I show how to think in terms of using Flex with Drupal for an RIA (Rich Internet Application). Flex can be used for pages but the technology lends itself better with an all encompassing interface and design that is your entire website or web application. Think outside of HTML & CSS!
31. SUPER NEW STUFF (Flash 10) Flash (FLA) files are now XML (XFL) Flash will have 3D built-in (Papervision engine) Flash will have smart animation (no keyframes and support for “bones” or inverse kinematics) “ Hydra” will change effects forever
32. SUPER NEW STUFF (Flex 4) “ Thermo” will be the designer-developer liaison If Flash Player has 3D, Flex will have 3D Database Drivers – NO WAY! Public beta and staying open-source
33. Q&A E-mail me if you have more questions [email_address] Check out our courses: RichMediaInstitute.com
34. Raffle 1 st Prize: TICKET to a Drupal course (~$500) 2 nd Prize: Advanced Flex Application Development book signed by me! (~$55) 3 rd Prize: AIR/Flex 3 Launch T-Shirt (~$1M) Free for all: O'Rielly coupons, AIR stickers, Drupal love
35. Bonus Topics Crowd votes on: - What is AIR? Cross-platform desktop runtime - Apache & IIS Modules: Run MXML/AS natively - Mozilla adds ActionScript to Mozilla 2, Firefox 3, SpiderMonkey, & IE8 (“Tamarin” JIT, “ActionMonkey”; GPL/LGPL/MPL)