Right now, there are over half a billion non-PC devices on the market that are Flash-enabled, and the majority of those devices are mobile phones. Flash Lite is Adobe’s version of the Flash player for mobile phones and other devices.
At our next meeting, we’ll take a look at the mobile Flash ecosystem - what kind of devices are Flash-enabled, how Flash is deployed and used on mobile phones specifically, and how you can use Flash CS3 and Device Central CS3 to easily and rapidly develop content targeting these devices. We’ll take a look at some sample applications, and get the chance to look at some Flash content running on mobile devices that support Flash Lite.
As usual, there are some great prizes lined up, including a swanky Adobe messenger bag, a copy of Foundation Flash Applications for Mobile Devices, and more!
Our next meeting is all set for Thursday, May 1st, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We’ll meet in Room W411, Red River College, Princess Street Campus.
Please drop me an email to let me know if you’re planning to attend.
The pdf version of Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers is available from the Ajaxian website. I’ve read parts of an early version of this book (when AIR was still ‘Apollo’), and it was quite good.
At our last meeting, we looked at Flex and AIR. If you want to dive into the land of the Rich Internet Application, you’ll need to learn ActionScript 3. Even if the RIA isn’t for you, the latest versions of the Flash Player support ActionScript 3. AS3 introduces a number of improvements over AS2 - most notably a substantial increase in the speed of code execution - but it also has some major differences from what you’re used to with AS2.
To help get you started climbing that learning curve, tonight’s meeting will be an introduction to ActionScript 3, with particular attention to some of the differences between it and ActionScript 2. We’ll take a look at a lot of side-by-side code comparisons to see how some things compare between AS2 and AS3.
To top it all off, there are some great prizes lined up, including a number of books on Flash CS3 and ActionScript 3. Plus, everybody who attends will earn a ticket towards the raffle of Adobe software to be held at our June meeting! Remember, the software of your choice up to a value of $2100 US will be given away in June - the more tickets you’ve earned, the better your chance of winning. As if the great content at the meeting isn’t reason enough to attend!
Our meeting is scheduled for tonight, Thursday, April 4, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We’ll meet at our usual location, room W411, Red River College, Princess Street Campus.
