Conference Sessions
A stellar line up of talent presenting four, jam-packed session tracks; Web Experience, Flash Platform, ColdFusion and RIA Development. Covering a gamut of topics from Flash fundamentals, CSS based design, ColdFusion insights, to Flex, AJAX and team process management. A veritable feast of cutting edge, web techniques.
Code, Know Thyself: Using ActionScript Metadata
Ever wondered how FlexBuilder knows that
Integrating Flash content with LMS
A live demonstration of developing for and integrating with a selection of Learning Management Systems. Get an overview of Learning Management Systems how to create Flash content for easy LMS integration. Get to grips with SCORM, content integration, and packaging and to develop for for Non SCORM LMS. More...
Integrating the Flex Skin Design Extensions into your RIA workflow
The Flex Skin Design Extensions are a set of extensions for various Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications (notably Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks) that allow you to easily create skins for various Flex components and other assets (such as cursor manager, drag manager, etc.) Richard will look at integrating these tools into your workflow, giving your Flex/AIR applications a custom look & feel. More...
CSS Problem Solving with Dreamweaver CS3
Nothing is more frustrating than building a beautiful design with CSS, only to have it go haywire in the browsers. Armed with a methodical mind and Dreamweaver CS3, you can track down the source of any inconsistencies, learn how to work around them, and, if you're "lucky" enough to find a new browser bug - even share what you've learned with others. In this session, you'll see how to check for browser bug triggers with Browser Compatibility Check; review the cascade with the CSS Rule Tracker; and use Adobe's CSS Advisor site to exchange bug hunting (and fixing) tips with the community. More...
Accessible AJAX: Progressive Enhancements with Spry 1.6
A primary buzzword within the greater "Web 2.0" buzz has been AJAX - the use of JavaScript to manipulate page content without the necessity of a page reload. But while it sounds cool, the realities of implementing AJAX has been a huge, developer-centric undertaking with numerous pitfalls. That is, until now. With the release of version 1.6 of the Spry Framework for AJAX, designers and developers alike can take easily implement AJAX widgets, such as Accordion panes, Multi-tab interfaces and Sliding panels, as well as advanced data manipulation and form validation, without sacrificing backward compatibility for non-JavaScript enabled user agents. During this session we'll walk through the steps of a real-world project, as we implement a number of AJAX widgets, effects and data manipulations. More...
AIR: Visualizing the Possibilities of a New Platform
Count down the top Adobe AIR applications with this survey of the coolest apps launched to date. What is the most famous? The best-designed? The wackiest? Come to this session to find out. More...
Introduction to Actionscript 3 for Flash developers
Have you just started exploring the wonderful world of Flash interactivity but frustrated at trying to understanding how to code in Actionscript? This session will introduce you the Actionscript 3 language and syntax and help you learn the Flash object model and event handling. Are you afraid that you are not a programmer and would fall asleep before the session even begins? Don’t worry. Because your speaker, me that is, am not a computer programmer either. I would explain Actionscript in plain simple terms and soon you too can join in to the world of Flash coders. More...
User Testing for the Rest of Us
Professional web services are continuing to mature but there are still a lot of cowboys out there. This presentation is directed at those of you who suddenly need to start including a bit of usability testing into your work and also for those of you who maybe managing web projects and want to know a little more about how and where usability testing fits in. By the end of the session you’ll know a lot more about conducting fundamental usability evaluations and how you can better understand the work that’s being done for you. More...
Building Your Own webTV
Adobe Media Player (AMP) is an AIR based desktop app that expands Adobe's online video offering, adding to an emerging ecosystem that enables new ways to distribute and monetize media, while helping viewers discover and view high-quality content. AMP delivers more engaging video experiences to viewers while offering content publishers new abilities to distribute, track and build businesses around their media assets. More...
Dense and Hot. An introduction to your applications big bang
What exactly happens inside of Flex when it is loading your application? For that matter what is so special about the Application tag itself? How does it lay out its children? What does the creationComplete really mean? The answer to these and other exciting questions are contained in this session. We will dive deep into the Flex framework and piece together a forensic-quality timeline of the first few seconds of your application's life. You will never look at the Application tag the same way again. More...