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Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler (version 3.7)

Adobe AirAdobe® AIR® SDK & Compiler (Release Notes) provides developers with a consistent and flexible development environment for the delivery of out-of-browser applications and games across devices and platforms (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android). AIR SDK and Compiler includes:

  1. Framework for Adobe AIR APIs
  2. ActionScript Compiler 2.0
  3. Read the ActionScript Compiler 2.0 (PDF, 20Kb)file
  4. Template for the Adobe AIR application install badge
  5. Command-line Adobe AIR Debug Launcher (ADL)
  6. Command-line Adobe AIR Developer Tool (ADT)

Get Adobe Air here.

MeetUp: Air Development with jQuery and ColdFusion, Ray Camden

Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!

What“AIR Development with jQuery and ColdFusion”, with Raymond Camden

Our 12pm (US ET) talk on Thursday Aug 12 will be “AIR Development with jQuery and ColdFusion”, with Raymond Camden.

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

Topic will cover some of the basics of AIR development with HTML. I’ll talk about using Aptana to start your projects and then discuss how to employ jQuery and work with ColdFusion services for your back end.

MEETING URL: http://experts.acrobat.com/cfmeetup/
DURATION: Approx. 1 hour
Meeting will be recorded. URL will be posted after meeting at http://recordings.coldfusionmeetup.com

SPEAKER: (provided by the speaker)

Raymond Camden is a developer for FirstComp, Inc. focusing on ColdFusion and RIA development. A long time ColdFusion user, Raymond has worked on numerous ColdFusion books including the ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and has contributed to the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update and the ColdFusion Developers Journal. He also presents at conferences and contributes to online webzines. He founded many community web sites including CFLib.org, ColdFusionPortal.org, ColdFusionCookbook.org and is the author of open source applications, including the popular BlogCFC (www.blogcfc.com) blogging application. Raymond is an Adobe Community Professional. He is the happily married proud father of three kids and is somewhat of a Star Wars nut. Raymond can be reached at his blog (www.coldfusionjedi.com) or via email at ray@camdenfamily.com.

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ColdFusion MeetUp: Getting Started With Adobe AIR with Matt Gifford

Announcing a new Meetup for The Online ColdFusion Meetup!

Our 12pm (US ET) talk on Thursday July 8 will be Getting Started With Adobe AIR (aka how to build cool ‘stuff’)” with Matt Gifford aka coldfumonkeh.

TOPIC DESCRIPTION: (provided by the speaker)

So, you want to build a killer desktop application, but unsure about your application descriptor or how to manage it? Perhaps you want to build a cross-platform tool to destroy all others and harness the power of your ColdFusion applications, but don’t know your AS3 from your elbow? During this session, we will embrace the RIA functionality and features on offer when developing desktop applications with Adobe AIR. From the initial creation of the project, we will cover the core foundations of building your desktop application using Flex, how to incorporate your existing ColdFusion skills and back-end components to power your application, and how to keep your users happy by writing the auto-update feature to constantly give them the best of the best. Ideal for anyone new to AIR or Flex, and a must for anyone who wants to take their development skills to the next level and create feature-rich desktop applications.

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AIR For Android, Adobe Plans To Deliver Apps Across All Mobile Devices

The bane of all mobile app developers is the need to rewrite the same app over and over again for different devices: the iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Palm Pre, Nokia, Windows Mobile. Adobe is positioning its Flash platform (which includes the Flash player, AIR, developer tools, and media servers) as the write-once, deploy-anywhere solution for both the mobile Web and apps. Today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, it will announce plans to bring Adobe AIR to mobile devices, starting with Android and Blackberry phones.

Read more on the TechCrunch website.

Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-343A

National Cyber Alert System
Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-343A

Adobe Flash Vulnerabilities Affect Flash Player and Adobe AIR

Systems Affected

  • Adobe Flash Player 10.0.32.18 and earlier versions
  • Adobe AIR 1.5.2 and earlier versions

Here is the link.

Adobe AIR 1.5.3 Now Available

The Adobe AIR 1.5.3 runtime and SDK are now available for download. This release includes an updated version of Flash Player, security updates and several bug fixes. The developer release notes include critical information that all developers building AIR applications should be sure to read including important information related to certificate renewals (see earlier blog post) as well as bug fixes.

Posted by Rob Christensen on Adobe Air Team Blog.

Here is the link.