Chicago

MCA Warehouse / September 29

1747 W Hubbard St
Chicago, IL 60622
lat 41.889693, lon -87.671065
venue

Who?

Anyone interested in learning more about the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR).

What?

A one night gathering of developers interested in Adobe AIR. Code. Showcases. Discussion.

How Much?

Free and open to the public (registration required).
Photo by JE Rudy

What to Bring

Yourself, laptop, any Flex, HTML and JavaScript apps you want to get running on Adobe AIR. We will provide the beer, Red Bull, coffee, food, XBoxes, schwag, knowledge, venue and bits.

Q & A Room

Stop by the Q & A room at any time throughout the evening to get answers to your questions and any help you may need with your AIR applications.

Agenda

6:15] Doors Open

Registration, meet and greet, discussion and Q & A. Grab a drink and a bite to eat, and chat with speakers and other developers interested in developing with the Adobe Integrated Runtime.

[6:45] Keynote (Ryan Stewart)

Ryan Stewart, a Rich Internet Evangilist at Adobe, provides an introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime and how it fits into the Flash Platform, and the larger RIA landscape.

[7:15] Building your first AIR application with Adobe Flex (Mike Chambers)

Learn how to setup your development environment and build your first AIR application using Flex 3 and Flex Builder 3 (code named Moxie).

[7:45] Building your first AIR application with HTML and JavaScript (Kevin Hoyt)

After this session you will know how to setup the Adobe AIR SDK to allow you to develop and package AIR applications from the command line. You will also be able to leverage the Adobe AIR command line tools to enable development of HTML and JavaScript based applications. Finally, the session will demonstrate built in support for AIR development from Adobe Dreamweaver and the Eclipse based Aptana.

[8:30] Break

[8:45] AIR Born (Grant Skinner)

An exploration of the diverse projects gskinner.com has built on the AIR platform, including internet-aware desktop applications, interactive installations, web-driven widgets, and utilities / developer tools.

[9:15] Adobe AIR API Overview (Daniel Dura)

Receive an overview of the new APIs that the Adobe Integrated Runtime makes available to applications. Both ActionScript and JavaScript examples will be shown.

[9:40] Networking / Gaming / Q & A / Food and Drinks

Grab a drink and a bite to eat, play some video games and chat with speakers and other developers interested in developing with the Adobe Integrated Runtime.

[10:30] Doors Close