate change can be
digestible by a regu... Feb. 11, 2008 12:00 AM Reads: 6,090 Replies: 1 | RIA Development on the
Microsoft Stack Using
Flex By Flex News Desk  ASP.NET AJAX is a natural
candidate for RIA
development under the
.NET framework. However,
there are other
complementary or even
alternative technologies
that are worth your
consideration. This
session will start with a
brief market overview and
outline the pros a... Jan. 25, 2008 10:00 AM Reads: 7,491 | How Do You Pick the Right
Technology for Enterprise
Rich Internet
Applications? By Flex News Desk  We are entering an era of
Rich Internet
Applications (RIA), and
many enterprise
development managers are
facing the dilemma -
which way to go - remain
with tried and true Java
or .NET or experiment
with such newcomers as
AJAX, Flex, Silverlight,
or JavaFX. While t... Jan. 25, 2008 09:45 AM Reads: 7,683 | RIA Tookits, Frameworks
and IDEs: How Do You
Really Choose the Right
One? By Flex News Desk  This session will address
issues to consider when
selecting an AJAX toolkit
and the most effective
IDE for the
implementation. It will
identify the 30-40 UI
components most commonly
used in business and
mission critical software
applications that can be
used as a ... Jan. 25, 2008 09:45 AM Reads: 8,742 | Flash Player Will Remain
the Best Deployment
Platform for RIAs By Flex News Desk  In our annual round-up of
technology predictions,
Yakov Fain -
editor-in-chief of
SYS-CON's Flex
Developer's Journal -
says 'Flash Player will
remain the best
deployment platform for
rich Internet
applications. While
Microsoft is trying to
come up with a
compe... Jan. 6, 2008 10:30 AM Reads: 16,323 Replies: 1 | Boost Productivity of
Your Flex-Java Project
with Log4Fx Component By Flex News Desk It's hard to overestimate
the importance of having
a good logging facility
when you develop
distributed applications.
Did the client's request
reached the server-side
component? What did the
server send back? Add to
this inability of using
debuggers while
processi... Nov. 14, 2007 08:30 AM Reads: 11,560 | Mozilla Prism: A
Competitor for Adobe AIR? By Flex News Desk  Mozilla Labs announces 'a
series of experiments to
bridge the divide in the
user experience between
web applications and
desktop apps and to
explore new usability
models as the line
between traditional
desktop and new web
applications continues to
blur'. Oct. 31, 2007 08:00 AM Reads: 11,226 | RadView Unveils Product
for Load Testing of Adobe
Flex 2 Applications By Flex News Desk RadView Software Ltd. has
announced that its
WebLOAD Professional has
become a full-featured
product to load test
applications developed
with Adobe Flex 2
software and the AMF3
protocol. WebLOAD's
support for Adobe Flex
covers all phases of load
testing and enable... Oct. 26, 2007 09:00 AM Reads: 7,423 | Adobe to Acquire Virtual
Ubiquity By Flex News Desk  Adobe has signed a
definitive agreement to
acquire Virtual Ubiquity
and its ground-breaking
online word processor,
Buzzword. The acquisition
furthers Adobe's
commitment to foster a
vibrant ecosystem for
rich Internet application
(RIA) development that
delivers bre... Oct. 7, 2007 08:00 AM Reads: 7,597 | PassAlong Networks,
Cynergy and Adobe Flex
Power Next-Generation
Digital Music
Applications By Flex News Desk Media distribution
developer PassAlong
Networks and Cynergy
Systems, Inc., have
announced a series of
media products based on
Adobe Flex technology.
The partnership includes
PassAlong's OnTour
concert information
widgets and the
Speakerheart
artist-controlled mu... Oct. 7, 2007 06:45 AM Reads: 9,285 | A New Public Beta of Flex
3 Is Available By Flex News Desk At Max 2007, Adobe has
announced availability
and the list of new
features of the second
public beta release of
Flex 3 SDK and Flex
Builder 3. Below is a
quote of this
announcement. 'Check out
these important new
features in Flex 3 beta 2 Oct. 1, 2007 12:00 PM Reads: 6,670 | Adobe Flex Builder 3
Price Changes By Flex News Desk New packaging and pricing
will be available for
Adobe Flex 3 when it
ships early in 2008.
