Flash and Flex Developer’s Magazine is one of few magazines that target Flash and Flex development. It offers tutorials, product reviews, and articles from the industry’s talent. Recently, this up and coming magazine subscription has gone digital and completely FREE!
September marks the first month of this free digital publication. They are also, providing downloads from previous months.
3D engines that take advantage of the Flash Player seem to sprouting about very frequently. Whether or not these new 3D engines effectivly target a specific market can be left for debate. One new 3D engine that has caught my eye is CopperCube as it targets individuals that are not familiar with ActionScript but can provide the 3D knowledge that many of us just don’t have.
What is CopperCube?
CopperCube is a 3D engine with deployment targets for Flash (.swf) and Windows(.exe). You can create simple interactive 3D scenes without the need to write one single line of code (=no programming necessary), or even create whole games with the help of a little bit scripting magic.
It includes an easy to use 3D editor which imports 17 different 3D file formats and is able to create interactive 3D .swf files with physics, lighting and more or even single standalone Windows .exe files with a built-in high speed, hardware
accelerated 3D engine from your interactive 3D scene, which are easy to distribute and do not need an installer.
CopperCube was created by Ambiera, a game middleware and custom game solutions software development company.
So what is CopperCube capable of?
CopperCube Panorama Demo
CopperCube Game Demo
CopperCube Lighting Demo
Is it Open-Source or Free?
Unfortunately, CopperCube is not free nor open-source however, there is a plan to offer a basic and pro editions of this application. Also, CooperCube is free for 30 days, and there is a discount for people who decide to buy a license while it is in beta testing phase.
Interested?
Ambriera is currently looking for some active testers who can provide feedback during the product’s beta phase. If you are interested, you can download the beta an give it a shot.
Rombla is a full-featured flash-site creation tool. It gives you every tool you’d need to build a simple site in flash, and gives your clients complete control to make their own updates to those simple things like phone numbers and addresses they hate paying you to fix.
It’s a great, innovative tool however, I wouldn’t go as far as to say that this app will remove you from the Flash IDE. I can see it being used to rapidly create Flash mock-ups. Check it out for yourself!
Earlier last month, Aviary officially opened its doors with its suite of powerful creative applications built using Adobe Flex. With all the hype and anticipation, Aviary is officially out of beta.
Aviary introduces Raven
With that said, the lifting of beta tag Aviary ironed out the differences between their pro and free subscription plans. They also add 5 new apps including Raven, a full feature vector editor. And let me tell you, WOW! These apps have truly defined what the Flash Platform is capable of accomplishing.
This book makes advanced Flex 3 concepts and techniques easy. Ajax, RIA, Web 2.0, mashups, mobile, the most sophisticated Web tools and the coolest interactive Web applications are all covered with practical, visually-oriented recipes.
In this book, you’ll learn how to:
Integrate Flex 3 with PHP, Java, JavaScript, and Ruby on Rails.
Tune the performance of your Flex applications.
Create mashups and collaborative applications using Flex 3.
Grooveshark is an online service that puts a whole new meaning to peer-to-peer networks when dealing with music. Grooveshark allows you to upload and stream your music library right in your browser. If you’re not fond of your personal library, you can simply create playlists from the existing library of music Grooveshark provides.
What is Grooveshark Lite?
Recently, Grooveshark has put a lot of time developing a sweet Flex Application called Grooveshark Lite. Grooveshark Lite allows you to tap into all the music Grooveshark has to offer. With popular features like a playlist builder, auto-recommendation, and sleek interface, this fancy Flex application has a lot going for it. Overall, Grooveshark Lite is how Grooveshark separates itself from other similiar services like Last.fm, iLike, Seeqpod, Pandora, Simplify Media, and MediaMaster.
This ActionScript reference for rich Internet application development provides an alphabetical reference for all native ActionScript APIs for the Adobe Flash platform runtimes: Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR-as well as the Adobe Flex framework APIs. The RIA guide has been recently updated to include the API changes effected by Adobe AIR 1.5, Flex 3.2 and Flash Player 10.
Ryan Stewart talks to Matt Chotin about the new Thermo design and upcoming additions to the Flex SDK. Then he shows you FXG, a new graphics interchange format supported in Flex 4, code-named “Gumbo”.
If after watching this video gets you all revved up for Flex 4, then, head over and download the latest build of the Flex SDK.
If you’ve ever wanted to track your Flash content over the web, then you’d know what a challenge this task entails. In the past, Flash tracking was not provided out of the box, and every implementation had to be customized.
It is now safe to say that tracking your Flash content, has gotten much easier and more accurate. With the assistance of Adobe and other third party developers, the Google Analytics team has developed and released Google Analytics Tracking For Adobe Flash.
What is Google Analytics Tracking For Adobe Flash?
This new Flash tracking code offers all the rich features of the current JavaScript-based version as it translates the current Google Analytics tracking code into the ActionScript 3 programming language that dramatically simplifies the ability to track your Flash, Flex and AS3 content.
RIAs might have been the buzzword in the past, but now is reaching maturity and continues to peek its head into all aspects of the online realm. In this article, David Tucker points out three examples of rich applications that have recently risen to the top of their respective fields. Applications like the ones below are what the community needs to push the direction of endless possibilities even further.
