The good thing here is that developers do not need to handle the complexity of handling their peers, transfering of data , joining of mesh themselves as all these are done by Flash Player 10.1 and Adobe Stratus 2.0 Object replication feature.

To demonstrate the P2p File Sharing capabilities , I have started an open source project that allows P2P  File Sharing named Tarts (reverse the word ‘Stratus’ to see how I get the name

To Play with Tarts , download the initial build at : http://tarts.googlecode.com/files/tarts.air
To facilitate testing, you can run 2 instance by installing the TartsReceiver, which is essentially the same file, but build with a different application id :  http://tarts.googlecode.com/files/tarts_rcv.air

Video Instruction:

1. Select a File you want to share, anything from 1mb to big files like 5 gig

2. Generate a .tart file, this is the same as a .torrent file. The .tart file will holds the description of the file that is being share.

3. Any client that want to download a file can now open a .tart file. It will automatically join the NetGroup, and begin to request for the files. The more peers is currently sharing the file, the faster the file transfer will be .

Note! You will need 2 instance of Tart if you want to send and receive a file yourself. You will not be able to send and request the SAME file under 1 client.

Source: The source for the entire project is available on Google Code:

http://code.google.com/p/tarts/

To contribute to the project, please drop me an email (shinchi-at-gmail). I hope to keep this simple project as a proof of concept for P2p File Sharing using Stratus, but we all know Flash Developers loves to push limits. So if you modify the code , feel free to commit it back to the trunk.

About Adobe Flash Platform Summit
Adobe DevSummit was launched in 2008 as the flagship Adobe Flash Platform conference in India. With the objective of spreading the goodness of Adobe Flash Platform to the community in India, showcasing innovations, and sharing the future directions for the platform, Adobe DevSummit has established itself as the numero uno conference for product users and enthusiasts alike. Now, in its third year, Adobe is reaching out to the sub-continent’s developers and designers with a much larger Adobe Flash Platform Summit (AFPS) brand that will feature a convergence of over 2000 designers and developers.

code:

JSONObject keyvaluepair = new JSONObject();
keyvaluepair.put("firstKey", new JSONString("firstValue"));
keyvaluepair.put("secondKey", new JSONString("secondValue"));
sendThisObjectToJavascript( keyvaluepair.getJavaScriptObject());
.
.
//You can even do a for-in loop here to retrieve everything :)
public static native void sendThisObjectToJavascript(JavaScriptObject o) /*-{
 
	for( var i in o)
	{
	  $wnd.alert('value: ' + i + ' is ' + o[i]);
	  //do some black-hole worthy code here
	}
 
	}-*/;

Anyway the below is the Job Description:

We will be inviting Harish Sivaramakrisan, Adobe Platform Evangelist, to show you the what are the new features for Flash Builder 4 since beta. Harish will also demonstrate the new designer-developer workflow with Adobe Flash Catalyst. While many of us already have seen what Flash Catalyst can do for us in beta, Harish will show us what’s new since then.

We will also do a run through of the Spark Architecture and demonstrate how it will change the way you develop in Flex!

Registration is FREE thanks to Adobe and light refreshments will provide. One lucky winner will also stand a chance to walk away with a copy of Flash Builder 4 premium. Seats are limited, so register now!

1.30 pm Registration 2.00 pm Welcome Note 2.05 pm What’s new in Flash Builder 4 by Harish Sivaramakrishnan, Computer Scientist & Evangelist for Adobe Flash Platform 2.50 pm Customer Showcase 3.20 pm Coffee Break 3.40 pm Adobe Flash Catalyst by Harish Sivaramakrishnan, Computer Scientist & Evangelist for Adobe Flash Platform 4.25 pm Spark Architecture and what it means to you by Hu Shunjie, Flex Usergroup 5.00 pm Q&A Session 5.20 pm Lucky Draw & Closing 5.30 pm End EVENT DETAILS Date: 15 April 2010, Thursday Time: 2.00pm to 5.30pm (Registration starts at 1.30pm) Venue: Singapore Art Museum, The Glass Hall, 8 Queen Street, Singapore 188535 For more information or assistance, please email seamc@adobe.com

Paypal got some issues with credit card validation today it seems , with 2 users trying to buy TAC issue saying that Paypal refuse to validate their credit card. To test it out, I bought a ticket myself using my own credit card, and it works. So now I got an extra , full pass to TAC’09. 

