Adobe 2.0

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Adobe 2.0
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Introducing Flex
Development Environment
Runtime Environment
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Strength of the Flash Platform

• Large Install-base

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Strength of the Flash Platform

• Cross Platform
• Cross Browser

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Strength of the Flash Platform

• Flash Lite for Embedded Systems

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Strength of the Flash Platform

• Rich Media

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Demo
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The Programming Model
Flex (MXML ActionScript)
Interface Layer
Web Service Flash Remoting HTTP XML Binary
Socket
Messaging Layer
J2EE ASP.NET PHP Ruby
Service Layer
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Demo
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Where to go from here?

• Browse the Flex Product Homepage
• http//www.adobe.com/products/flex
• Visit the Flex Developer Center
• http//www.adobe.com/devnet/flex
• Purchase the Flex training kit from TotalTraining
• http//www.totaltraining.com
• Coupon code save15ug
• Check out the latest buzz on Adobe Labs
• http//labs.adobe.com
• Meet Other Student Developers on the RabbitHole
• http//therabbithole.net

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Over the Horizon

• Project Apollo
• Native support for Flash, Flex, HTML, and
  JavaScript
• The ideal desktop-application runtime environment
• When
• Second half of 2006 preview release
• First half of 2007 1.0 release
• Where
• Adobe Labs (http//labs.adobe.com)
• Why
• Break away from browser dependence
• Uniform cross-platform environment
• The best of both worlds

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The Best of Both Worlds
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