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2010 Houston Space City Adobe User Group Sept 2010 Meeting
Event posted on Aug 28 by Fusionpage
Date and Time: September 30, 2010 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

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Hero Flex SDK Available on open source site!
Entry posted on Aug 28 by Fusionpage

Just want to point your attention to a blog entry by Deepa Subramaniam (Adobe Product Mgr Flex SDK) regarding public availability of Flex SDK “Hero” on the open source site.

Blog: http://bit.ly/flexsdk-hero-now-public

************** Exciting Developments with "Hero" ***************

I’d like to share some exciting developments with the Hero release (codename for the next version of the Flex SDK).

The Hero release development practices have changed some from the Flex 4 release. The biggest change is that the Hero release is built atop the latest (and as of yet, unreleased) Flash Player and AIR runtimes. Because of this tight coupling, we have been unable to provide nightly builds that showcase in-development Flash Player and AIR features. Once the current in-development Flash Player and AIR runtimes are showcased in a public release, Hero nightly builds will resume. In the interim, we are releasing semi-regular stable builds that showcase Hero feature work not dependent on features under development in the latest Flash Player and AIR runtimes. The first of such builds has been posted!

This build showcases in-development work like the Spark DataGrid (Tier 1), Spark Image, Spark Form, enhancements to RSLs, OSMF 1.0 integration and the SWF Size Report compiler option. Please download the build and play with the features and provide us feedback through JIRA.

Next, we have announced our first Hero Open Source Iteration meeting! This meeting is a gathering of the product team and the Flex community where we share work that has been completed in past Hero iterations as well as discuss whats in store for upcoming iterations. The first meeting will be on October 1, 2010. You can find more details here.

And lastly, a bunch of new Hero feature specifications have been posted! This includes:

* Spark DataGrid (Tier 1)

* Spark Formatters

* SWF Size Report

We are eager for feedback through commenting on feature specifications and filing bugs in JIRA.

--- Deepa

Just want to point your attention to a blog entry by Deepa Subramaniam (Adobe Product Mgr Flex SDK) regarding public availability of Flex SDK “Hero” on the open source site.
Blog: http://bit.ly/flexsdk-hero-now-public
************** Exciting Developments with "Hero" ***************
I’d like to share some exciting developments with the Hero release (codename for the next version of the Flex SDK).
The Hero release development practices have changed some from the Flex 4 release. The biggest change is that the Hero release is built atop the latest (and as of yet, unreleased) Flash Player and AIR runtimes. Because of this tight coupling, we have been unable to provide nightly builds that showcase in-development Flash Player and AIR features. Once the current in-development Flash Player and AIR runtimes are showcased in a public release, Hero nightly builds will resume. In the interim, we are releasing semi-regular stable builds that showcase Hero feature work not dependent on features under development in the latest Flash Player and AIR runtimes. The first of such builds has been posted!
This build showcases in-development work like the Spark DataGrid (Tier 1), Spark Image, Spark Form, enhancements to RSLs, OSMF 1.0 integration and the SWF Size Report compiler option. Please download the build and play with the features and provide us feedback through JIRA.
Next, we have announced our first Hero Open Source Iteration meeting! This meeting is a gathering of the product team and the Flex community where we share work that has been completed in past Hero iterations as well as discuss whats in store for upcoming iterations. The first meeting will be on October 1, 2010. You can find more details here.
And lastly, a bunch of new Hero feature specifications have been posted! This includes:
* Spark DataGrid (Tier 1) * Spark Formatters * SWF Size Report
We are eager for feedback through commenting on feature specifications and filing bugs in JIRA.
--- Deepa

First mobile device with pre-installed Flash 10.1
Entry posted on Aug 10 by Fusionpage

Today, Aug 10th, is the launch of the first mobile device with Flash 10.1. A great day for the Flash Community; and also, for developers/creatives everywhere.

Motorola and Verizon has announced the availability of DROID 2, a new smartphone that for 1st time will have Flash Player 10.1 preinstalled and benefit from H.264 HW decoding of all H.264 video profiles. DROID 2 will be available starting Aug 11 on www.verizonwireless.com and also in stores on Aug. 12.

Have a look at the demo...of a very NICE phone: http://bit.ly/FP101-droid2

Adobe is working with Motorola, Verizon, and Google on plan to deliver FP 10.1 to the original Droid and will provide an update as soon as possible.

