Andre Charland's RIA Podcast http://andrecharland.libsyn.com Some thoughts, interviews and discussions about rich internet technologies and random intervals. en Copyright Andre Charland andre.charland@gmail.com podcasts@libsyn.com (Liberated Syndication) Liberated Syndication - libsyn.com Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:35:00 GMT 180 Copyright Andre Charlandria,ajax,flex,flash,air,silverlightTechnology/Software How-Toandre.charland@gmail.comAndre CharlandAndre Charlandnoria,ajax,flex,flash,air,silverlightRIA Thoughts and InterviewsAndre Charland's thoughts and interviews on somewhat interesting RIA topics. Podcast on YUI with Nate Koechley of Yahoo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndreCharlandsRiaPodcast/~3/G-8u519fAfQ/index.php Yahoo User Interface Library (YUI ) from Nate Koechley.  We cover topics including how Nate got started there, the various elements in YUI, why Yahoo builds and maintains this library.  We also touched on some of the more unique elements of Yahoo's offering for JavaScript developers including their integration with Flash, the Yahoo Pattern Library and how Yahoo plans to get more open source with their code.

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]]> podcasts Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:35:00 GMT http://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=353363# No andre.charland@gmail.com (Andre Charland)In this episode I get an overview of the Yahoo User Interface Library (YUI ) from Nate Koechley.  We cover topics including how Nate got started there, the various elements in YUI, why Yahoo builds and maintains this library.  We also touched onAndre CharlandIn this episode I get an overview of the Yahoo User Interface Library (YUI ) from Nate Koechley.  We cover topics including how Nate got started there, the various elements in YUI, why Yahoo builds and maintains this library.  We also touched on some of the more unique elements of Yahoo's offering for JavaScript developers including their integration with Flash, the Yahoo Pattern Library and how Yahoo plans to get more open source with their code. Download it now or subscribe to the feed. ria,ajax,flex,flash,air,silverlighthttp://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=353363#http://media.libsyn.com/media/andrecharland/Nate_YUI_01.mp3 The Dirt on JavaFX from Josh Marinacci http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndreCharlandsRiaPodcast/~3/nfEDQpQu2-g/index.php JavaFX.  Josh Marinacci and I were both part of the RIA Discussion that was hosted by RedMonk during CommunityOne.  In this podcast Josh and I talk about what's coming in the July SDK release, JavaSE 6, the new applets and where JavaFX fits into the big picture of RIA. 

For more info you can go to JavaFX.com or follow Josh on his blog.

Sorry, for some reason Josh's audio is a lot louder than mine, but that's better than the other way around.


