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Next week, on Tuesday 30th of June, we will be presenting at Developing with Adobe AIR, a Manchester Digital event sponsored by Adobe. Registration is free for Manchester Digital members, and £10 for non-members.

What’s it about?

The event will be about the Adobe AIR framework, a cross-platform (Windows, MacOS and Linux) system that can be used to speed up development and deployment of applications, especially those based on web technologies. We’ve used it to power the development of internal business systems, mixing together our expertise in developing web applications with the tools that AIR offers for turning those into desktop applications.

Who will be speaking?

The event’s main speaker will be Adobe’s Andrew Shorten, who will be showcasing some of the most innovative uses of Adobe’s technology in delivering both consumer and enterprise applications. There will also be three presentations from people who have used Adobe AIR to create applications:

• Myself, talking about how we’ve used AIR in the creation of an internal business system for manufacturers
• John Knott of Interdirect, who have created an integrated content management system for kiosk terminals in public spaces
• Paul Kinlan, who has created FriendDeck, an open source tool for interacting with the FriendFeed service

What will my talk cover?

My talk will be explaining how and why we decided to use Adobe AIR, the technical challenges we faced and how our solution was ultimately implemented. We used AIR specifically to enable us to use our existing web technology background, so much of the talk will focus on AIR from a web development perspective.

I look forward to seeing you there!

Tags: adobe, air, manchester digital