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February 25, 2008
Flex 3 & AIR 1.0 Launch Event: TONIGHT (February 25, 2008)
As you may have heard, Adobe has announced the release of Adobe Flex 3 and Adobe AIR 1.0. Now that the cat is out of the bag, this will be the focus of our efug gathering tonight! Adobe is sponsoring this meeting with food, giveaways and a raffle copy of Adobe Flex Professional.
Flex 3 is a feature-packed release, adding new UI components like the advanced datagrid and improved CSS capabilities; powerful tooling additions like refactoring; and extensive testing tools including memory and performance profiling, plus the addition of the automated testing framework to Flex Builder.
Adobe AIR is game-changing in so many ways, delivering rich applications on the desktop, enabling access to the local file system, system tray, notifications and much more. Now you can write RIAs on the desktop using the same skills that you've been already using to create great web apps including both Flex and AJAX.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR at this meeting. If you have been working in Flex or AIR, feel free to bring down your applications for a quick demo of what you have been developing.
Additionally, Adobe's Ted Patrick has put together a stellar promo for the release of Flex 3 & AIR, it is called "30onair". The project involves creating 30 second videos answering one of the following questions: Why Flash Player? Why AIR? Why Flash? Why Flex? Why ColdFusion? Why AJAX? Why JavaScript? Why ActionScript?
Rules:
1. 30 seconds of video (estimate)
2. Answer one of the questions above
3. Be creative.
You can talk about your favorite features, why you use these technologies, or just a guitar tribute to Adobe AIR! The best ones will be showcased on Adobe.com, community blogs, and http://www.30onair.com. For instance, check out our own local celebrity Randy Troppmann on the 30onair.com front page, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9iopziDEug
Tonight I'll have a camera set up for you to shoot your own ~30 second clip, it would be great for us to send some casual, fun feedback to Adobe. Feel free to bring ideas and props!
Hope to see you there tonight!
February efug Extravaganza
7:00pm, The Billiard Club on Whyte
10505 82 Avenue NW
Tonight, February 25, 2008
Posted by Michael at February 25, 2008 10:57 AM