Sep 30 2008 October CFUG: RIAs, Flex & AIR

We're going to combine with Seattle's PHP user group for a presentation on RIAs, Flex & AIR this Thursday, October 2nd.

Although some of the program will be about how to use Flex with PHP, we already know it is *much* easier & faster to do with ColdFusion. But the presentation should still be enlightening. Here's the blurb:

Rich Internet applications (RIAs) are everywhere. With Web businesses like Google and Yahoo! and brick and mortar companies like Harley Davidson and Sherwin Williams embracing RIAs for their online presence, the media buzz is giving way to the reality of a better Internet.

Adobe has recently contributed AMF support to the Zend Framework, allowing PHP developers to easily build Rich Internet Applications using Flex and Adobe AIR that interact with a PHP backend.

Christophe Coenraets, a technical evangelist with Adobe, will give an introduction to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR, and will walk through how to create a Flex application powered by PHP and the Zend Framework. Working with Zend Studio for Eclipse, and Flex Builder (an Eclipse plugin), Christophe will demonstrate how to build, debug and deploy applications built with Adobe Flex, and how to have these same applications run on the desktop using the Adobe AIR runtime.

With this knowledge, developers will be able to easily build rich Internet applications that combine data from PHP and rich media like audio and video into a compelling application.

Meet at 5:30 at Blue Moon Burgers for discounted burgers (just say you're with CFUG).

CFUG at 6:30. Formal presentation with PHP group at 7pm.

See you there!
Maya
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