[Xerte] Xerte 3.0 Beta

[Kemp Johnathan]

Congratulations on your new version of Xerte 3.

I have downloaded and installed the new version, but find that it will not
open any of the examples that you created for the earlier version of Xerte
3.

It looks very interesting, I am looking forward to the tutorials.

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 7 October 2010 14:02, Ron Mitchell <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:

>  Brilliant! Wish I had time to play.
>
> Congrats to all involved.
>
>
>
> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] *On Behalf Of *Dave Burnett
> *Sent:* 07 October 2010 13:50
> *To:* Xerte list
> *Subject:* RE: [Xerte] