There are a number of LiveCycle community sites and resources that are available to the public, but its come to my attention that some people don't know all of them, or what's available and when you'd use which one. Here's a list of what I consider to be the top resources for LiveCycle.
The following lists a number of resources available to LiveCycle developers.
LiveCycle Developer Center - The LiveCycle Developer Center is the best source for Adobe LiveCycle content. Its updated on a weekly basis, so you’ll want to check back every week for new content. New content is almost always posted on the front page before being moved to subsections, so once you’ve browsed the subsections, hitting the front page on a weekly basis should be all you need.
MXNA Aggregator - MXNA aggregates a number of blogs into a single source, and is a great way to see what the Adobe community is talking about. Search for “livecycle” to filter out unwanted content.
Adobe Forums – There are LiveCycle specific forums on this site. These forums are monitored by Adobe employees, including Product Management and Developer Support. There’s no guarantee you’ll get an answer to any question, you’ll need to register for the Adobe Enterprise Developer Program if you want that guarantee, but a lot of people watch these forums on a regular basis.
Adobe LiveCycle Blog – Fairly new, this blog will feature content from LiveCycle team members, with a variety of technical detail. (You're reading this right now).
Stefan Cameron’s Blog – Stefan Cameron is an engineer on the Adobe LiveCycle Designer team, and blogs regularly about the product.
Adobe LiveCycle Mailing List – This email based group allows developers to stay in touch with one another, and is monitored by many Adobe employees as well. The questions on this list are for more advanced users than in the LiveCycle Forums.
Adobe Enterprise Developer Program - $1495 subscription program provides unlimited email based support for one year, as well as access to the individual LiveCycle products, on all operating systems and application servers. If you are a member of the program, you can sign in at http://partners.adobe.com/asn/main.do to download the individual pieces of LiveCycle software.
Adobe LiveCycle Toolbox – The LiveCycle Toolbox is a pre-configured LiveCycle install, running on Windows / JBoss / MySQL. Removes the need to manually install the LiveCycle products, but is not available on other platforms or application servers. This download is now free.
Email – Email the Developer Relations team with questions about LiveCycle software, community resources or any other related questions.
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