on AIR Bus Tour : Toronto

Guvernment & Kool Haus / September 26

132 Queens Quay East
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 3Y5
lat 43.644119, lon -79.368818

Who?

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

What?

A one day conference on Adobe AIR with technical sessions, showcases and discussion.

How Much?

Free and open to the public (registration required).

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 day to get answers to your questions and any help you may need with your AIR applications.

Tentative Agenda

[9:15] Doors Open

Registration, meet and greet, discussion and Q & A. Beverages and light breakfast will be provided.

[10:00] Keynote (Mike Downey)

Mike Downey, a Senior Product Manager for the Flash Platform at Adobe, provides an introduction to the Adobe Integrated Runtime and how it fits into the Flash Platform, and the larger RIA landscape.

[10:30] 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).

[11:00] 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.

[11:30] Break

[11:40] Leveraging HTML and JavaScript within Adobe AIR(Kevin Hoyt)

Gain a better understanding of the HTML and JavaScript environments within the Adobe Integrated Runtime, and explore how these technologies can be leveraged in both Flash / Flex and HTML / JavaScript-based applications. JavaScript and ActionScript script bridging will be covered, as well as how to use AIR, Flash Player and ActionScript Library APIs directly from JavaScript.

[12:15] Lunch

Lunch will be provided. Use this time to recharge your (and your laptop's) batteries, chat with other developers, hang out in the Q&A room or check out some of on AIR Tour partners’ AIR applications in the Partner Exhibit Area.

[1:00] 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.

[1:30] Business Class AIR – Rich Desktop Clients for On-Demand Apps (Salesforce.com)

This session will demonstrate how Web services enabled, on-demand applications are a perfect companion to the new generation of AIR-based desktop technologies and apps. Combining the ability of salesforce.com’s on demand platform to build and run sophisticated business applications – entirely over the Internet and without software – with the rich app functionality of Flex and AIR, developers can create “business class” AIR apps that meet the requirements of the enterprise, delivering the innovation and creativity of the next generation of desktop apps, and can be built and deployed in record time.

[1:50] Session To Be Determined

[2:20] Break

[2:30] Incorporating Video into AIR Applications (Akamai)

Gain an understanding of how to develop AIR applications that leverage Flash video. Topics include how the Internet impacts performance of connected AIR applications, as well as an an integration strategy for utilizing Akamai's Edge Platform global network.

[2:50] Using JavaScript Frameworks in AIR Applications (Andre Charland)

Learn how to leverage JavaScript libraries and Frameworks to build HTML and JavaScript-based AIR applications.

[3:20] Yahoo and Adobe AIR (Yahoo!)

The Yahoo! Developer Network offers a wide range of Web Services and APIs that you can use in your AIR application. In this talk, we'll introduce some of that content, such as Yahoo! Maps, Flickr, and Yahoo! Search. We'll also show off some interesting AIR applications created by internal teams at Yahoo!.

[3:40] 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.

[4:10] Break

[4:20] Transitioning to the Desktop with Adobe AIR (Lee Brimelow)

Join Lee Brimelow as he shares his experiences developing a wide range of AIR projects, from simple widgets to larger applications that enable users to interact with software on a more intimate level on the desktop. Lots of prototypes and code will be shown to help get you up to speed with AIR development.

[5:00] Question and Answer Session (Adobe AIR Team)

After a day full of code and demos, this is your opportunity to openly ask questions of the members of the Adobe AIR team.

[5:15] Networking / Gaming / Q & A / Food and Drinks

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

[6:00] Taking apart the bus (Mike Chambers)

Learn what makes the tour run. This session will dissect the AIR applications used on the bus to drive the real time data feeds for the Bus API. Examples will include interfacing with devices, and building applications that run in occasionally connected environments.