MAX Keynote Notes Day 2 - Part Deux

Ok, so what I'm watching now is so cool I stole the computer from the friend next to me. Code named "Thermo", it is a designer tool to help them builder RIAs. This is simply amazing. He imported a PSD which got converted to Flex code. He was then able to select a 'fake' text input and easily turn it into a real Flex text input. Now he is showing converting static data from the original PSD (a row of CD covers), and he is using the editor to convert this to a 'real' data list. He can then apply roll over effects - apply some text data - etc. This is completely amazing stuff here. As a developer this is aesome. It means your designer can hand you a partially complete Flex application instead of just a Flex app.

Now he is converting a fake scroll bar into a real scroll bar. He edits the properties which shows up as layers (apparently good for designers). He selected what piece is the actual scroll thing (what you grab) and what is the gutter. Now he is going to associate the scroll bar with the fake data he created earlier. He just clicks and gets a 'wiring' handler. He drags the handle to the CDs and BAM - thats it. He takes his 6 fake items and told it to add 15 - this way he can really scroll. Now he has 21 items in his fake data. Exporting now to Flex... and it works perfectly.

Amazing - truly amazing product here. It is really going to make our (developers) lifes much easier.

Thermo and Flex Builder share the same project structure which means your dev and designer can share the same source.

Comments (8) Oct 2, 2007 11:53 AM Views: 2289

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Hi--glad you liked the demo! We just posted a little info and some screenshots of Thermo on Adobe Labs:

http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Thermo

Let us know what you think!

Thanks,

nj
Adobe Flex team
# Posted By Narciso (nj) Jaramillo | 10/2/07 12:15 PM
Hopefully this goes on Labs as well. This is a tool I definitely want to play with.
# Posted By John O | 10/2/07 12:22 PM
I really did Narciso. As a developer, I normally couldn't care less about designer stuff - but that tool was not only cool - but actually something that will help me!
# Posted By Raymond Camden | 10/2/07 1:04 PM
Here's a snapshot of the Thermo interface from someone else's Flickr photo stream...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlopez615/1472232015/...
# Posted By Steven Erat | 10/2/07 1:26 PM
If MAX wasn't cool enough, Thermo is by far the star of the conference. Other technologies that are on display and/or planned are cool, but Thermo is the product that will take RIA and Flex development to a completely new level.
# Posted By Steve Walker | 10/2/07 1:27 PM
Wow, almost sounds like an April Fools Joke...
# Posted By Dan Sorensen | 10/2/07 1:45 PM
You would think that the Adobe home page would be featuring stuff from MAX on the home page to demonstrate their various media capabilities - perhaps a downloadable AIR app that live streams the speakers? Or how about a Flash app that lets you sift through the various bits of code from the presentations?

Nope, the only mention is in the bottom right of the home page and it's to a site about awards being presented.

So I thought that maybe Labs would have something about the conference. Nope.

Adobe Communities? Nope.

It isn't even listed on the home page under events and seminars. I guess cs3 training is more important.

I finally found some current info on the MX site blog. But even at that site the home page doesn't give any indication that stuff is happening.

Come on Adobe, get your marketing hat on.
# Posted By Ian | 10/2/07 2:00 PM
Other technologies that are on display and/or planned are cool, but Thermo is the product that will take RIA and Flex development to a completely new level.
# Posted By Hospedagem | 4/23/08 12:40 PM
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