UK LiveCycle & Flash Platform Blog

Hi,

I wanted to highlight this great example of how the Flash Platform is being used in the Financial industry.

Morgan Stanley have launched a game changing application that aims to provide their customers with the industry leading online trading environment. But don't just take my word for it...the following micro-site provides valuable insight into what has been delivered (and has some demos too).

Check out the Matrix

You can also get some insight on the application over at Andrew Shorten's Blog.

Ben

Posted by Ben Forsaith at 4:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Hi,

Some great releases today that I'd encourage everyone interested in application development to try out...The new beta releases for Flash Builder, Flash Catalyst and the Flex 4 SDK are live on Adobe Labs.

There are a load of resources to get started with, these are the highlights:

Beta Videos
What’s new in Flash Builder
What’s new in the SDK

There are some great sample apps to get you started as well.

Have fun - and let us know what you think.

Posted by Ben Forsaith at 12:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I just had to post a link to the brand new Tour de LiveCycle AIR application.

Tour de LiveCycle contains over 1,000 pages of content organized into a hierarchical tree that allows navigation to topics that are of interest to the viewer, including tools, services, APIs, user interfaces, architecture, system requirements, and much more. It is a very handy resource if your learning or already using LiveCycle.

Note, there is also a Tour de Flex AIR application that has been out of a while now.

Ben

Posted by Ben Forsaith at 3:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Apollo is out and is creating a huge buzz here in the UK (I'm already seeing some great apps).

Later this month Mike Downey (Senior Product Manager for Apollo) will be in the UK speaking at a number of events.  So if you want to hear and see more about Apollo be sure to mark your calendars.  Mike will be speaking...

17th April: London Flash Platform User Group from 7pm (plus CS3 update from Steve Burnard)

18th April: Future of Web Design

Mike is a great speaker so don't miss out.

Posted by Ben Forsaith at 8:55 AM | Permalink

Hi All,

I've been a reader of Reg Developer for some time.  So it was nice to meet Tim Anderson when I ran a Flex 2 workshop for the Press last month.  Tim posted an article today on Flex and Apollo which you can read in full here.

The subtitle is "Why Flex and Apollo will shake up client application development" which immediately got my attention because I believe they will.  In fact I would be as bold as to suggest that they already have.  Flash based Rich Internet Applications have steadily grown in popularity for years, and now Flex 2.0 has added a complete toolset for building these applications.

Tim goes on to reference the fact that "Apollo adapts Flex for the creation of desktop as opposed to browser-hosted applications and it promises to be well suited for offline use, providing access to the local file system".  He concludes that "my hunch is that Flex and Apollo will make more impact than previous attempts from Adobe (or Macromedia) at cracking the market for rich internet-connected application", and I believe he is right...

...Why?

Well check out this demo of an Apollo app given by Mike Downey and tell me if you don't think its cool.

Ben

Posted by Ben Forsaith at 3:25 PM | Permalink