“In particular, we are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create iOS apps, as long as the resulting apps do not download any code. This should give developers the flexibility they want, while preserving the security we need.”

That means what you think it means. You can now use Flash to create iOS apps!

Read the announcement here

Attest 3.0 is a Flex 4 mock exam and study guide for the Flex 4 certification. The free/trial version contains one mini exam with 30 questions and 99 days of study material. The paid version is 20.00 USD and contains full 50 question exams as well as 25 question mini exams. You can also randomize your questions so you never take the same exam twice. Another great feature is the ability to see answers when you answer a question and know immediately if you got the question correct. Attest 3 also offers links to important resources supporting the questions/answers within the Flex 4 practice exams.

I personally used Attest 2 and passed the Flex 3 exam easily. I highly recommend this software!

More info here. Download it here

Check out the presentation and tell me what you think. I’m still fairly new to Robotlegs but after using it for a few months I think its and excellent MVCS framework. Remember this preso was meant to give just a basic understanding of Robotlegs so it’s shown at a fairly high overhead view.

View it here.

http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2010/04/cs5_countdown_is_on.html

“Adobe® Flash® Builder™ 4 (formerly Adobe Flex® Builder™) software is designed to help software developers rapidly develop cross-platform rich Internet applications (RIAs) and content using the open source Flex framework. It includes support for intelligent coding, debugging, and visual design and features powerful testing tools that speed up development and lead to higher performing applications.”

More info on the Adobe Flash Builder 4 home page.

Own a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium or Master Collection? If so you are eligible to get a free copy of Flex Builder 3. Details here.

Pal Joey

Some of you might remember in July of 2008 someone stole our 10 year old Boston Terrier Petey from our backyard. We looked for him for months following that with no luck. We did manage to find three other Bostons though. Good for them, not so good for us. Still, if someone contacted us with info about Petey we felt like we had to follow up.

During the second week of October, 2008 we received a message off Craigslist that said, “your dog is at the Chesterfield Animal Shelter.”. While I was certain it wasn’t Petey I couldn’t not check to make sure. So during my lunch break the next day I drove to the animal shelter to check this dog out. It wasn’t Petey (no surprise there) but an extremely malnourished Boston that drooled constantly and was losing hair. I took him out of the cage and he was very friendly. I walked him around and pet him for a while before putting him back. I sat in the car and thought about that dog and the immediate connection I felt with him. The next day, we all came back so the rest of the family could meet this pup and see how he was around children. When they brought him out the waiting area was full of people of all ages and this dog was friendly to everyone. Our biggest concern at that point was “how would a new dog behave around our other dog Alex, our two cats and the Angora bunny that lives in the house like a cat”? Yeah. I know. A zoo. We decided to take this pup home and give him a try.

That was October 17, 2008. Yesterday was Joey’s first full year with us. We named him after two of my favorite music heroes that are no longer with us, Joe Strummer and Joey Ramone. He’s never been a replacement for Petey but has been perfect fit in this family from the very first day. We’re so glad to have him.

The new Adobe Cookbooks website is now live.

Adobe Cookbooks is an open program to anyone wanting to contribute code recipes and solutions to common coding tasks and problems associated with Adobe technologies. Recipes from the site are also featured in the O’Reilly Cookbook series. Users can also search and request recipes.

link: http://cookbooks.adobe.com

Visit Code Cheatsheet.

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