Who?
Anyone interested in learning more about
Adobe AIR.
What?
A one day conference on Adobe AIR with technical sessions, showcases and discussion.
How Much?
Free and open to the public. The event is sold out, and we cannot accept anymore registrations..
What to Bring
Yourself, laptop, any Flex, HTML and JavaScript apps you want to get running on Adobe AIR. We will provide the beer, coffee, food, XBoxes, schwag, knowledge, venue and bits.
Lounge
Stop by the lounge area at any time throughout the day to take a break, grab a snack, or play some video games. You can also chat with the speakers and other developers to get answers to your questions and any help you may need with your AIR applications.
Language
Unless otherwise indicated, all sessions will be presented in English.
Agenda
[9:15] Doors Open
Registration, meet and greet, discussion and Q & A. Beverages and light breakfast will be provided.
[10:00] Keynote (Enrique Duvos)
Enrique Duvos, a Senior Platform Evangelist at Adobe, provides an introduction to Adobe AIR and how it fits into the Adobe technology platform, and the larger RIA landscape.
[10:30] Building your first Adobe 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.
[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
[11:45] Leveraging HTML and JavaScript within Adobe AIR (Kevin Hoyt)
Gain a better understanding of the HTML and JavaScript environments within Adobe AIR, 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.
[12:20] Lunch
Lunch will be provided. Use this time to recharge your (and your laptop's) batteries, chat with other developers and speakers, catch up on email, or hang out in the lounge.
[13:00] Deploying and Updating AIR Applications (Serge Jespers)
Packaging, deploying and updating your application are probably the most important basics you'll need to know about. Serge will show you how to use Flex Builder 3 and the command line tools to sign and package your application, how to use the install badge, create custom install badges and how to keep your application up to date.
[13:30] Adobe AIR API Overview (Daniel Dura)
Receive an overview of the new APIs that Adobe AIR makes available to applications. Both ActionScript and JavaScript examples will be shown.
[14:00] Break
[14:15] Developing Secure AIR Applications (Ethan Malasky)
AIR Applications have the power to enable rich experiences that are closely integrated with users' desktops. How can you ensure that your applications are protected from attackers? This session answers that question by exploring the threat model for AIR applications, detailing the common mistakes that developers can make, and highlighting the places where wise developers will pay extra attention.
[14:45] Data Intensive Enterprise AIR Applications (Enrique Duvos)
The need to optimize data handling and transfers in RIAs has become
increasingly important in Enterprise applications.
During this session Enrique will take a look at how the combination of Adobe AIR's offline local caches via SQLite, and its native connectivity to Adobe Livecycle Data Services data management services, gives developers a powerful framework to deliver data intensive RIAs outside the browser.
[15:15] Break
[15:35] Bits and Bytes in Adobe AIR (Benjamin Dobler)
In this session Benjamin will give an overview of his most recent work for
parleys.com and show how the AIR client
extends the possibilities of the parlys.com website. He will also look into
how advanced file handling techniques are used
to manipulate complex data like video on the client.
[16:00] Using JavaScript Frameworks in AIR Applications (Andre Charland)
Learn how to leverage JavaScript libraries and Frameworks to build HTML and JavaScript-based AIR applications.
[16:30] Break
[16:45] AIR Conditioning (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.
[18:00] Doors Close
