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MAX 2005 Report

MAX 2005 Report. Michael Smith MDCFUG michael@teratech.com. Introduction. Four conferences: CF_Underground VII MiniMAX Community College MAX 2005. CF_Underground VII. Simon Horwith: How Domain models save time Simon Horwith: Paper Prototyping and Architecture

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MAX 2005 Report

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  1. MAX 2005 Report Michael Smith MDCFUG michael@teratech.com TeraTech

  2. Introduction Four conferences: • CF_Underground VII • MiniMAX • Community College • MAX 2005 TeraTech

  3. CF_Underground VII • Simon Horwith: How Domain models save time • Simon Horwith: Paper Prototyping and Architecture • Michael Smith: How can I create better software • Michael Smith: Security Round Table. • Jared Rypka-Hauer: Tidy Code... the Secret to Eternal Happiness • CF_Panel TeraTech

  4. MiniMAX • LA User Group event • 6 speakers in 2 hours • Adam Bell - Pop-Up Fireworks • R Blank - Flash • Tom Green - Flash Video • Jesse Rodgers - Contribute • Kevin Schmidt - ColdFusion • Stephanie Sullivan - Dreamweaver TeraTech

  5. Community College • Help MMUG managers and Team Macromedia to work better • Speaker coach • New product info • Chat with CF development team – Damon Cooper, Tim Buntel et al • www.CFBughunt.org TeraTech

  6. MAX 2005 Keynote • CF MX 7 big success (and 7.01 is out now) • Flash 8 – 5 M downloads/day! • Studio 8 • RIA eg SAP • Macromedia Labs • MAX awards http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/max/max_awards/ Steve Elop CEO TeraTech

  7. More keynote • Web 2.0 • Flash Lite 2.0, phones, cameras • Flex Builder 2 <$1000 • Macromedia Labs – alpha software http://labs.macromedia.com/ • Apollo - Future – collaborative apps on PC, PDA, phones Kevin Lynch CSA TeraTech

  8. Adobe • Bruce Chizen Adobe CEO • Take over was approved by SEC etc last month • Great developer community TeraTech

  9. Video • Flash video and Studio easier than ever • Brightcover (Jeremy Allaire) free TV programming via Flash Video, Flex • Breeze 1600 customers, 100,000 users each day TeraTech

  10. More general info • 3000+ attendees • More than 80% of sessions on non CF subjects • Special event at Disneyland California Adventure • Ben Forta not here this year (religious holiday during MAX) TeraTech

  11. CF 7.01 • All the bugs fixes to date • Recommended install • CF 7 gives you: • Reporting and printed output to FlashPaper and PDF • Better graphing • CFREPORT tag and banded report writer TeraTech

  12. CF 7.01 • And • Verity search in search, spelling suggestions • Source code protection • Flash components – grids and forms – can bind Flash variables • Easy Gateway messaging – IM, SMS, a-sync CF calls TeraTech

  13. Flash 8 • Alpha channel • Much faster graphics (bitmap caching) • New text rendering engine (Saffron). Precise control over anti-aliasing. • New Flash Video codec – higher quality • Add drop shadow to movie clips • Blend the clips with background bitmaps • Stroke drawing improved • Flash 8.5 even faster! TeraTech

  14. Sneaks! ColdFusion • CFEclipse RDS explorer • CF 7.01 updater Damon Cooper TeraTech

  15. Sneaks! Dreamweaver • Dreamweaver 8 is out • AJAX wizards TeraTech

  16. Sneaks! Captivate • For demos and training • Smart records screen changes • Auto add balloon comments based on commands you click on. • Records your audio at the same time as you record your screen captures • After the recording is done, you can still adjust the audio/slide timing as well as insert silence if necessary. Paul “Irwin” Gubbay “The Code Hunter” TeraTech

  17. Sneaks! Support Center www.macromedia.com/go/knowledge • Focus has been on solving problems finding content in the Macromedia website. • RSS feeds have been added • Improved search, allowing you to target particular products or types of content you're looking for. • Also has a side pod containing "Best Bets" that are usually the answer you're looking for. "Search within" is also supported. TeraTech

  18. Flex 2 • Flex Builder 2 <$1000 • Server version for messaging etc • Uses Eclipse for the editor TeraTech

  19. MAX Blogs • http://maxbloggers.com/ • http://www.corfield.org/blog/ • http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/ • http://www.markme.com/mxna • http://markme.com/vision/ TeraTech

  20. Next Year • CFUNITED-06 in Washington DC area • 28 June – 1 July 2005 • www.cfunited.com • Adobe MAX next year October 2005? TeraTech

  21. CF 8 suggestions from the group • What do you think Adobe should add to CF 8? • Better way to detect when search engine bot hits your site • Cfform droplist in the grid • Modify pdfs • Pdf forms (fdf) • Adobe premier features in studio? • OO interfaces TeraTech

  22. More suggestions • Interactive debugger • Reporting on server stats • Dreamweaver find up • RSS support (like WDDX) • More and better sample apps • Support for Sparkle XML format • Cfeplice – introspection, use debugger • Cfeclipse split view TeraTech

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