Few days back FlashPlayer 10 (Code name Astro) released, as usual again with new milestones. This version include lots of new feature like native 3D support (Yes it means myMovie.x, myMovie.y and now myMovie.z available), new text rendering engine, custom filters and effects, improved  new drawing methods. All above this feature, I like the most is access of local files within your browser.

http://www.gotoandlearn.com/player.php?id=76

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/demos/

Great going Astro !!!

Finally it come up !!!

I have seen often people are asking for flex training center in india. When I met priyank at Mumbai flex user group meeting, he told that NIIT is working on this curriculum. Since our talk with him nothing had came.

Three to four (6^th Dec 2007) days back I was reading “Times of India” at home. Suddenly I got excited by seeing one advertisement of NIIT institute about new courses for “rich internet application”. They will cover Flash CS3.0, Flex, Dreamwewer and coldfusion during this cource. I really don’t know insight of this course. Click on below image for more information.

I think this initiative help fresher to pickup flex and flash technology very fast. Even this will help to blow RIA technology.

For more information mail edgeineers@niit.com and rush NIIT telephone lines (1800 180 8448).

When flex 2.0 lunched, it was questions what will be the roll of flash in RIA? Flex will replace Flash? Adobe limited Flash to just creative people?

Adobe given all the answers by lunching great Flash CS3 and flex Integration tools. Adobe has finally brought Flash again in to RIA game.

Last week so many blog had bloging about flex/flash integrations. It is really very good come back of flash in RIA.
Something cools features of flash/flex integration

• Frame label of flash behave as a state property in flex
• Flex component resize according to flash components
• Ability to make flex containers in flash

I try to integrate flash flex components in last couple days and made very small example.

check it in action. You can download this example from here

Related links

• http://blog.halcyonsolutions.net/2007/06/30/flex_flash_integration_resources/
• http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/videos/flex_3_beta/
• http://anandvardhan.com/2007/06/29/flex-component-kit-for-flash-cs3continued/
• http://anandvardhan.com/2007/06/29/flex-component-kit-for-flash-cs3/

My friend Anand bloged 10 + 2 unbitable reason why flex not “silverlight” in current scenario.

Ted Says:

1. Flex is available today and works.

2. Flex 2 is viewable in 85+% of web browsers, Flex 2 SWF files run in Flash Player 9.

3. You can use any HTTP Server and any backend technology (.NET,JAVA,PHP,Ruby,CF, Python) with Flex via XML, SOAP, Sockets, ZLIB, Etc.

 read whole article and boost up your self to work in flex

Whole last week ted patric wondering flex community. And on this Monday morning they open flex 3.0 beta as well as AIR [Apollo]. It is really early lunch then I was expecting.
Cools things to download

Download Flex Sdk Beta 1
Download Flex Builder Beta 1
Labs Wiki Flex 3
Flex Bug Database
Flex Standards And Community Process

download and play

On first day of Flex 3 Details Week Ted Patrick show some awesome feature of Flex 3.0. On that day Ted shown designer/ developer work flow features. I think for RIA this is most important think how developer and designer integrate magic together. Flex 3.0 has below listed new features.- CSS Design View

- Skin Importer
- Design View Zoom/Pan
- Design Mode support for ItemRenderers
- Advanced Constraints
- CS3 Suite integration
- CSS Outline
- Flex 3 SDK Skinning/Style EnhancementsA feature that I liked so much is skin Importer

For more details please visit Ted Patrick blog.

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Here I collect some awesome Flash/Flex applications list. take a look

http://www.desktoptwo.com
http://www.picnik.com/
http://www.fauxto.com/
http://www.belgacomtv.be/
http://www.harley-davidson.com/pr/gm/customizer/launchCustomizer.as
http://www.scrapblog.com/default.asp
http://dev.frogameleon.com/felxoBooth
http://www.motionbox.com/
http://www.pikeo.com/
http://adb.crowecs.com/flex/activeDashboard/dashBoard
http://www.shirtmagic.com/design
http://www.simonds.com.au/