]]> podcasts Thu, 29 May 2008 13:19:00 GMT http://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=344318# andre.charland@gmail.com (Andre Charland) javafx, ria, java Andre Charand Clean There were more demos and announcements at JavaOne this year about JavaFX.  Josh Marinacci and I were both part of the RIA Discussion that was hosted by RedMonk during CommunityOne.  In this podcast Josh and I talk about what's coming in the JulThere were more demos and announcements at JavaOne this year about JavaFX.  Josh Marinacci and I were both part of the RIA Discussion that was hosted by RedMonk during CommunityOne.  In this podcast Josh and I talk about what's coming in the July SDK release, JavaSE 6, the new applets and where JavaFX fits into the big picture of RIA.  For more info you can go to JavaFX.com or follow Josh on his blog. Sorry, for some reason Josh's audio is a lot louder than mine, but that's better than the other way around. http://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=344318#http://media.libsyn.com/media/andrecharland/javafx2.mp3 InsideRIA Podcast - Protagnoize.com with ASP.Net and YUI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndreCharlandsRiaPodcast/~3/xknxcRO6pFI/index.php podcasts Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:21:00 GMT http://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=325948# andre.charland@gmail.com (Andre Charland) insideria yui ajax Andre Charland Clean This InsideRIA podcast is a behind the scenes look at Protagonize, a newly launched choose your own adventure and colobarative writing community site. Nick Bouton the creator joins me to talk about his experiences. We discuss how Nick developed the site aThis InsideRIA podcast is a behind the scenes look at Protagonize, a newly launched choose your own adventure and colobarative writing community site. Nick Bouton the creator joins me to talk about his experiences. We discuss how Nick developed the site and designed. Some of the points we cover include judicious use of Ajax, Nick's a "devigner", not only built the site but he also designed it. The site has an Ajax front end with .Net on the serverside. He's using .Net 2.0 with the Yahoo User Interface Library. He might look at switching to .Net 3.5 when the MVC framework comes out, but he's in no rush. Nick chose to use YUI for couple different reasons: familiarity from a past project, lots of docs and examples ,Yahoo listens to the community, and finally releases are frequent enough (quarterly) to feel confident in it. YUI is not as integrated as Ajax for ASP.Net but that's not a big deal and has certain advantages. Nick ikes the YUI Javascript compressor. And uses is for his development. The YUI rich text editor is buggy and bloated so he uses TinyMCE. Telerik has a nice commercial one but that wasn't in Nick's hobby budget:) YUI license is BSD licensed and very open. The JS file size for Scrutinize is about 150-200k compressed, but ~500kb un compressed. Nick suggests using on demand loading to improve performance. Nick also uses YSlow and has implemented most of the YSlow suggestions, but some aren't practical for small sites and start ups. Nick also discusess the sprite technique for images and optimizations. Use GZip! Nick also suggess loading your scripts last where possible. Nick has design and art school background too, so uses some simple rules to make sure his sites look good. Even though it takes longer it's worth it! We wrap up with a little chat about building traffic and community for your new site. Nick's even experimented with Facebook social ads and the conversion rates were really high, good to know.http://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=325948#http://media.libsyn.com/media/andrecharland/insideria_podcast_nickbouton_protaganize.mp3 Podcast: Marketing Your Flex App with Mike Potter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndreCharlandsRiaPodcast/~3/Q2OyHB7Nh2o/index.php
<big>Marketing your Flex Application</big>

1. <a href="http://flex.org/showcase">Flex Showcase</a>

Is a gallery of Flex apps on Flex,org. The only criteria to get you app in the gallery is that it needs to be built in Flex and have a public facing URL, showing or using Flex in some way.  It's for just about anybody: consultants, small companies, large companies, independents come one come all.  The Flex showcase currently has about 250 applications listed in it.
 
2. <a href="http://adobe.com/go/showcase">Adobe of Site of the Day</a>

If you're a Flash fan you might remember the Flash Site of Day from way back, well this is the same thing but for sites built with any Adobe technology.  It's right on Adobe.com so definitely high traffic and great for your Page Rank for you SEO nuts:)  The other benefits of this program are that  your app might get used in other Adobe PR, like the Edge Newsletter.

3. <a href="http://www.adobe.com/showcase/customer_success_program/">Customer Success Program</a>

Is for business leaders looking to showcase their innovative application of Adobe technologies.  The benefits include increased exposure, closer relationships with Adobe and peer to peer networking.


4. <a href="http://flex.org/community/">User Groups</a>

Get out there and get involved in your local Flex and other user groups.  User group lead are always looking for new content and presenters.  Flex.org has a list of user groups related to Flex.

5. Get in touch with evangelists.

All the members of the Adobe evangelism team focused on Flex are interested in learning what cool new apps are being built on Flex.  Guys like <a href="http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/">Ryan Stewart</a>, <a href="http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/">James Ward</a>, <a href="http://www.onflex.org/">Ted Patrick</a>, <a href="http://www.riapedia.com/">Mike Potter</a> all have blogs that are well read, track them down and send them an email about what you're up to.

6. AIR Marketplace

If you're Flex app can also run in AIR or has an AIR component, consider submitting it to the AIR marketplace.  It's new and Adobe is putting a lot into promoting it.

Mike's writing an article on this in the next couple weeks for ADC, be sure to check his <a href="http://riapedia.com">blog</a> to find out more.

<big>Flex 3</big>

The main new feature is the AIR integration. There's enhancements to make it easier to integrate content from Creative Suite products into your Flex app, thus improving the designer / developer workflow. There's also be a lot of work reducing the size of Flex apps.

<big>Open Source and Flex</big>

The Flex framework itself is open source and you can find out more at <a href="http://opensource.adobe.com">Opensource.adobe.com</a>.  There you can get the source code and daily builds of the SDK, submit bugs and patches and few people are even committers.

