TARGET FORMAT (Duration): RMI Online Nanocamp Session (4 Hours)

AGENDA: Microarchitectures are groups of design patterns prepared to work together in concert. PureMVC represents a leading alternative to the well-known Cairngorm framework. PureMVC is a light framework for creating applications based on the class Model-View-Controller meta designpattern. It has a very narrow goal, to provide design patterns AND development patterns to help you separate your programming into three distinct areas; data, user interface, and the application logic. It is approachable and powerful with minimal tedium and repetition in development.
While the examples shown will be specific to Flex 3 for deployment to the browser, this session is equally relevant for application developers of other technologies including Adobe Flash CS3 and Adobe Flex 3 for Adobe AIR desktop deployment.

AUDIENCE: Intermediate to advanced Adobe Flash CS3 and Adobe Flex 3 developers with equivalent ActionScript 3.0 knowledge.

LAPTOP REQUIREMENT FOR ATTENDEES: [Optional / Recommended / Required] for [Note taking / Code-as-we-go / Assigned Work]

TAKE-AWAY: Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how frameworks will facilitate design and development, and learn how PureMVC is a leading framework of choice. All source code and documentation will be available to attendees.

SECTIONS:

• Section 1: The Benefits of PureMVC (10% of Session)
• Section 2: PMVC Applied (50% of Session)
  • Deconstructing an existing sample application
  • Building an Application from Scratch
• Section 3: Designing and Developing Applications with the PureMVC framework (35% of Session)
  • Preproduction
    • User Stories
    • Functional Specifications
      • Data Flow of UX
    • Technical Specifications
      • Requirements Documentation
      • Sequence Diagramming
      • Data Model Definition
      • Class Diagramming
      • Architecture
  • Production
    • Functional UI Design
    • Functional UI Development
    • UI Style Design
    • UI Style Development
  • Getting Started
    • Using Templates
    • Laying the Plan into Action
    • Application Maintenance and Adding new Application Features
• Section 4: General QA and PureMVC vs Cairngorm: One Man’s Opinion (5% of Session)

DATE

• Presented LIVE, Online on RichMediaInstitute.com on 10am (PST) Saturday, September 20th, 2008.

TOPIC: Best Practices for Adobe Flex 3 Development

AGENDA: The concept of ‘Best Practices’ asserts that there is a technique, method, process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome.
To me, ‘Best Practices’ are the proven processes we must explore, and must employ, at the expense of time, to develop a better product, and to develop a better process.
Let’s discuss recommended best practices and the challenges of implementing them.

AUDIENCE: Adobe Flash CS3 and Adobe Flex 3 developers

TAKE-AWAY: Attendees will learn the challenges as well as the rewards of creating and using best practices for Multimedia design and development.

SECTIONS:

• Best Practices Defined
• Examples of Best Practices
• Industry Perspective on Best Practices

DATE:

• Session: August 18th, 6pm (PST) 2008.

MORE:

• View Session Video (Will not be made available)
• Download Documentation & Source Code

AGENDA: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) technology has arrived in all forms of gaming. Giants like Blizzard’s ‘World of Warcraft’ define the commercial-subscription genre, and newbies like Webkinz and Club Penguin have burst on the scene with amazing financial success. Page based Web 1.0 interactivity is no longer competitive. Embrace the paradigms of the emerging ‘Web 2.0’, with an MMO’s unique and engaging new format. In this session we will overview MMOs as the sublime progeny of Web 2.0 & the Rich Internet Application (RIA). Learn to create a simple, fully functioning MMO social experience in less time than you think. While the examples shown will be specific to Flex 3 for deployment to the browser, this session is equally relevant for application developers of other technologies including Adobe Flash Professional and Adobe Flex for Adobe AIR desktop deployment.

Here is a screenshot of the MMO we create.

AUDIENCE: Advanced Adobe Flash Professional and Adobe Flex developers

TAKE-AWAY: Be inspired with a simple, efficient workflow for creating the technical side of a basic MMO. With the technology solved, now unleash your imagination on how to evolve the creativity in MMO’s. All source code and documentation will be available to attendees.

SECTIONS:

• Section 1: Getting Context: Web 2.0 and the MMO (15%)
  • The Web 2.0
    • Blogs & UGC
    • Open Data & Folksomony
    • Social Networking
    • API’s
    • Customization
  • + RIA
    • Rich Interface and Interaction
    • Highly Responsive
    • User-centric approach (not business-centric approach) to client / server balance
  • = MMO
    • (Same Old) Core Features
    • Innovation Wanted
• Section 2: Creating an MMO from Scratch with Adobe Flex … in 59 minutes. (75%)
  • Choosing Client Side Technology
  • Choosing Server Side Technology
  • Development
    • Project Setup
    • Server Setup
    • Creating a Log In Module
    • Creating a Player List
    • Creating a Chat Log
    • Creating a Chat Input
    • Creating a Virtual World
    • Creating Avatars
    • Navigating the Virtual World
• Section 3: Next Steps (10%)
  • Integration Online
  • Server Administration
  • Server Extensibility
  • Future Features

DATE:

• Conference: August 17th – 20th, 2008. Session: TBD.

Next Steps

• Don’t understand me? Don’t blame you. You really need to see the video and source code (See ‘Member Resources’ below).

Member Resources

[private_Free member]Enjoy this members-only content!

• Recorded Video Screencase of the Conference Presentation
• Download Documentation & Source Code

[/private_Free member]