Adobe Flex: Creating Widgets for the Desktop and Web

ADOBE FLEXcreating widgets for the web and desktop

colin loretz

Thursday, March 12, 2009

ADOBE FLEX 3

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FLEX BUILDER IDEBuilt on Eclipse

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ADOBE RIA PLATFORM

Servers/Services

ColdFusion LiveCycle Flash Media Server

Flash Cast Scene7

Applications Adobe Media Player

Adobe Buzzword

Acrobat Connect

Designer/Developer Tools

Creative Suite 3

Flex® Builder

Frameworks Ajax Flex

Clients Adobe AIR

Adobe Flash Player

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DIGITAL FREEDOM

Desktop Browser Handhelds

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DIGITAL FREEDOM

Desktop Browser Handhelds

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PROJECT 1RSS READER DEMO

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FLEX CHALLENGE

• Create your own desktop widget for your website/blog

• Display your RSS feed on a social network with embedded flash

• Create your own image gallery to share with friends and family

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PROJECT 2Your own Twitter Application

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FLEX CHALLENGE

• Display your latest “tweet” anywhere with Flash

• Build your own desktop app to communicate with your followers

• Learn and use the API to create your own desktop app for Twitter Search, recommending new followers, and more.

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