<a href="http://flex.org">Flex.org</a> is built on on top of <a href="http://drupal.org">Drupal</a>, and is interesting model for combining Flex with other open source frameworks like AMF PHP.

Thanks for being on the podcast Mike.  Let's schedule that chat about Flex debugging tools!  Mike Potter can be contacted via his <a href="http://riapedia.com">blog</a>.

If you have any ideas for or would like to be on a future podcast please <a href="mailto:andre.charland@gmail.com">email me</a>.

]]> podcasts Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:14:00 GMT http://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=316040# andre.charland@gmail.com (Andre Charland) podcast, flex, opensource, drupal, flex3, mikepotter, air, marketing Andre Charland InsideRIA Podcast Clean In this podcast I chat with Mike Potter from the Flex marketing about marketing your Flex application, what's new in Flex 3 as well as&nbsp; open source as relates to the Flex world. &nbsp; &lt;big&gt;Marketing your Flex Application&lt;/big&gt; 1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://flex.org/showcase&quot;&gt;Flex Showcase&lt;/a&gt; Is a gallery of Flex apps on Flex,org. The only criteria to get you app in the gallery is that it needs to be built in Flex and have a public facing URL, showing or using Flex in some way.&nbsp; It's for just about anybody: consultants, small companies, large companies, independents come one come all.&nbsp; The Flex showcase currently has about 250 applications listed in it. &nbsp; 2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://adobe.com/go/showcase&quot;&gt;Adobe of Site of the Day&lt;/a&gt; If you're a Flash fan you might remember the Flash Site of Day from way back, well this is the same thing but for sites built with any Adobe technology.&nbsp; It's right on Adobe.com so definitely high traffic and great for your Page Rank for you SEO nuts:)&nbsp; The other benefits of this program are that&nbsp; your app might get used in other Adobe PR, like the Edge Newsletter. 3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.adobe.com/showcase/customer_success_program/&quot;&gt;Customer Success Program&lt;/a&gt; Is for business leaders looking to showcase their innovative application of Adobe technologies.&nbsp; The benefits include increased exposure, closer relationships with Adobe and peer to peer networking. 4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://flex.org/community/&quot;&gt;User Groups&lt;/a&gt; Get out there and get involved in your local Flex and other user groups.&nbsp; User group lead are always looking for new content and presenters.&nbsp; Flex.org has a list of user groups related to Flex. 5. Get in touch with evangelists. All the members of the Adobe evangelism team focused on Flex are interested in learning what cool new apps are being built on Flex.&nbsp; Guys like &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/&quot;&gt;Ryan Stewart&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jamesward.org/wordpress/&quot;&gt;James Ward&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onflex.org/&quot;&gt;Ted Patrick&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.riapedia.com/&quot;&gt;Mike Potter&lt;/a&gt; all have blogs that are well read, track them down and send them an email about what you're up to. 6. AIR Marketplace If you're Flex app can also run in AIR or has an AIR component, consider submitting it to the AIR marketplace.&nbsp; It's new and Adobe is putting a lot into promoting it. Mike's writing an article on this in the next couple weeks for ADC, be sure to check his &lt;a href=&quot;http://riapedia.com&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; to find out more. &lt;big&gt;Flex 3&lt;/big&gt; The main new feature is the AIR integration. There's enhancements to make it easier to integrate content from Creative Suite products into your Flex app, thus improving the designer / developer workflow. There's also be a lot of work reducing the size of Flex apps. &lt;big&gt;Open Source and Flex&lt;/big&gt; The Flex framework itself is open source and you can find out more at &lt;a href=&quot;http://opensource.adobe.com&quot;&gt;Opensource.adobe.com&lt;/a&gt;.&nbsp; There you can get the source code and daily builds of the SDK, submit bugs and patches and few people are even committers. &lt;a href=&quot;http://flex.org&quot;&gt;Flex.org&lt;/a&gt; is built on on top of &lt;a href=&quot;http://drupal.org&quot;&gt;Drupal&lt;/a&gt;, and is interesting model for combining Flex with other open source frameworks like AMF PHP. Thanks for being on the podcast Mike.&nbsp; Let's schedule that chat about Flex debugging tools!&nbsp; Mike Potter can be contacted via his &lt;a href=&quot;http://riapedia.com&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;. If you have any ideas for or would like to be on a future podcast please &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:andre.charland@gmail.com&quot;&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;. http://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=316040#http://media.libsyn.com/media/andrecharland/InsideRIA_MikePotter.mp3 Scrutinizer AIR App: Podcast http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AndreCharlandsRiaPodcast/~3/Z7M7_35Sk-s/index.php Andy Edmonds recently to talk about Scrutinizer which is an AIR app that simulates a users vision or attention while their view a web page. We cover a wide range of topics in the podcast including how vision works, eye tracking equipment, how AIR was used for Scrutinizer and even touched on origins of usability and eye gaze simulation. Andy's a cognitive psychologist and has done huge amounts of research in web usability, I always enjoy chatting with and learning from him.
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Download the podcast MP3 here. I posted the transcript over on my blog and I'll get a feed set up for all our podcasts here for next one.

A bit more about Scrutinizer...What is it?

"The Scrutinizer is a web browser, based upon the Adobe AIR toolkit and the WebKit browser, that offers a simulation of the human visual system. Specifically, it illustrates the distinction between foveal and peripheral vision in visual acuity and color perception. Using this simulation, you can get a better idea of how users interact with your site design. It's also a great tool for observing users interacting with your pages. By slowing them down, the Scrutinizer makes it easier for you to figure out what information the user is consuming and what actions they are considering."

How it works?


The Scrutinizer browser applies a visual filter to where the mouse is located, simulating foveal vision centered around the mouse. For parts of the screen far away from the mouse, the display deteriorates into lower resolution, both in detail and color. You can use the browser to get a better understanding of the low level mechanics of how users interact with your site design. Attempting to accomplish a key task on your site using the Scrutinizer can be very enlightening. Watching a user unfamiliar with your site attempt a key task with the Scrutinizer is even better at revealing how your site design affects the way the user extracts meaning from your presentation.

Have a great weekend!

]]> podcasts Sun, 2 Mar 2008 05:03:00 GMT http://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=312781# No andre.charland@gmail.com (Andre Charland)I know we promised podcasting from day one, but it always takes a little more than expected to get a new project going. Here we are though. I caught up with Andy Edmonds recently to talk about Scrutinizer which is an AIR app that simulates a users vision Andre CharlandI know we promised podcasting from day one, but it always takes a little more than expected to get a new project going. Here we are though. I caught up with Andy Edmonds recently to talk about Scrutinizer which is an AIR app that simulates a users vision or attention while their view a web page. We cover a wide range of topics in the podcast including how vision works, eye tracking equipment, how AIR was used for Scrutinizer and even touched on origins of usability and eye gaze simulation. Andy's a cognitive psychologist and has done huge amounts of research in web usability, I always enjoy chatting with and learning from him. Download the podcast MP3 here. I posted the transcript over on my blog and I'll get a feed set up for all our podcasts here for next one. A bit more about Scrutinizer...What is it? &quot;The Scrutinizer is a web browser, based upon the Adobe AIR toolkit and the WebKit browser, that offers a simulation of the human visual system. Specifically, it illustrates the distinction between foveal and peripheral vision in visual acuity and color perception. Using this simulation, you can get a better idea of how users interact with your site design. It's also a great tool for observing users interacting with your pages. By slowing them down, the Scrutinizer makes it easier for you to figure out what information the user is consuming and what actions they are considering.&quot; How it works? The Scrutinizer browser applies a visual filter to where the mouse is located, simulating foveal vision centered around the mouse. For parts of the screen far away from the mouse, the display deteriorates into lower resolution, both in detail and color. You can use the browser to get a better understanding of the low level mechanics of how users interact with your site design. Attempting to accomplish a key task on your site using the Scrutinizer can be very enlightening. Watching a user unfamiliar with your site attempt a key task with the Scrutinizer is even better at revealing how your site design affects the way the user extracts meaning from your presentation. Have a great weekend! ria,ajax,flex,flash,air,silverlighthttp://andrecharland.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=312781#http://media.libsyn.com/media/andrecharland/andre_podcast.mp3 Andre CharlandnonadultRIA Thoughts and Interviews