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Sydney UG: Flex 3 and AIR Pre-Release with Danny Dura

Danno — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:53:39 +0000

Last night the Rocketboots conference room was packed. Danny Dura showed us the new Flex 3 features and also gave an overview of what will be coming with AIR 1.0.

Click here to see the Flex 3 new features.

After seeing what AIR is capable of I’m feeling sorry for Multidmedia Zinc.

I got really excited with AIR, though I have been using some apps, like twhirl… I’m actually writing this blog post with an AIR app, it’s an Adobe AIR Sample “Bee” on labs and it includes the source code.

** UPDATE **
I couldn’t manage to publish with BEE, I was getting a malformed XML error from the publish XML-RPC command. Anyway, the BEE App looks a quite good considering it’s a labs sample. I reckon mixing it up with buzzword would be awesome and also adding drag and drop functionality to publish images. I might look into the source code and give it a try.

Here’s a small video that I took with my mobile at the beginning of Danny’s preso (automatically converted from mobile .3gp to flv by flashCMS):

** UPDATE **
Thanks Joshua for pointing out the slides from the tour by Ben Forta.

Sydney Flex and AIR Pre-Release Tour With Danny Dura

Danno — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:18:00 +0000

Chris just sent this event information to the flash developers mailing lists:

Thursday, 24th January. 6pm

Flex 3 and AIR are getting close to launch and in preparation, Danny Dura from the Platform Evangelism Team will be specifically in Sydney to show off the great new features for this exciting launch.

Check the listings below to hook up with the local user group in the city closest to you and join us for an evening of Flex and AIR.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIR branded schwag, each event will also be raffling off a copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability) and a full commercial copy of CS3 Web Premium!

Details and RSVP on http://sydneyflashdev2008prelaunchtour.eventbrite.com

You can also joing the Google Group: FlashAussie

Colin Moock is coming to Sydney

Danno — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:58:28 +0000

If you haven’t already heard, the date is set for 5th May, the same week as WebDU.

Update: WebDU dates are: 12-13 June 2008. (Thanks Geoff)

Advanced programmers please note:
This course does not cover expert-level topics. You are unlikely to encounter new concepts in this course, but are welcome to attend for a refresher on ActionScript programming fundamentals.

For a complete list of topics covered, see the Course Outline below and the course lecture notes, available at: http://moock.org/lectures/groundUpAS3/