Update AIR SDK and ASC2 for Flash Builder 4.7
Video demonstration of how to update the Adobe AIR SDK and new compiler which is bundled with Flash Builder 4.7
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Flash Frameworks Rundown
Despite Flash being a “dead” technology – there sure is a lot of activity going on in the community. This post highlights some of the more prominent, recent releases to a number of these libraries, frameworks, and tools. Starling 1.4 Starling is a pure ActionScript 3 library that mimics the conventional Flash display list architecture.
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Using Adobe Gaming Tools for Education
I recently spoke at the Flash Camp Hawaii event on using Adobe’s gaming tools (Flash!) for education. Slides are below! Flash has always been an important enabler for education and with the current emphasis on gaming in both the Flash Platform and in educational gamification – it’s a good idea to keep up with what
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Adobe Flash Professional CC: Learn by Video – [Online Video]
My “Adobe Flash Professional CC: Learn by Video” course is now available as an online video stream at Peachpit. The physical DVD version should be available in the next few months as well. This critically acclaimed interactive training program from Adobe Press offers exceptional quality high-definition video to teach the fundamentals of Adobe Flash Professional
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360|Stack 2013 : Slides
Apache Flex is great for application UI… but it isn’t GPU-accelerated :( New versions of Adobe AIR perform quite spectacularly on mobile and really blaze when tapping into the device GPU. If your mobile application requires this sort of performance – there is a solution to be found in the Starling framework along with Feathers
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Recording and Slides : Flash Professional CC – Reborn!
Had a nice time presenting on new features in Flash Professional CC tonight for the Hawaii Flash Adobe User Group. Slides and recording link are below! Boasting a totally new 64-bit architecture and dark user interface, Flash Professional CC rises to become a new foundation for Flash platform tooling and beyond. Adobe has rebuild Flash
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Flash Professional CC – Toolkit for Dart
With Flash Professional CS6, Adobe released an extension called “Toolkit for CreateJS” which allowed Flash Professional content to be exported for use in the HTML5 canvas element via CreateJS libraries. With Flash Professional CC – the toolkit is actually integrated into the core product. Why stop at CreateJS? Along with Flash Professional CC – Adobe
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Flash Runtimes Update
With Adobe AIR 3.8 and Flash Player 11.8 now in beta – I’d like to highlight some of the really neat new features being implemented in the runtimes. Many of them are pretty major and have been sought after for some time now… Want to catch up on release version features through guides, API references,
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Adobe Flash Professional with CreateJS
I recently gave a talk on Flash Professional CC and CreateJS for Adobe and WebProfessionals.org. Slides and recording are up! Recording Link: http://seminars.adobeconnect.com/p1kqnaqlwzx/ Also: What?!? Flash Professional CC will target the Dart language from Google??? Crazy talk!
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Adobe and the Flash Gaming Landscape
I had the opportunity this month to speak at the Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group about gaming, Flash, Adobe, et cetera alongside Jun Heider who talked about Apache Flex. Here are my slides: Adobe and the Flash Gaming Landscape from Joseph Labrecque There have been a lot of changes with the Flash Platform over the
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Windows 8 “Modern UI” Flash Player BLACK-list
So… remember back in September of 2011 when Microsoft declared that Flash Player and other “plugins” would be barred from Internet Explorer in the Modern UI version of the browser? Remember in May of 2012 when Microsoft relented and in place of an all-out ban, devised a troublesome whitelist which developers had to submit requests
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Cootie Crush! Starling game for Android
My children are absolutely in love with this game (and so am I)! Crush swarms of cooties beneath your fingertips. Clear them all before time runs out and advance to the next challenge. Cootie crushing fun for everyone! Casual game geared toward children – but challenging for adults as well. Beat your high score and
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