| August 2009 |
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International News
Adobe ColdFusion 9 & ColdFusion Builder Betas Now Available |
Product Feature
Flash Builder 4 beta |
Featured Book
Learning Flex 3; Getting up to Speed with Internet Applications |
Designer and Developer Feature
Introducing Adobe ColdFusion Builder beta
wePublishing
Online Seminars
Training Partners
Designer and Developer Resources
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International News
Adobe ColdFusion 9 & ColdFusion Builder Betas Now Available - Click for more |
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Adobe announced the public betas of Adobe® ColdFusion® 9 and ColdFusion® Builder™ software. ColdFusion 9, a powerful development technology for building dynamic Web sites and Internet applications, increases developer productivity, integrates with complex enterprise environments and delivers rich and interactive experiences for users. ColdFusion Builder is a new Eclipse based integrated development environment used for rapidly developing ColdFusion applications. ColdFusion developers can now utilize greater integration with the Adobe® Flash® Platform. |
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Product Feature
Flash Builder 4 beta - Click for more |
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Flash Builder 4 beta has many new data-centric develpoment features that make it a snap for ColdFusion developers to create data-driven Flex applications. Flex is a highly productive, free open source framework for building and maintaining expressive web applications that deploy consistently on all major browsers, desktops, and operating systems. While Flex applications can be built using only the free open source framework, developers can use Adobe® Flash® Builder™ software to dramatically accelerate development. Flash Builder 4 beta also has many new features for ColdFusion developers. |
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Featured Book
Getting up to Speed with Internet Applications - Click for more |
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A hands-on introduction to developing Rich Internet Applications (RIA) with Flex, this handbook is an easy-to-learn beginner's guide to Flex 3. It utilizes a hands-on approach and is filled with step-by-step examples, tips, and tricks. You'll understand how Flex works, how to use the MXML markup language and work with ActionScript, how to deploy RIAs to the desktop using Adobe AIR, and much more. Learning Flex 3 offers step-by-step instructions that are clear and concise, along with tips and tricks that author Alaric Cole has gathered after years of using Flex and teaching it to fellow developers at Yahoo! |
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| Designer & Developer Feature |
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Introducing Adobe ColdFusion Builder beta - Click for more
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One of the most exciting enhancements in ColdFusion 9 is actually not a ColdFusion 9 feature. Rather, it's the introduction of a dedicated ColdFusion IDE—ColdFusion Builder. This new Eclipse-based development environment has been built from the ground up with ColdFusion development in mind, and this article will help you get started quickly and easily. ColdFusion Builder is a ColdFusion IDE built in Eclipse, the same platform which powers Flash Builder (previously Flex Builder). ColdFusion Builder and Flash Builder are designed to work together, and can greatly simplify the development of Flash and Flex applications powered by ColdFusion. |
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wePublishing - Click for more
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Mark Murphy takes about his concept of "wePublishing," which he describes as collective efforts on educating, mentoring and inspiring. For the creative-minded who love to generate content, there are millions of ePublishing solutions available, including print-on-demand to blogging. If you are a heavy blogger and wish to get published, "The Printed Blog," is the world’s first daily newspaper comprised entirely of blogs and user-generated content.But when do we take the "e" out of eBooks and ePublishing and replace it with "we." wePublishing is community-based content that focuses our collective efforts on educating, mentoring and inspiring. |
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| Online Seminars |
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Adobe ColdFusion 8 eSeminar Series
July 08, 2009 - August 19, 2009
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Designers
July 14, 2009 - August 11, 2009
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Web Professionals
July 22, 2009 - August 12, 2009
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Professional Photographers
July 23, 2009 - August 20, 2009
CS4: Shortcut to Brilliant eSeminar Series for Video Professionals
July 23, 2009 - August 27, 2009 |
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| Training Partners |
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Digicape - Cape Town
Contact Angie
084 029 9950
www.digicape.co.za
Concept Interactive - Cape Town
Contact Elethea
elethea@conceptinteractive.net
www.conceptinteractive.net
Friends of Design - Cape Town
Web Design, DTP (Desktop Publishing), and Motion graphics courses
www.friendsofdesign.net
Multimedia Centre - Cape Town
InDesign, Captivate, Photoshop, Illustrator, Robohelp, After Effects, Flash
Neil Stromin
021 790 3684
nstromin@multimediacentre.co.za
www.multimediacentre.co.za
The TrainingRoom at Apple Centre Project 3 - Cape Town
Workshops and courses offering a wide range of creative pro applications, from print design to mobile authoring These are held every Thursday evening and Saturday morning.
www.thetrainingroom.co.za
Terasys Solutions - JHB
Design, Web, Film, Photo.
082 885 2712
www.terasys.co.za
Morning Star Design - JHB
Adobe Authorised Training Center
Rehana Rajah
011 782 4297
msd@netactive.co.za
www.imsd.co.za
Billy Einkamerer's Adobe courses (not official Adobe courses) - JHB
Adobe products used include Dreamweaver CS3, Fireworks CS3 and Photoshop CS3.
billy@assemble.co.za
www.assemble.co.za
WalkerDigital
Adobe Authorised Training Centre
Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, Captivate Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects, Premier.
Stephen Walker
stephen@walkerdigital.co.za
http://www.walkerdigital.co.za |
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| Designer & Developer Resources and useful links |
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Dax Data's home page
Adobe's home page
Designer and Developer Resources
Adobe Design Centre
Adobe Developer Resources
Adobe Labs
Adobe TV
Adobe Exchange - easy-to-install extensions, time-saving functions, code and more.
Safari Books Online - e-reference library for designers and developers
Online Forums and Third Party Blogs
Adobe Online Forums
Design Center editor community blogs
Community site for all things MX
ColdFusion Developers Journal
SimplicIT Lab - South African Flash Resource |
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