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In continuation of its commitment for Linux, Adobe released the Alpha 2 version of Flex Builder for Linux. It is available from Adobe labs site at: http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flex/flexbuilder_linux/
This Alpha2 release incorporates bug fixes, installer enhancements to provide better messaging for 64 bit, jseclipse support, Fedora 8 support, Data visualization and automation trials, integration with Moviestar etc.
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The Web Innovation 2007 Conference started in Bangalore on 18 Dec 2007 with a panel discussion chaired by an elite panel. The panelists were: Naresh Gupta, Managing Director - Adobe, Mohit Hira, Director - Times Internet, Krishnakumar Natarajan, President & CEO - MindTree, Jaspreet Bindra, Country Manager MSN India - Microsoft, Dr. T.R. Madan Mohan, Director – Consulting, Information Communication & Technology Practice - Frost & Sullivan.
Naresh said that Web 2.0 is the realization of the potential of traditional web through the right business models, right applications etc and in that sense, web 2.0 is an evolution rather than something substantially a new paradigm. This view was echoed by other panelists. Mohit, with an anology of Bangalore roads, explained Web 2.0 as a two way street as compared to the traditional web, which is more of a one way street. The panelists also felt that one has to go beyond community activities in order to succeed with Web 2.0.
Are people making money in Web 2.0? Naresh said that "yes" - As an example, many companies that use the advertising model make substantial revenues and their valued at multi billion $ by the market. The story with respect to India is abysmal though.
What are the top 3 inhibitors to Web 2.0 adoption and success in India? Most panelists felt it is broadband, broadband, broadband! In addtion panelists also pointed out that it is not natural in India to form professional communities or communicate through blogs. It was mentioned that the bloggers from India is a miniscule compared to the potential.
Isn't it easy to switch loyalties in the world of Web 2.0? How would a business create and sustain its advantage? Jaspreet pointed out that it is not easy to switch from one IM to other or one social networking to other because, it requires the entire community to switch. It is not a matter of an individual switiching.
Overall, it was a great panel discussion followed by absorbing key note speeches. |
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Adobe India conducted "RIA Leadership Summit" on 25th Oct 2007. This is a major event well attended by over 120 technologists and decision makers from major corporate in India. The session started with a welcome address by Naresh Gupta, the Managing Director and head of Adobe India. The major highlight of the event is the key note by Shantanu Narayen, President and COO of Adobe Systems. Shantanu articulated the importance of "Engagement as a business imperative", different forms and modes of engagement and introduced the Rich Internet Applications as a major means of engagement. It was very exciting to hear the major advances in RIA technology, in particular, the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR formerly called Apollo). There were both on stage as well as stall demos which were very absorbing. In particular, the data visualization demos, mash up builder and the mobile demos attracted everyone. In all, it was a very absorbing evening that had many takeaways for the participants with diverse background. |
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Here is your single window to all about Sivaji the Boss! Click here to view all information on Sivaji, the Tamil film blockbuster from Super star Rajini...
How did we build this cool application? The magic is due to Adobe Flex!
If you want to create similar cool Rich Internet sites download and try Flex 3 beta from: labs.adobe.com
P.N. Anantharaman |
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Adobe has announced open sourcing of Flex, the framework for building Rich Internet Applications. It is licensed under Mozilla Public License that will allow full and free access to the source code to not only Flex SDK but also MXML and Actionscript compilers. This is a great news for developers who can't wait to build powerful platforms for developing RIA's. With the Actionscript virtual machine already open sourced (Tamarin project), the Flex open sourcing constitutes a very significant step.
You can see the announcement from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com
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We (The Flex team from Adobe Bangalore) did a 1 day Flex in-depth workshop to key customers. The presentations covered several core topics like Flex Overview, Flex Datagrid, Drag and drop, Item renderers, Event Model, Data management, MVC/Caingorm etc. Apart from formal presentation, the workshop included demos and explained code snippets.
I made a presentation on Event Model of Flex and basics of Data providers in Flex. I enjoyed speaking to a knowledgeable audience and we had an enjoyable interactive session.
Click here to download the slides on Flex Event model and Data Providers |
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The SJCE college at Mysore, India organized an IEEE sponsored student event called Cyberia. I made a presentation on Rich Internet Applications to the student community. There is a great interest among the student community in India to learn Web 2.0 in general and Rich Internet platforms like Flex in particular. Here are the presentation slides on Rich Internet Applications. |
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Adobe India has announced the Adobe Developer Olympiad contest for students. Please check out: www.adobeindia.com and click on Adobe Developer Olympiad. This contest is intended to encourage the students from recognized Indian universities to build compeeling Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and components based on Adobe Flex and ColdFusion technologies.
What are the key steps to building a compelling RIA application or a component? Here are some tips:
1. Choose the right application that can benefit from being an RIA. and being visually rich. An application that serves its intended purpose effectively with a simple text interface may not benefit much if we make it jazzy. It may even make the user experience worse. On the other hand, applications that are inherently complex requiring multiple controls can benefit significantly from enhanced user experience through RIA technology. Flex provides a variety of components that can be used to build very rich interfaces in quick time
2. Choose a real world application. Higher the business value of the application, better it is. One strategy is to select some of the popular existing web sites that are not RIA based and redesign them using RIA. A good example is to redesign crickinfo.com where the existing design can be improved significantly using flex
3. Focus on innovative design. Identify which component would be suitable for what purpose eg, should we use tabs or accordian or ...
4. Think through both client side and server side design. ColdFusion is an excellent server side product that makes it very easy to build complex server side logic
5. Focus more on innovation. It is not necessary to build a product grade quality to the application for the purpose of this contest.
6. Contact ado@adobe.com for any help. |
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