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seantheflexguyTV – episode 02: Flash and the City conference, AIR 2.0, Flex 3 with Java book review

Here’s the second episode of seantheflexguyTV! In this episode I talk about the upcoming Flash and the City conference in NYC. I also cover some of the new features and capabilities of AIR 2.0 and do a quick review of the Flex 3 with Java book. This episode should be a little more organized and focused. I put together some show notes this time, which you can download here. In addition I’ve collected up some links for you to check out that relate to the topics covered in the show. Thanks a ton for your suggestions last week and thanks for tuning in. The next episode will focus on Flex “Gotchas.” I’m looking to you, the viewer, to send any gotchas that you’ve encountered in your Flex development adventures. Please send them to: info@seantheflexguy.com I’m looking for problems with solutions if you have them. Nothing crazy just any weird issues you’ve found solutions for that others might benefit from. Thanks again for checking out the show, I appreciate your time and feedback. I have to send a HUGE shout out to Jens at Flash Magazine for the Vimeo Plus account for the shows going forward. Flash Magazine is now an official sponsor of seantheflexguyTV. Stay tuned for some exciting stuff moving forward. Well, until next time, take it easy…

Flash and the City Conference Blog

http://blog.flashandthecity.com/

Flash and the City Speakers

http://blog.flashandthecity.com/speakers/

Elad Elrom’s AIR 2.0 Cookbook recipes (thanks again dude!)

http://elromdesign.com/blog/2010/02/01/10-recipes-on-adc-cookbooks-covering-air-20-new-apis/

AIR 2.0 info on the Adobe Labs site

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/

Exploring the new file capabilities in Adobe AIR 2

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/articles/exploring_file_capabilities.html

StorageVolume class info

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/filesystem/StorageVolume.html

StorageVolumeInfo class info

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/filesystem/StorageVolumeInfo.html

StorageVolumeChangeEvent class info

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/events/StorageVolumeChangeEvent.html

Interacting with Native Processes in AIR 2.0

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/quickstart/interacting_with_native_process.html

AIR 2.0 New Features Overview

http://www.infoq.com/articles/air-20-new-features

AIR 2.0 FAQ on Adobe Labs

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR_2:Developer_FAQ

New Features in AIR 2.0 on Adobe Labs

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/AIR_2:Release_Notes#New_Features_in_AIR_2__beta_2

AIR 2 Enhancements Complete Overview

http://www.insideria.com/2009/10/air-2-enhancements-complete-ov.html

Using the Microphone capabilities in Adobe AIR 2 beta

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/flex/articles/using_mic_api.html

TouchEvent class info

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/events/TouchEvent.html

TouchscreenType

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/system/TouchscreenType.html

MultitouchInputMode

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/ui/MultitouchInputMode.html

Multitouch

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/ui/Multitouch.html

TransformGestureEvent

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/events/TransformGestureEvent.html


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2 Responses to “seantheflexguyTV – episode 02: Flash and the City conference, AIR 2.0, Flex 3 with Java book review”

  1. Sean, thanx for the shout-out. Awesome episode & improvement from last week’s video. I think it would be interesting if you call people while you recording… I’ll be happy to come up :)

  2. Sean,

    Your show is awesome. Thanks for putting together all of this great information.

    As for multitouch, I think you covered this stuff correctly but you actually set the Multitouch.inputMode to ‘none’, ‘touchPoint’ and ‘gestures’ (or their public static consts in MultitouchInputMode). You can toggle between listening for gestures or raw touch events. Default is gesture.

    You can check a users capabilities by checking the Multitouch.supportsGestureEvents or Multitouch.supportsTouchEvents which both return boolean. Or get a list (Vector) of actual Multitouch.supportedGestures. You can also check a users Capabilities with a new property on the Capabilities class called touchscreenType which returns ‘finger’, ‘none’ or stylus’.

    Your show rocks! Looking forward to episode 3.

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