Synchronizing Drupal Modules with Adobe AIR
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Monday, May 12, 2008
Whether you’re an enterprise developer working in a large shop or setting up a blog for yourself, you’ve almost certainly been tasked with keeping your development code in sync with some type of stable release. Whether a project is big or small, you still need to ensure that the core code you work with remains consistent. This article will walk you through the development of an Adobe AIR and AJAX application used to synchronize the modules of a site developed in Drupal, the popular free and open-source content management system used in thousands of sites across the Internet.
30 Minutes with Active Media Architects
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Flash and PHP are becoming a popular pair of technologies. It seems that every time I turn around, I'm seeing new Flash front-ends that are talking to PHP back-ends and doing some very interesting things. One of the most interesting things I've seen though has to be MyKleenexTissue.com. I was given the opportunity to sit down and talk with Andy Lintner, Director of Application Development, Jon Aniano, General Manager, and Jeff Kazmierski, President and Creative Director; all of Active Media Architects, the team behind MyKleenexTissue.com. Along the way we talked about the technology decisions they made, and the process they used for development.
Flex and PHP: Party in the Front, Business in the Back
by Cal Evans (editor) |
5 comments | Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Since the first time I really saw and understood what Flash was and did, I’ve been jealous of what Flash designers could do. Beyond just the cute animations for banner ads and games, Flash designers have always had a much more fine-grained control on their environment that HTML allows for. Besides my innate inability to design anything like a usable interface, the main drawback that has kept me from exploiting Flash is I never could get my head around the “Movie Timeline” metaphor for programming. As we say back home, “It just ain’t right.” That all changed with Flex. Now programmers can work with tools they are comfortable with and still take advantage of all of Flash’s…well, flash. Flex won’t help developers like me design eye-pleasing interfaces any more than a new pencil would improve my inability to draw. However, I can now put much more useful interfaces on my back-end code.
Flash and PHP in On-Line Gaming
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Athlon Sports is tucked away in a non-descript building near downtown Nashville. Inside is a 40 year old company, well respected in their field that has been, not so quietly, moving into the world of on-line games.
Adobe Survey for PHP Developers.
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Adobe has a survey they are asking all PHP developers to help them with.
Mike Potter - Flash, Flex and PHP Just Got A Huge Boost
by Cal Evans (editor) |
1 comment | Thursday, February 1, 2007
Mike potter has posted a new entry on his blog, “Flash, Flex and PHP Just Got A Huge Boost”. Come on inside, I’ll tell you what all the excitement is about.
Provide Feedback To Adobe For Flex Builder 3
by mikeypotter |
1 comment | Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Adobe is looking for experienced PHP and Ajax developers to participate in an advisory panel on the future of Adobe Flex. Click inside for details.
AMFPHP Now Supports Adobe Flex
by mikeypotter |
0 comments | Thursday, December 14, 2006
The AMFPHP project, headed by Patrick Mineault, has added support for AMF3, the newest AMF protocol that’s used by Adobe Flex and ActionScript 3.
Adobe Updates PHP RIA SDK by Adobe
by mikeypotter |
0 comments | Thursday, October 5, 2006
The PHP RIA SDK by Adobe has been updated to include new samples showing how to integrate a PHP backend with applications built using Adobe Flex.
Get started easily with Adobe RIA Technologies
by mikeypotter |
0 comments | Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Recently I released a new project to help PHP developers get started with two Adobe web technologies: Ajax and Flex. (Flex is an Eclipse based plugin that helps software developers build applications that get delivered via the Flash player.) The (unofficial) Adobe PHP SDK contains samples and code in a single .zip file that show how to connect a PHP backend to two different front ends: Ajax for those who prefer HTML interfaces, and Flex for those that prefer a Flash interface.
