I have to say i was rather surprised when I woke up this morning to find out new betas of the Flash Player and AIR were released. I don’t believe I’ve been this excited for a new release of flash in a long time. But what I’m more excited about are all the new features in AIR. It seems like Adobe really listened to the community and put in the features we have been asking for. The feature I’m most exited about is the support for native code integration. Finally i wont have to rely on Merapi any more (even though it is a great project that helped me with what I needed at the time). So if you want to hurry an try out all the latest and greatest go ahead download the files below to get you started and take a look at the samples below to see what is possible.
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Samples:
Samples are from Adobe
Because I work full time developing primarily in AS3. I have come across a lot of very useful libraries that I like to use in my day to day work. So today I present you with a list of the top 20 libraries that I have come to use on a more regular basis. I hope you may find and discover something here that may be of use to you. If you have a library that you use a lot please let me know. Continue Reading…
So I’ve been looking into the new Adobe Social API for a little application I’ve been planning on working on. One of the things I hate is trying to update my avatar / icon on all of these different social media sites. So I’m planning on making a simple Adobe Air application that I can add an image to, resize and then upload to all the social media sites I use. The only problem is from what I understand is that the Social API will only work from a valid domain that you setup and will not work from localhost. So as a result this new API is incompatible with AIR. Oh well. Shouldn’t be to hard to figure out all of the different API’s for uploading to a bunch of different site. Right?
Google has just announced a new project in their labs called Closure. Closure is for those who are doing JavaScript development. It is supposed to help speed up development time and make it easier to re-use existing code. Google is currently using Closure in Gmail, Google Docs and Google Maps. The Closure tools include:
- A JavaScript optimizer
- A comprehensive JavaScript library
- An easy templating system for both Java & JavaScript
Personally since i generally do more web RIA type of work. I would like to see how well this works with Ext JS. But more on that after i get to play with it some more.
For those of you who develop games on the PC platform. You can now download the Unreal Development Kit for free. It’s licensing allows you to develop anything you want as long as you don’t use it for commercial use. Should be a lot of fun for those who are aspiring to get into the game development business.
Unity 3D (formerly Unity Indie) is now available for free! Go to their download page. Install and register the product. During the registration process you can select the free option or the Pro version priced at $1499.00.