It'll become available in
two editions: Adobe Flex
Builder 3 Standard
Edition and Adobe Flex
Builder 3 Professional
Edition. Oct. 1, 2007 11:00 AM Reads: 9,216 | Adobe's Annual Developer
Event MAX 2007 Opens in
Chicago By Flex News Desk Today is the first day of
the MAX 2007 North
America, the main Adobe
event of the year. The
conference was sold out -
the registration has been
closed at the mark of
after 4300 attendees.
Apparently, the
conference organizers
where caught by surprise
- attendance ... Oct. 1, 2007 10:15 AM Reads: 6,621 | Adobe Flex Will Be
Bundled with BEA Workshop
Studio By Flex News Desk Adobe and BEA have
announced partnership
across four products.
Under the terms of the
agreement, BEA will
bundle Adobe(R) Flex(TM)
Builder(TM) 2 software
with BEA Workshop(TM)
Studio, empowering
developers to rapidly
build cross-platform RIAs
that integrate with S... Sep. 11, 2007 08:00 PM Reads: 8,062 | Adobe to Present "AJAX in
a Desktop World" Session
at AJAXWorld By Flex News Desk AJAX developers brought
Web 2.0 to the browser.
Now they can leverage
their JavaScript and HTML
skills - as well as the
IDEs they are familiar
with and already use - to
build the next generation
of desktop applications
that span platforms.
Scott Fegette of Adobe
w... Sep. 9, 2007 10:00 PM Reads: 13,403 Replies: 1 | Lightstreamer to Debut
Real-Time Flex Data
Capability at AJAXWorld
Conference & Expo By Flex News Desk 'The new Flex SDK was
requested by several of
our customers, to
leverage Lightstreamer
Server for both AJAX and
Flash/Flex applications,
and we are now glad to
publicly release it,'
said Alessandro Alinone,
CTO of Lightstreamer, as
the comapny released
today a new... Sep. 6, 2007 04:45 PM Reads: 16,694 | Adobe AIR, Google Gears,
Slingshot... The Fat
Client Is Back! By Flex News Desk The need to support
off-line capabilities has
driven some RIA providers
back to the fat client
platform. For example,
Adobe AIR, Google Gears,
and Slingshot are all
examples of this trend.
The fat client offers a
lot of advantages over
RIA technologies such as
AJA... Aug. 29, 2007 06:45 PM Reads: 19,013 Replies: 3 | How to Build a Rich Media
eLibrary with AJAX & Flex By Flex News Desk A Real-World AJAX Project
Presenting richly
formatted or legacy
documents in as part of a
rich internet application
can be challenging,
particularly when there
is a large volume of
information to present.
Using a real-world
project as an example,
this session will... Aug. 27, 2007 06:45 PM Reads: 8,956 Replies: 1 | AJAX Enterprise
Reporting: Challenges and
Solutions By Flex News Desk  Reporting is one of the
most important but
complex to implementation
aspects of enterprise
AJAX applications. This
session covers several
major reporting
challenges and will offer
a solution to those
challenges. It's not a
trivial task to create an
AJAX applicatio... Aug. 27, 2007 05:45 PM Reads: 9,375 Replies: 1 | "Another Excellent Flex
Resource" – Flex
Developer's Journal By Flex News Desk 'This is great news as it
means yet another
excellent Flex resource,'
blogged Rich Tretola on
his 'Everything Flex'
blog in response to the
announcement by SYS-CON
Media last week of the
launch of Flex
Developer's Journal as an
online technical
publication for
d... Aug. 27, 2007 07:45 AM Reads: 13,889 | SYS-CON Media Launches
Flex Developer's Journal By Flex News Desk SYS-CON Media launched
today its newest
developer title, Flex
Developer's Journal,
(flex.sys-con.com), the
first and only
independent magazine
serving Adobe Flex
developers worldwide.
