Adobe Integrated Runtime Bus Tour Comes to Atlanta

Posted At : June 13, 2007 7:05 PM | Posted By : Leif Wells
Related Categories: Flex, AFPUGAtlanta, On AIR Bus Tour, Flex Builder, AIR

In case you don't know, Adobe® AIR™ (formerly known as "Apollo") was released for prerelease on the Adobe Labs Web site this past Monday. AIR, which stands for "Adobe Integrated Runtime", is a product that will allow people to leverage their Flex applications to run on the desktop, as well as to create new desktop experiences with Flex. To use AIR, you will need to also download the Flex Builder 3 Public Beta which contains the AIR extensions that allow you to build for the AIR runtime.

Now, if you are like a lot of the people I know, you'll be saying to me "Leif, do I look like I have the time to beta test today?" Well, if that is the case then I have two items of interest for you.

1) The Adobe Integrated Runtime Bus Tour

The Adobe Integrated Runtime Bus Tour that will be heading to Atlanta on Tuesday, August 14. Since this is a big event, and Adobe has invested heavily in this tour, we will probably use this event as our August meetings for the Adobe User Group of Atlanta and the Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta.

You must register for this event!

To give you a couple of details about this event, they are holding this event at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, which is a very nice place to hold an event.

You will have four options for attending: day sessions (10:00 AM - 5:30 PM), evening sessions (6:00 PM - 9:00 PM) and all-day attendence (10:00 AM - 9:00 PM). The agenda includes Adobe employees Mike Downy, Mike Chambers, Kevin Hoyt, Daniel Dura and Christian Cantrell — all of whom are powerhouses inside Adobe.

2) AIR Preview at the Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta July Meeting

If you can't wait until August 14 and are interested in getting an overview of what you can do with AIR you could attend next month's meeting (July 10) of the Adobe Flash Platform User Group of Atlanta. I'll be showing off some of the basics of what you can do with AIR and show the development process of a simple AIR application from beginning to deployment.

I'll be updating the AFPUG site as I complete my presentation. Please RSVP.