http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/ en Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:07:42 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In my role as a PM I see lots of feature requests and suggestions that we should do "X" as part of Flex. Unfortunately we can't do everything, and in fact don't necessarily have the expertise in-house to do many... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/07/suggested_proje.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/07/suggested_proje.html Open Source Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:07:42 -0800 Our MAX site is the coolest I've seen yet! You can start learning about the sessions as well as go through a crazy experience here.... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/max_north_ameri.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/max_north_ameri.html MAX Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:43:13 -0800 The Flex Cookbook is a great way to learn how to do specific tasks in Flex and is growing every day. Now we have the AIR Cookbook to go along with it. Learn how to accomplish things using both Flex... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/air_cookbook_no.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/air_cookbook_no.html Learning Materials Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:54:40 -0800 A few months ago Paul Reilly, one of the engineers on the Flex team undertook the overwhelming task of going through the MXML compiler in detail to document its design for others who might end up working on it. I've... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/flex_compiler_d.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/flex_compiler_d.html Open Source Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:13:32 -0800 I'm sure based on the activity you've seen in the Flex 3 branch you'd think not much is going on, however you'd actually be wrong. Alex has been leading an effort on a feature we call the Marshall Plan. This... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/upcoming_flex_3_1.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/upcoming_flex_3_1.html General Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:22:45 -0800 The Flex Cookbook is a great resource for those who need to learn how to accomplish specific tasks. In fact, it's such a great resource that some of its recipes were contributed into the official O'Reilly Flex 3 Cookbook! Now... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/flex_3_cookbook.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/flex_3_cookbook.html Learning Materials Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:16:27 -0800 I'm very excited about Acrobat.com now that it has officially launched. I use Buzzword all the time as we put articles for the Dev Center on there which I need to write or review. And ConnectNow is fantastic as a... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/acrobatcom_anno.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/06/acrobatcom_anno.html General Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:56:49 -0800 I'll write this up now since I was on vacation last week. As you probably know, last week we released the beta of Flash Player 10, code named Astro. While we're waiting for Flex 4 to take full advantage of... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/05/create_flash_pl.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/05/create_flash_pl.html General Wed, 21 May 2008 10:35:29 -0800 One of the benefits of being a public-facing Flex team member is that publishers and authors send me copies of their books. It's pretty cool how many Flex and AIR related books have been coming out recently. To name a... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/04/flex_and_air_bo.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/04/flex_and_air_bo.html Learning Materials Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:14:17 -0800 The number of vendors supporting Flex for testing continues to grow. Borland today is releasing SilkTest 2008 which can perform functional testing for Flex apps and SilkPerformer 2008 which can do load testing with AMF. Good news for everyone!... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/04/more_testing_su.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/04/more_testing_su.html General Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:07:38 -0800 Can you believe it? Here we go, MAX 2008 is only 8 months away :-) Let's get a good jump on things and have you suggest sessions and speakers that you would like to see this year in any of... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/call_for_sessio.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/call_for_sessio.html MAX Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:22:42 -0800 A little birdie has provided us a discount code for 360Flex Europe. Go register and use the code "adobelove" and you'll get 10% off! I've attended all 360Flex conferences in the US and they just keep getting better. There's a... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/360flex_europe.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/360flex_europe.html General Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:20:16 -0800 We're trying to get some substantial statistical data about Flex and ColdFusion developers and how you use our products. This helps us prioritize future development, understand our demographics, and highlight our strengths and shortcomings. We'd really appreciate it if you... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/please_take_the_1.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/please_take_the_1.html General Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:34:00 -0800 One application that we put out around the same time AIR launched is the Developer Desktop that's part of the Adobe Developer Connection. It's a great app that has different modules of functionality including a personalized view of of our... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/do_you_have_the.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/do_you_have_the.html General Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:13:12 -0800 Sprout is one of the companies that came out of stealth at DEMO recently and they have now introduced their public beta. Check out their site and you'll see all sorts of cool examples of the kinds of widgets (or... http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/build_cool_flex.html http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mchotin/archives/2008/03/build_cool_flex.html General Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:58:31 -0800