In Adobe words:

"So what is the goal of Genesis? With Genesis we try to significantly improve the daily work of information workers in the enterprise. I have been working for the last 15 years on various enterprise software solutions. (...) Talking with many customers it became apparent that end users continue to be frustrated about the many information silos and that useful internal information, like Business Intelligence data is not being utilized because it is to hard to access it. Additionally the state of collaboration tools in most enterprises is still limited to email and voicemail."

Solution? Adobe Genesis If you would like to qucikly find out about the project, go for this link.

I am actively working with B2B applications and I have to admitt that this project might become something really usefull.

Have a nice weekend,
W.

One thing is extremely interesting and I cross my fingers for everyone who has organized this event - FlexChallange 2008 Edition. This one is very worthy, will prove some things, for example will show how big is the community in Poland.

I really cross my fingers for this one.

Cheers,
W.

There are some important upcoming events in Polish Flex community:

• FlexCamp, 1st July 2008, Cracow, Poland. I will be on the spot, probably showing some of our work done with Adobe Flex and AIR. Make sure to check this site (sorry, Polish only).
• AIR Tour Europe, 6th July 2008, Warsaw, Poland. There are some great names from the community to come, like Serge Jespers, Mike Chambers, Lee Brimelow and more... Anyway, see you on the spot. You may want to see event's website.

There are some nice things going on around, so keep your fingers crossed

Cheers,
W.

Adobe has published document called "Flex SDK Coding Conventions". A very long list things to read about, including:

• Naming conventions
• Language usage
• File organization
• Formatting
• ASDoc

You can compare it to the version created by Fabio Terracini and enhanced by me. I will look forward to enhance my own document of some stuff figured out by Adobe and then adding more advanced topics, like testing, some design patterns etc.

Cheers,
W.

I was responsible for all the Flex part in the project (read about the project in the showcases part of my website). The team was great (thanks all to you guys!!). We have created this project in Making Waves Poland.

I was delighted to read:

It's never easy to stand out in a crowd, but successful Interactive Advertising does just that. In it's first year, the Interactive Advertising Winners, Nominees and Honorees show how a great idea and solid technical execution can successfully work hand-in-hand on the Internet.

As a result of the superior quantity and quality of sites entered, the 12th Annual Webby Awards recognized sites and teams that demonstrated a standard of excellence.

Of the more than 10,000 entries submitted to the 12th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 15% were distinguished as an Official Honoree. This honor signifies an outstanding caliber of work. Congratulations to all of our Official Honoree selections!

What are Webby Awards?

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.

The Academy is an intellectually diverse organization that includes members such as musicians Beck and David Bowie, Internet inventor Vint Cerf, political columnist Arianna Huffington, Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser, "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, R/GA Founder and Chairman Robert Greenberg, Virgin Atlantic Chairman and Founder Richard Branson, and The Weinstein Company Co-Founder Harvey Weinstein. Members also include writers and editors from publications such as The New York Times, Wired, Details, Fast Company, Elle, The Los Angeles Times, Vibe, and WallPaper. The 11th Annual Webby Awards received over 8,000 entries from over 60 countries and all 50 states and generated over 750 million media impressions worldwide.

Reflecting the tremendous growth of the Internet as a tool for business and everyday lives, the 11th Annual Webby Awards expands the mission of the Webby by honoring excellence in over 100+ Website, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile categories.

Thanks again to all who made it possible!!

Cheers,
W.

First thought - great news. Applications made by Flex developers often have standard skin layout without any changes, even through CSS. Therefore it seems that we'll see Thermo launched with Gumbo.

Second thought - can't wait to see if there will be some more mature features for developers. We need to await for more details on "Accelerated development", "Horizontal platform improvements" and "Broadening horizons". Better refactoring, better tests, better code hinting? Maybe - not confirmed, yet. There were some rumors about adding Cairngorm code generator into Flex Builder. That would be nice.

Microsoft prepares really big offensive with Silverlight. Simple: Adobe has more experience with design, Microsoft with development techniques. What I believe Adobe can do is - catch up with the framework itself to meet up the standards while adding even more design pimp-my-app features. Like Thermo.

Cheers,

W.

I must admit it gives a lot of thoughts how to design applications, that in a special way includes RIAs....

BTW, I have received Flex Builder 2 more than one year ago with the highest security possible when it comes to software. I had to sign that I won't be using it against anyone with terrorist purpose (God, why are you doing this to us America?). So that's why you can see "Military" sticker, as it was categorized as military product due to some algorithms used in Flex and Eclipse.

• Adobe Cairngorm
• E4X guidelines
• Regular Expressions and Flex

You will find this document in Download section of my website, therefore - go and have a click. Any comments are really welcomed.

Best regards,

W.

Here is something you should definitely click by "Image Manipulation in Flex by Andrew Alderson".

Great article covering matters of loading image data, adjusting colors, applying various effects, rotating and flipping, cropping, panning and zooming.

Personal update:

I am finishing polishing my Yahoo Maps libraries, therefore I will upload them soon. Also I am writing series of articles on Adobe Cairngorm best practices. I have held several presentations and trainings lately and many questions were asked - I would like to share the answers.

Best regards,

W.