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Christophe Coenraets On Backbone.js And PhoneGap

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:57:00 -0500

Fellow Adobe evangelist Christophe Coenraets recently posted a three part article on building a CRUD application using HTML and the Backbone.js framework. He has now followed it up with a post on building a mobile app using Backbone.js And PhoneGap.

Flex User Group 2012 Tour European Dates

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:43:00 -0500

Following up on the Flex User Group 2012 Tour: North America Dates dates (mentioned recently), Flex User Group 2012 Tour: European Dates have now also been posted.

PhoneGap 1.4 Released

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:26:00 -0500

PhoneGap 1.4 has just been released, and here's a list of all that has changed.

jQuery Mobile 1.0.1 Released

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:46:00 -0500

jQuery Mobile 1.0.1 has been released, full list of enhancements in this blog post.

Ray Camden On Getting Started With PhoneGap

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:14:00 -0500

The latest Inspire Magazine is out, and it includes an article by our own Ray Camden on Combining your web skills with PhoneGap to build mobile apps.

Thibault Imbert Introduces Flash Player 11.2 And AIR 3.2 Beta 4

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:57:00 -0500

Thibault Imbert has written a great post Introducing Flash Player 11.2 and AIR 3.2 Beta 4 and Stage 3D support.

CF-FireLogger Brings ColdFusion Support To FireLogger

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:20:00 -0500

FireLogger is a server logger console for Firebug with built-in support for Python and PHP. CF-FireLogger adds ColdFusion support to FireLogger, enabling logging of information from within ColdFusion code directly to the Firebug/FireLogger console.

ColdFusion Position At Adobe

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:41:00 -0500

I usually post these on Fridays, but this one is too good to wait: Adobe (San Jose, CA or San Francisco, CA) is looking for a ColdFusion developer to join the Adobe.com team. Requirements include BS or advanced degree and 3+ years experience (or e...

Introducing Adobe Edge Preview 4

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:00 -0500

I mentioned Adobe Edge Preview 4 last week. The father of Edge, Mark Anders, has recorded a video for Adove TV that highlights some of what is new in Preview 4, including symbols (which allow you to create reusable objects that are independent of th...

ColdFusion Position In DC

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:14:00 -0500

One more this week (and I love the way this position is described): The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) is looking for a ColdFusion developer to work on "CF9, jQuery, Adobe stuff, Win7, CSS, mobile stuff like CSS and jQuery fo...

Holly Schinsky Provides A Flex Update

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:13:00 -0500

Fellow Adobe evangelist Holly Schinsky has posted an update on Apache Flex progress.

Edge Preview 4 Released

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:12:00 -0500

Adobe Edge Preview 4 is now available! Preview 4 introduces significant new features like Symbols, Web Fonts, and Element Display, as well as a number of usability and performance enhancements.

Flex User Group 2012 Tour North America Dates

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:43:00 -0500

The Flex User Group 2012 Tour: North America Dates have been posted. Watch for Europe and Asia dates coming shortly.

ColdFusion Blog Relaunched

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:04:00 -0500

The ColdFusion team has relaunched their blog at blogs.coldfusion.com.

Chicago Tribune Likes The AIR Based Politifact App

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:57:00 -0500

The Chicago Tribune is running a story on how to Track the primaries and the candidates this election season. The first app they picked? The Flex and AIR based PolitiFact app.