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March 24, 2006
Some ideas for our Flex Developer Derby...
By now, you've probably heard about our Flex Developer Derby, which allows you to win a new Plasma TV and an XBox. But, you may be thinking to yourself, what can I possibly build? Well, this might be a good starting point... I've built a small HTML editor that saves the data locally. It uses the flash.net.ShareObject package, which allows you to save data to the users hard drive, similar to a cookie. Extending this to include the ability to save a number of "documents", as well as searching through those "documents" might be a good idea.
Also, feel free to use this sample to help with other saving of data. How about saving data from a Flickr search locally, so that I can see the photos without having to be online? Or an Amazon search, so I can add items to a shopping cart without having to be online? Or saving blog entries off-line, so I don't need to be online to read things. Just a few ideas for you.
Anyone out there, who isn't a developer, have a good idea for applications that people can build?
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I've got one: A Mac version of Flex Builder so that I can get in on the Derby too!
[The latest release also includes an SDK, which includes a compiler that will compilie your MXML and AS files into a Flash application. And this works fine on the Mac. No, you don't get code completion, but you can still join in on the contest - Mike]
Mike,
When we submit the proposal do our application has to work against the live data or can we simulate the data sources. I have live sources on my desktop but I cannot move it to the free hosting place.
[Probably best to simulate the data source. - Mike]
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