Jussi Torppa

THE FUTURE OF FLASH-DEVELOPMENT

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CONTENTS

• General• Flash CS5.5• Games & mobile apps• AIR• Flash Builder• Flash Catalyst• Wallaby• Summary

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GENERAL 1/2

• Flash often synonymous with ”website”• From animation platform to full-feature application platform• Browser-based apps decreasing (html5)• AS3 programming can be used even more diversely (RIA)

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GENERAL 2/2

• Flash Platform• More tools for Flash-development• Why decentralized?• What is it good for and what not?

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ADOBE FLASH CS5.5

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• Not so essential anymore• Better support for other Platform-applications• More diverse mobile programming tools

ADOBE AIR

• The kay component of the Flash Platform• Browser not needed (AIR Runtime)• Independent apps for many platforms• .air

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GAMES AND MOBILE APPS

• Growing demand for mobile apps• Flash Lite was a slight failure• Molehill, GPU-accelerated 3d-support• Added reality (Total Immersion)• Android, iOS, Blackberry (desktop apps)

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MOLEHILL EXAMPLE VIDEO

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplatformruntimes/incubator/features/molehill.html

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FLASH BUILDER

• Newest version 4.5, previously Flex• Independent or Eclipse add-on• Flex Framework SDK• AS3 & mxml• A lot of different project bases• Easy to combine different programming languages in the app• Publishing for web / AIR

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FLASH CATALYST

• Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fireworks• Not neccessarry to write code• julkaisu .swf / AIR

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WALLABY

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• Free• .fla HTML5, Javascript & CSS• Loki• iOS• Only for webkit-browser engine browsers

WALLABY EXAMPLE VIDEO

http://www.swfgeek.net/2011/03/08/flash-animation-to-html5-with-adobes-wallaby-prerelease-1/

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SUMMARY

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• Tools have split• Communication between tools getting better all the time

• Platform-independent apps• 3D and added reality will be significant in the future

• Wallabys future will be interesting

THANKS!

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