Ben Forta's Blog

Coming To China: Adobe Flash Platform Summit

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:59:00 -0500

I visited China several times last year, and am planning multiple trips this year, too. China is home to the second largest population of Flash and Flex developers, and it's high time those developers had the opportunity to take part in a full-blown ...

Open Government Slides Posted

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:52:00 -0500

Here are the slides from last week's ColdFusion 9 - Solutions For The Open Government Directive presentation. The templates discussed will be available shortly. I'll post details when I have them.

Kevin Lynch Weighs In On Flash, Openness, And More

Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:05:00 -0500

Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch has posted his thoughts on Open Access to Content and Applications.

Presenting At Events in London, Paris, Cologne, Liege, And Amsterdam

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:51:00 -0500

I'm spending a lot of time in Europe right now. I was in London a week ago, am heading back there this week, and will be back in the area in March to discuss Flash Builder 4, ColdFusion 9, and ColdFusion Builder with customers, partners, and at the f...

ColdFusion 9 Security Fix Released

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:20:00 -0500

A vulnerability has been identified in ColdFusion 9, which could allow access to collections created by the Solr Service to be accessed from any external machine using a specific URL. A solution to the reported vulnerability has been posted online.

And That's Why Flash Support Is A Must

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:51:00 -0500

Lee Brimelow has a way with words. I mean pictures.

We're Looking For An RIA Architect

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:13:00 -0500

Want to join the Adobe RIA team? We are looking for a talented and highly motivated Architect or Technical lead to help deliver the next generation presentation services (composite RIA, mashups and client architecture). A successful candidate will ha...

List Of Products Related To Flex

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:45:00 -0500

There is a broad and growing ecosystem that surrounds Flex and the Flash platform. And we've just posted a comprehensive list of products and projects which provide support for the Flex framework.

ADC On Creating Self-Updating ColdFusion Builder Extensions

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:04:00 -0500

One of the most intriguing features of ColdFusion Builder (now on Labs) is its ability to support extensions written in CFML. Adobe Developer Connection is running an article by Brian Rinaldi entitled Creating self-updating ColdFusion Builder beta ex...

My Tweaked ColdFusion Builder Perspective

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:54:00 -0500

ColdFusion Builder is built on Eclipse, and Eclipse can be used for many different languages and types of development, each of which likely has different editor needs. To address all of the different requirements of different languages, Eclipse suppo...

Using ColdFusion Builder FTP Integration

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:20:00 -0500

ColdFusion Builder is the planned and eagerly anticipated IDE built specifically for us ColdFusion developers. Lots has been written about ColdFusion Builder already, and lots more will undoubtedly be written. But one feature that has been mentioned ...

Check Out The Flash Platform Game Technology Center

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:15:00 -0500

Flash and gaming boast a long and thriving relationship. Indeed, the Flash Platform is the leading platform in the world for developing games on the web. And the just launched Flash Platform Game Technology Center is a great place to start learning h...

BrowserLab Updated On Labs

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:13:00 -0500

BrowserLab is a powerful solution for cross-browser compatibility testing, featuring multiple viewing and comparison tools, as well as customizable preferences. BrowserLab provides web designers exact renderings of their web pages in multiple browse...

WorkflowLab On Adobe Labs

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:46:00 -0500

WorkflowLab is a new AIR based application that provides an easy way to learn about, track and share workflow best practices. It provides designers, developers and project managers with a common way to learn, build, annotate, share and track workflow...

InfoQ On The State Of Flex Development

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:58:00 -0500

InfoQ has posted a great Flex platform roundup article entitled The State of Flex RIA Development Ecosystem.