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Here’s the rest of the Marketing details (if interested):

DROID 2 is a feature-packed device that helps manage work and social life with an enhanced QWERTY keyboard, increased processing power, ultra high-speed Web browsing, 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, full push corporate e-mail, intuitive social messaging and Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 for access to the full web on the go all built on Android 2.2. Flash Player 10.1 lets mobile users experience millions of websites the way they were meant to be seen with rich Internet applications (RIAs), content inside the browser, including games, animations, data presentations and visualizations, e-commerce, music, video, audio and more. DROID 2 by Motorola will be available at www.verizonwireless.com on August 11, and it will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning August 12 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. To learn more about DROID 2 in action, visit www.droiddoes.com. To get started optimizing your web content for mobile devices, see http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/fpmobile <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/fpmobile>

Today, Aug 10th, is the launch of the first mobile device with Flash 10.1. A great day for the Flash Community; and also, for developers/creatives everywhere.
Motorola and Verizon has announced the availability of DROID 2, a new smartphone that for 1st time will have Flash Player 10.1 preinstalled and benefit from H.264 HW decoding of all H.264 video profiles. DROID 2 will be available starting Aug 11 on www.verizonwireless.com and also in stores on Aug. 12.
Have a look at the demo...of a very NICE phone: http://bit.ly/FP101-droid2
Adobe is working with Motorola, Verizon, and Google on plan to deliver FP 10.1 to the original Droid and will provide an update as soon as possible.

DROID 2 is a feature-packed device that helps manage work and social life with an enhanced QWERTY keyboard, increased processing power, ultra high-speed Web browsing, 3G Mobile HotSpot capabilities, full push corporate e-mail, intuitive social messaging and Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 for access to the full web on the go all built on Android 2.2. Flash Player 10.1 lets mobile users experience millions of websites the way they were meant to be seen with rich Internet applications (RIAs), content inside the browser, including games, animations, data presentations and visualizations, e-commerce, music, video, audio and more. DROID 2 by Motorola will be available at www.verizonwireless.com on August 11, and it will be in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores beginning August 12 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. To learn more about DROID 2 in action, visit www.droiddoes.com. To get started optimizing your web content for mobile devices, see http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/fpmobile <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/fpmobile>

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Space City AUG RSS Feed spacecity.groups.adobe.com - Aug 17

The Houston Space City Adobe User Group will now be using the new version of Adobe Groups as our primary means of member social networking and communication. We have a new, easy address for our adobe group's site

http://spacecity.groups.adobe.com

The new version features event calendar, blog, discussions, job postings, and more!

Please go to the new site, log in with your AdobeID, and click JOIN THIS GROUP to become a member. Also, please go to Resources section and click "Add Subcription" icon to subscribe to Calendar and Blog. You must do this if you'd like to receive emails from Space City AUG. We will no longer be using the old mailing list. The spacecityaug.com address will soon take you to this new Adobe Group's site.

Please feel free to post topics, discussions, photos, and more! If you learn something and want to share it, post it! Post your presentations too!

Enjoy the new Adobe Group's resources!

Thanks!

Don Kerr

Manager, Houston Space City AUG

Space City AUG RSS Feed Follow Us on Twitter - Jul 1

The Space City Adobe User Group site has been moved to http://spacecity.groups.adobe.com . You can now follow our group on Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/spacecityaug , for all meeting announcements and information. The old mailing list will no longer be used.

Space City AUG RSS Feed May 2010 SCAUG - May 27

The Houston Space City Adobe User Group meets the last Thursday of every month.

The next meeting will be:

Date: Thursday May 27, 2010

Time: 3:30-5:00pm

Location: NASA JSC Gilruth Center, The San Jacinto Room

Snacks and drinks provided by Fusionpage.com

Agenda

Final

3:30-4:15 Fortifying ColdFusion Apps

Presenter: Daniel Sellers

Daniel will explore some basic attack vectors, like session hijacking or input tampering, and how to proactively deal with them in ColdFusion. This will include ideas for handling passwords, dealing with SQL injection, and locking down your applications sessions.

4:15-5:00 Creative Suite 5 (CS5) Highlights

Presenters: Elaine Wright, Mike Gillespie, Tim Baldwin

CS5 is now available! Members will highlight a few key features of some of the CS5 products, such as Photoshop's content aware fill, and others.

DIRECTION

PDF Map of the Gilruth Center

Space City AUG RSS Feed Google I/O with Adobe - May 19

Google I/O Day 1 Keynote -- Kevin Lynch or Adobe will be participating heavily in the keynote and I encourage you all to listen in.

Google will be live-streaming the keynote here: http://www.youtube.com/GoogleDevelopers

Keynote time:

Wednesday, May 19: 9:00am - 10:30am PDT

[According to http://www.timeanddate.com, PDT is UTC -7]

Check it out!

Don

Don Kerr

Manager, Houston Space City Adobe User Group

http://www.spacecityaug.com

Space City AUG RSS Feed Flash Builder 4 Launch Tour - Apr 13

Title:

Houston Flash Builder 4/ColdFusion Builder Launch Tour!

Date and Time:

April 13, 2010 from 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Address:

Demers Banquet Hall

8225 Cantrell St.

Houston, TX 77074

Tel (713) 772-0726

RAFFLE DRAWING! FREE License to Flash Builder 4 Premium w/ColdFusion Builder

Speakers:

James Ward, Technical Evangelist for Flex at Adobe

James Ward is a Technical Evangelist for Flex at Adobe and Adobe?s JCP

representative to JSR 286, 299, and 301. Much like his love for

climbing mountains, he enjoys programming because it provides endless

new discoveries, elegant workarounds, summits and valleys. His

adventures in climbing have taken him many places. Likewise,

technology has brought him many adventures, including: Pascal and

Assembly back in the early ?90s; Perl, HTML, and JavaScript in the mid

?90s; then Java and many of its frameworks beginning in the late ?90s.

