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Sliderocket Undergoes Public Beta Stage
Posted in Adobe AIR, Adobe Flex by Shoaib Mirza on 21. September 2008
Sliderocket is a Flex RIA with a groundbreaking approach to presentations. It enables users to create superb presentations, with the ability to manage and share those presentations astutely. The software also includes online marketplace where content and services for perfect presentations can be found. In addition, it is one of the very first sophisticated consumer applications created with Flex/AIR which is packed with revolutionary features.
The company behind Sliderocket has opted to deliver the software into its public phase. The changes caused a short disruption in their official website which lasted for 15-20 minutes. However, the move proved its worth as many developers find it really interesting and some even believe it could become one of the most powerful and useful tools ever.
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Adobe AIR Has New Offerings for Flex Developers
Posted in Adobe AIR, Adobe Flex, Rich Internet Applications by Shoaib Mirza on 19. September 2008
The new Adobe Air runtime allows developers to employ Adobe Flex technology in creating RIAs or rich internet applications that can be used in desktops.
Adobe AIR is a cross-platform runtime environment for building rich Internet applications using Adobe Flash, Adobe Flex, HTML, or Ajax, that can be deployed as a desktop application. AIR was designed to be a flexible runtime environment, as it enables existing Flash, Actionscript or HTML and JavaScript code to be used to build a more customary desktop-like program. Adobe positions it as a browser-less runtime for rich Internet applications that can be utilized in the desktop, instead of being a self-sufficient application framework.
Adobe AIR gives various benefits to Adobe Flex developers. One case in point is developers can use their existing skills, tools, and code to develop attractive desktop applications that rounds out web-based applications. Another key benefit is, adobe air lets developers link up desktop resources and data with web technologies to incorporate desktop and the web. These, along with several other Adobe AIR advantages will surely make the application a huge hit among Flex developers.