Yakov Fain, the
well-known RIA expert and
the author of the
best-selling book ... Aug. 16, 2007 02:30 PM Reads: 13,929 Replies: 2 | SYS-CON.TV Live From
Times Square: Eclipse.Org
Adds SOA, AJAX, and Flex
Tools By Flex News Desk  Eclipse Foundation
Executive Director Mike
Milinkovich and
Instantiations CEO Mike
Taylor headed a live
webinar produced by
SYS-CON.TV in the Reuters
television studio
overlooking Times Square
in New York. The topic
was RPC, and the
discussion was moderated
by E... Aug. 15, 2007 12:30 PM Reads: 24,062 Replies: 4 | FDJ Editor-in-Chief Yakov
Fain: "The World Is
Changing – RIAs
Have Reached Wall Street" By Flex News Desk  'The world is changing,'
Flex Developer's Journal
editor-in-chief Yakov
Fain told the audience at
SYS-CON Events'
Real-World Java Seminar
in New York City today.
'Financial institutions
are starting to hire Web
designers.' The world of
rich Internet
applications h... Aug. 15, 2007 12:00 PM Reads: 11,128 | AJAX Version of ClearBI
Web Reporter for Adobe
Flex Will Be Unveiled at
AJAXWorld By Flex News Desk Farata Systems has
announced the production
release of ClearBI 1.0, a
Web reporter and business
intelligence engine for
rich Internet
applications. While
ClearBI 1.0 is targeted
for Adobe Flex and Java
developers, the upcoming
ClearBI 1.1 is a rich
reporting comp... Aug. 15, 2007 11:45 AM Reads: 18,738 | AJAX Developers Brought
Web 2.0 to the Browser By Flex News Desk AJAX developers brought
Web 2.0 to the browser.
Now they can leverage
their JavaScript and HTML
skills - as well as the
IDEs they are familiar
with and already use - to
build the next generation
of desktop applications
that span platforms.
Kevin Hoyt of Adobe will
... Aug. 15, 2007 11:00 AM Reads: 8,504 Replies: 1 | State of Illinois
Automates on Adobe
LifeCycle By Flex News Desk Adobe's LiveCycle
software is designed to
allow some 60 Illinois
state agencies and 3,800
counties, municipalities
and school systems to
automate the completing
and processing of forms.
The goal is for the state
to increase convenience
for citizens and reduce
costs for itself. Jul. 13, 2007 08:15 AM Reads: 14,750 Replies: 1 | Co-Authors of Bestselling
RIA Book to Teach "Adobe
Flex & Java" Public
Workshop By Flex News Desk The authors of the
bestselling book 'RIA
with Adobe Flex and Java'
will teach a one of a
kind workshop that is
aimed at Java developers
with no or limited
experience in developing
enterprise-grade J2EE
application with Adobe
Flex front end. Jul. 13, 2007 08:15 AM Reads: 11,947 | Adobe Ships Creative
Suite 3 Production
Premium and Master
Collection By Flex News Desk Adobe Systems
Incorporated has
announced the immediate
availability of Adobe
Creative Suite 3
Production Premium and
Adobe Creative Suite 3
Master Collection
software. Adobe
Production Premium CS3 is
a comprehensive
collection of integrated
cross-platform
post... Jul. 3, 2007 12:00 PM Reads: 8,956 |
TODAY'S TOP 10 LINKS YOU MUST CLICK ON! YOUR FEEDBACK  | What Does the Future Hold
for the Java Language? By Joe Winchester Thierry Coq wrote: Well,
I don't sympathize at all
with the author. We've
had this junk all before:
- COBOL and FORTRAN
started it all... then,
- C was THE language
everybody could do
things, then,
- Ada was THE language
designed to do
everything, then
- C++ was THE language
for... | | Rich Internet
Applications with Adobe
Flex 2 and Java By Victor Rasputnis; Yakov Fain; Anatole Tartakovsky One Way Link Building
wrote: Flex is simply
awesome. The only
drawback is that the
widget library (even in
version 2) is a bit
small. Hope that changes
soon. | | NetBeans: It's Not Just
for Java Anymore By Tim Boudreau Christopher Judd wrote:
Nice article. But I am
surprised you did not
mention the upcoming
Groovy support when you
mentioned the upcoming
PHP support. | | Creating a Pet Store
Application with
JavaServer Faces, Spring,
and Hibernate By Derek Yang Shen en3rgizer wrote: to:
Zakaria Chakih
if you provide me your
email, i could send
working project to you.
or feel free to write me
a letter to
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Programming? By Christopher Richardson Preet wrote: interesting
read... answers the what,
but, and what ifs..
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