Sys-con Media. You either love them or you hate them, but last week I had one of my articles published by the venerable sage of the digital age.
You can check the article, Future Directions for Rich Internet Applications out on the Flex Developer’s Journal.
Whether you love it or you hate it, LinkledIn for Groups now has the UK Adobe User Groups for ColdFusion, Flex and Flash. To join the groups, simply click the appropriate link and start networking.
Microsoft finally unveiled its new product, Silverlight. But is it actually a product? Not really. It is more aptly described as a runtime system for a cut-down version of the .NET Framework and just-in-time (JIT) compilers. The runtime is tiny, designed to be a plugin to a web browser much like Flash is also available as a plugin. Microsoft see this technology as a potential “Flash killer”, although it is unlikely to achieve such a status, at least in the short to medium term. They have stiff competition from Adobe with the AIR/Flash/Flex combination which is engrained into the designer/developer community.
The first episode of the ColdFusion podcast. Bryan Kaiser & Michael Haynie talk about MAX – Macromedia’s developer conference, the ColdFusion 7.0.1 update, asfusion.com’s thoughts on why CF developers should care about Flex 2, and Macromedia Labs.