Say "HELLO" to ADOBE DEVICE CENTRAL

On Nov 24 2008, I gave this one hour technical presentation via live stream to hundreds of designers & developers, worldwide on behalf of Adobe Mobile Team.

LIVE STREAMING EVENT

Transcript

1. Say
HELLO
to
 ADOBE
DEVICE
CENTRAL
CS4
 November
24,
2008
 Sco0
Janousek
–
Hooken
Mobile

2. Me
 CEO/Founder/Technical
Director
of
Hooken
Mobile
(U.S.A)
 Adobe
Community
Expert
&
Adobe
CerPfied
Instructor
 Co‐manager,
Boston
Adobe
Mobile
and
Devices
User
Group
 Forum
Nokia
Champion
 FoundaPon
Flash
ApplicaPons
for
Mobile
Devices
(Book)
 AcPve
Community
Blogger
 Gadget
and
Device
Geek
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3. Hooken
Mobile
 4
years
doing
Mobile
and
Device
work
 Focus
=
Flash
on
Mobile
and
Devices
 Development
Services,
Training,
&
Products
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 h"p://www.hookenmobile.com/

4. Today’s
Agenda
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 Adobe
Device
Central
CS4
 Adobe
Device
Central
SDK

5. Mobile
and
Device

 Development
LifeCycle
 Design
 Develop
 TEST
 Deploy
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6. “On
Device”
vs.
“Off
Device”
TesIng
 “ON
DEVICE”
 Physical
Device
 “Remote
Device”
 Mobile
Complete
 Nokia
Remote
Device
Access

 “OFF
DEVICE”
 SDKs
(via
OEM)
 Device
Central
CS3/CS4
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7. Device
Central
CS4
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 Integrates
with
many
CS4
products:
 Photoshop,
Illustrator,
Flash,
Dreamweaver,
 Acer
Effects
(new),
Premiere
Pro,
CapPvate
(new)
 Allows
you
to
test
your
Adobe
Mobile
Content

8. Why
Device
Central?
 Because
On
Device
tesPng
is
…
 NOT
COST
EFFECTIVE
 TIME
CONSUMING
 TEDIOUS
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9. EvoluIon
of
Adobe

 Mobile
and
Device
TesIng
 Flash
MX
2004
 …
was
just
device
“skins”!
No
“Device
Intelligence”.
 Flash
CS3
=
Device
Central
1.0
(CS3)
 …
added
“Device
Intelligence”,
Device
Profiles
added
 Flash
CS4
=
Device
Central
2.x
(CS4)
 …
More
Device
Profiles,
More
Device
Intelligence,
&
SDK
added
 “CS5”?
 …
h0p://flashMaD.uservoice.com
to
submit
your
ideas
and
feature
requests!
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10. Device
Central
2.1
 Publish
to
Flash
Lite
3.1
 Flash
Lite
3.1
default
Device
Profiles
added
 Integrates
with
Adobe
CapPvate
4
 Now
over
450
Flash
Lite
Device
Profiles!
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11. Device
Central
CS4
‐
UI
Tour
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12. New
Features
in
Device
Central
CS4
 Device
Profile
Libraries:
Local
and
Online
 Snapshots
 Network
Bandwidth
TesPng
 Projects
 Tasks
 Automated
TesPng
 Device
Central
SDK
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13. Device
Profile
Libraries
(Local
vs
Online)
 Local
Library
 Device
Profiles
on
drive
 Online
Library
 Device
Profiles
online
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14. Snapshots
 StaIc
Screenshots
 Capture
staPc
images
 Exports
to
.PNG’s
in
HTML
 Sharing
Prototypes/Mockups
 Video
 Capture
Video
InteracPon
 Exports
to
.MOV
(QuickTime)
 Sharing
Demos
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15. Snapshot
Log
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 Snapshot
Log

16. Network
Bandwidth
TesIng
 Network
Panel
allows
developer
to
…
 Monitor
bandwidth
of
app
 Simulate
network
condiPons
 REMEMBER
…
 Data
Charges
(per
KB)
 Not
always
unlimited
plans
 Network
is
not
always
available
 Network
is
not
always
reliable!
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17. Automated
TesIng
 Test
mulPple
Target
Handsets
automaPcally
 Record
and
Playback
Pre‐defined
“Scripts”
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 Automated
Tes<ng
Panel
 Sample
Script
running
in
Device
Central
CS4

18. Automated
Test
Scripts
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 Sample
Automated
Script

19. Manage
Project
…
 Resource
files
 Target
Devices
 Custom
Tasks
 .adcp
(like
“.flp”)
 Projects
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20. Tasks
 Add/Enhance
Mobile
Project
Workflow
 Sample
Preinstalled
Tasks:
 Send
to
Bluetooth
Device
 Copy
File
To
 Send
to
FTP
Server
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21. Device
Central
SDK
 Supported
by
Device
Central
CS4
 Very
similar
to
idea
of
.JSFL
 Build
your
own
Custom
Tasks
(“Plug‐in”)
 Share
your
Plug‐ins
 Plug‐ins
can
help
streamline
work
processes
 Download
the
SDK:
 h0p://www.adobe.com/devnet/devicecentral/
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22. Custom
Task
(Plugins)
 Task
Plugin
=

ExtendScript
(.jsx)
+
Task
XML
(.xml)
+
Task
icon
(.png)
+
 zstring
LocalizaPon
files
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23. Device
Central
Object
Model
 Device
Central
Objects
 
Project
 
Task
 
Device
 User
Interface
Objects
 
Control
 
Status
Dialog
 UIlity
 
ZIPFile
 
ListItem
 
URLStream
 
Bluetooth
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24. Sample
Task
.xml
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25. Sample
Task
.jsx
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26. Summary
 Adobe
Device
Central
CS4
…
 
saves
you
valuable
(tesPng)
Pme
 
makes
it
“fun”
to
test
mobile
content
 
improves
your
mobile
workflow
processes
 



is
an
essenPal
tool
for
Mobile
&
Devices
in
CS4
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27. Adobe
Mobile
Feature
Requests
 Submit
your
ideas
to:
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 h"p://FlashMaD.uservoice.com

28. Resources
and
Links
 ON
DEVICE
REMOTE
SERVICES:
 www.deviceanywhere.com
(Mobile
Complete)
 Nokia
RDA
(Remote
Device
Access)
 ADOBE
DEVICE
CENTRAL
CS4
LINKS:
 www.adobe.com/products/creaPvesuite/devicecentral
 www.adobe.com/devnet/devicecentral
 www.adobe.com/devnet/devices/arPcles/custom_profiles.html
 movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modLisPng.asp?pid=402
 tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1610v1004
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29. Contact
Info
 sco0@sco0janousek.com
 sco0janousek@hookenmobile.com
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30. Thank
you!
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31. Prize
Giveaways
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