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JavaScript Client For Data Services

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The upcoming version 4.6 of Data Services includes an HTML5 / JavaScript client SDK, and this post contains useful links to presentations on the subject.

Adobe's Strategic Transformation And The Flash Platform

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Adobe is in the midst of a fundamental transformation. We are transforming from software in boxes to solutions in the cloud, and to a world of touch interfaces on devices, and social connections everywhere. This is a time of both innovation and change for Adobe and for the Adobe community. And this article on ADC explains Adobe's strategic transformation and the Flash Platform, and summarizes the recent announcements.

Damon Cooper Explains BlazeDS Vs Data Services 4.6

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Title says it all, Damon Cooper explains BlazeDS vs Data Services 4.6.

Data Services 4.6 On Labs

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Title says it all, Data Services 4.6 is now on Adobe Labs.

Coming Soon: Developer Week 2011

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Developer Week 2011 is June 20-24, 2011, and this year we have almost 20 sessions on Flex, mobile development, and back-end integration to ColdFusion, Java, and PHP. Registration is now open.

Piotr Walczyszyn On LCDS And Tablets

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Fellow Adobe evangelist Piotr Walczyszyn ported a LiveCycle Data Services app to run on Motorola XOOM (running Android 3.1), BlackBerry PlayBook, and Apple iPad, and posted the results (with video) on his blog.

RadView's WebLOAD Supports Flex And LCDS

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WebLOAD Professional is RadView's award-winning software for performance testing of internet applications. Installed at over 3,000 companies, WebLOAD Professional is a premier field- proven solution for testing an internet application's ability to handle the demands of actual customer use and launching it with confidence. And the new WebLOAD 8.5 now supports the testing of Flex and LiveCycle Data Services applications.

Adobe Flash Platform Summit Heading To India

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The highly successful Adobe Flash Platform Summit is heading to Bangalore, India, August 25th and 26th. I plan to attend again, along with several of my fellow evangelism team members. This will be a two day event featuring over 40 sessions, and we expect an attendance of over 2000! Registration is now open, and I hope to see you there!

BlazeDS Security Bulletin Impacts ColdFusion

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There is a Security update available for BlazeDS. ColdFusion 9.0, 8.0.x and 7.0.2 are also affected by this issue, and this technote provides fixes for the security issue along with the installation instructions.

Greg Wilson Explains ChessJam

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A few weeks ago I mentioned ChessJam, a Flex/AIR/ColdFusion/LCDS app built by Greg Wilson and some of his pals. Greg has since posted technical details on how the app works. (He actually posted this last week, but I missed it while on the road).

RedMonk Covers FedEx Custom Critical App

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One of the most talked about MAX keynote demos was the FedEx Custom Critical shipment tracking dashboard as presented by FedEx's Adam Mollenkopf. And now RedMonk's Michael Coté has posted an interview with Adam where they look at the app, discuss the business case, and explain why the solution was built on the Flash Platform and powered by LiveCycle Data Services. [Via Duane Nickull]

New And Improved Adobe Cookbooks Online

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The new and greatly improved Adobe Cookbooks is now online. New features include:

• Many more products/technologies
• Improved navigation and search
• Recipe requests - for developers who can't find the code sample they are looking for
• Related recipes - that appear in a side bar of all recipe pages
• Cookbook Explorer - a visual display of top cookbook recipes and contributors
• New contributor recognition features - profile pics, links to blogs, links to community profiles

On My Way To Bangalore, India

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I am in Washington Dulles airport, waiting for my connecting flight to Paris, and then on to Bangalore, India. This is my 4th trip to Bangalore, and this time I'll be meeting up with fellow platform evangelist Serge Jespers for several days of meetings with customers, partners, and press, and a full day 1000 attendee event Adobe DevSummit (which still has a few spaces left, if you have not signed up yet).

Heading Back To India

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I'll be back in India next month to present at the Adobe Devsummit in Bangalore on August 4th. Fellow Adobe evangelist Serge Jespers will be joining me, along with the local evangelism team, for a full day event that will cover Flex, Flash, Catalyst, ColdFusion, Data Services, and more. They are expecting 1000 attendees at this event, and they expect it to sell out, so register quickly!

Bucharest A Success, Next Up Prague

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Yesterday's Adobe Developer Day in Bucharest was a success. Over 200 attendees attended multiple sessions, with presentations from Adobe SVP Digby Horner, Adobe Romania Director Alexandru Costin, fellow evangelists, Mihai Corlan, Miti Pricope, and Cornel Creanga, and other speakers. I presented an opening keynote session, and an afternoon session on ColdFusion. I also got to meet with local press, and took part in a live Romanian Business IT TV show (was supposed to be for 30 minutes, but we were cut off at 24 minutes because the TV station broke away for a speech by the Romanian President, oh well, I guess he has seniority!). I am now in Prague, and tomorrow we do it all again. Once again, I am presenting an opening session, and am also presenting a session on Data Services. The event will take place at the beautiful and historic National House Smichov, and a large crowd is expected here, too.