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MAX 2005 Report

Join us at MAX 2005 for four conferences featuring industry experts, informative sessions, and exciting new product announcements. Don't miss out on the chance to network and learn valuable skills.

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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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