Today he primarily uses Flex to build beautiful front-ends for Java

based back-ends. Prior to Adobe, James built a rich marketing and

customer service portal for Pillar Data Systems.

Agenda:

Adobe just released Flash Builder, and Flex 4. Join Techincal

Evangelist James Ward as he takes you through the new tools and

framework. He?ll also answer any questions you have about the new

release.

Please make sure to RSVP here

http://groups.adobe.com/posts/8465085772

We will be having raffles and prizes at the event. And

pass on the word to those you work with and other Flash / Flex

Enthusiasts.

And for you all that are trying to convince your bosses to buy Flash

Builder, this FREE event is a good time to show off and see the

productivity enhancements available.

Plus this is sponsored by Adobe, aka cool swag (and rumors of free

software).

This event is hosted by Houston Adobe Users Group, Houston ColdFusion

Users Group, and Houston Space City Adobe User Group.

Location:

Demers Banquet Hall is a brand-new location which is great for a

variety of events including business meetings and conferences. The

main hall has a 300-person capacity and has audio/video equipment.

The conference rooms can be used for classroom-style presentations and

can fit up to 60 people. Smaller groups are also welcome. Please

visit us at www.demersbanquethall.com.

Space City AUG RSS Feed Creative Suite 5 Launch! - Apr 10

Join us online for the global launch of CS5!

http://cs5launch.adobe.com/?promoid=FDMOJ

Space City AUG RSS Feed Free Training - What's New in Flex 4 - Apr 5

Workshop 04.06.2010, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM PST

Location: Adobe Connect (Global)

Rapidly develop cross-platform rich Internet applications (RIAs)

http://www.esynctraining.com/index.cfm?event=events.detail

Speaker: Mike Kollen CTO / Architect

The release of Flex 4 represents a large step forward for application development on the Flash platform. There are three main themes to this release: developer productivity, designer-developer workflow, and data-centric application development. The new skinning and component architecture, named Spark provides a much more expressive mechanism for developers and designers to work together on the appearance of their Flex applications. FXG has been introduced to add a powerful graphics format for exchanging assets between the different Adobe design and development tools. Lastly, the Flash Builder 4 IDE has added a Network Monitor, Data-centric development, unit testing integration, code generation, Flex themes, and AS Doc support for rapidly building enterprise develop cross-platform rich Internet applications.

Please join us for an Adobe Connect workshop that highlights the new features of Flex SDK 4 and Flash Builder 4.

Space City AUG RSS Feed ColdFusion 9 Three-Part Series - Apr 5

ColdFusion 9 Three-Part Series

Boost Your Productivity: Wed., April 7, 2010 11:00 AM PT

Powering Rich, Expressive Applications: Wed., April 21, 2010 11:00 AM PT

The Enterprise Hub: Wed., May 5, 2010 11:00 AM PT

Please join Adobe ColdFusion Specialist, Josh Adams, for a three-part series on Adobe� ColdFusion� 9 and ColdFusion Builder. Discover how you can benefit from unrivaled developer productivity, deep enterprise integration, and simple work flow using Flash Builder 4, AIR, and AJAX to create expressive applications.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=detail&id=1489920&loc=en_us

Space City AUG RSS Feed Multi-Screen Flash/Air App including iPad - Apr 5

Check out this great Blog post by Adobe's Christian Cantrell on multi-screen applications, including iPad http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2010/04/one_application_five_screens.html

Don Kerr

Manager, Houston Space City Adobe User Group

http://www.spacecityaug.com

http://www.fusionpage.com

Space City AUG RSS Feed March 2010 Meeting - Mar 24

The Houston Space City Adobe User Group meets the last Thursday of every month.

The next meeting will be:

Date: Thursday March 25, 2010

Time: 3:30-5:00pm

Location: NASA JSC Gilruth Center, The San Jacinto Room

Snacks and drinks provided by Fusionpage.com

Agenda

Final

3:30-4:15 3D Data Visualization with Flex and Google Earth

Presenter: Don Kerr

Don will demonstrate how to visualize real-time data in 3D with Google Earth using Flex and Coldfusion. The presentation will include 1) how to add Google SketchUp 3D models to Google Earth, 2) how to integrate Flex with the Earth Javascript API, and 3) how to use Flex Messaging/BlazeDS and ColdFusion 9 to dynamically drive 3D data using the KML API.

4:15-5:00 Open Discussion and Networking

DIRECTION

PDF Map of the Gilruth Center

We look forward to seeing you! Please click Comments below to let us know if you plan to attend! And click Tell Friend to spread the word!

Space City AUG RSS Feed ColdFusion Builder Video by Ben Forta - Mar 22

Here is a good video by Ben Forta on the key features of ColdFusion Builder!

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/cf9_cfbuilder_videos/bforta_02.html

Don

Don Kerr

Manager, Houston Space City Adobe User Group

http://spacecityaug.com

http://groups.adobe.com/groups/81e1f7446d/summary