I will like to give the ticket to someone  who blog about “What do you think you will get the most out of TAC’09″  within the next 24 hours. If there are more than one then I will choose the best entry. Just blog and email me (shinchi[at]gmail.com) your blog link about it. Note that this ticket still entitle you to win the free FDT Pure in the ongoing raffle.

If you have issues with payment, do not hesistant to call me via 90487415 or email ticket@tac.sg. We will help you out definitely!

This year, TAC will be held on the 14th and 15th September, in the 550 seater of NTUC auditorium at One Marina Boulevard. For many attendees, it simply means crossing the road of Shenton way from their office to the venue. 2 Full days means we are invite more speakers, more topics and give you the updates and knowledge of Flex, Flash and Flash Player, and AIR that you are craving for.

I am proud to announced that ticketing is now opened. So register now!

A token of appreciation to all who make RIAction possible

Thanks everyone for supporting RIAction. It has been a busy week for me running around and getting things sync’ed up but looking the good turnout and the good feedback, me and my co-organizer, Jonathan Wong, feel that all is worth it! This is the 2nd major event I organized under the Singapore Flex Usergroup and Jonathan and his colleague, Clariss provided me with a lot of useful pointers that I think will definitely proof to be useful in future events. Thanks Jonathan and Clariss. Of course, nothing will be possible without my FUG buddies who are always there to help me and the community, sacrificing their time and skipping the sessions to ensure everything ran well. Thus, I made a video featuring them during RIAction. Here goes!

Quick Summary of RIAction
RIAction is a very ambitious attempt that spawned from a discussion between me and Jonathan during DMFest. The idea is to bring all the major RIA players together and provide a central platform for developers in the region to network and to learn about Rich Internet Application. Originally named ‘RIA Meetup’, it is subsequently renamed into ‘RIAction’, some creative thinking by Jonathan!
We are very lucky to have the support of Microsoft, Adobe and Google, as well as the various groups in Singapore: e27, CreativeCrew, P.HP Society, Flashmove FSUG , SGEntrepreneur and TDM.

Something to learn from
We received a lot of feedbacks from the community and we are still going through them. However, a few observations and feedback is
1) The Jumpstart room, which can house 30 attendees, is so popular that it ends up have close to 60 person at a time and that means half of the attendee need to stand. On the other hand, the Workflow room which can house 60 pax has an average of 30-50, and at one point of time, 20 attendee. For RIAction 2, what we will do is to have the attendees register for the individual tracks first, before assigning the tracks to the room of the right size. That way we can be sure that each room can fit the right audience.

2) More Booths! We are happy that people like the booths and exhibition, as well as the XBOX playground. We will definitely look into more ways to increase the number of booths for RIAction 2

3) More video and recording. Many people has asked for the recording of various sessions. This time we are only able to record for 2 rooms. We will certainly look for ways to record all the sessions for RIAction 2.

RIAction 2
My initial plan is to have RIAction 2 somewhere between now and September. I will of course, hope to listen to some feedbacks from you guys, how we can make things better and what you want to see. I will appreciate if you guys can leave me a comment , providing me some suggestions and what you want to see (e.g. JavaFX, Workshops, mobile stuff).

Photos from RIAction (taken by Arul Prasad)

Cheers!

LABSchool, a Adobe Authorized Training Center, revealed their Adobe Flex 3 training course during RIAction. LABSchool, backed by Stefano Virgillli, the brainchild behind Creativecrew and UltimateFX, has put up possibility the first Flex training course in Singapore. The course will span over 3 days and will bring the trainees from beginners to intemediate level in Flex.

Thanks LABSchool for finally giving us a Flex course in Singapore!