when macromedia first announced last year that it would be joining the old ucon and devcon together, combining the best of the two events into "macromedia max 2003" - subsequently held in salt lake city in november - there were the inevitable rumblings in the user/developer community.
by now, however, everyone has seen that not only did joining those two events make good business sense, it also made sense in the context of the enormous impetus that it gave to the mx product suite.
last months announcement of the "mx 2004" product line, with its new versions of dreamweaver, flash, and fireworks, as well as macromedia flash mx professional 2004, ought to have silenced anyone who still had any lingering doubts. whether looking at new building blocks like the mx elements for flash and the mx elements for html, or at the new look-and-feel for internet applications, called halo, mx developers - yes, lets use that term - are increasingly sitting in the catbird seat.
flash player 7 was also announced last month, with performance optimizations and support for new technologies. and lets not forget "macromedia max 2004 japan." both developments confirm just how all-encompassing the commitment is to taking rich media apps to the max.
what does all this mean in real terms for you as a developer? it means, above all, that macromedia is building out its offerings. but it is also building out the community of developers using them.
lets look at just one of the many technologies within the mx family, coldfusion, as its the one i know best. every month when... 下一页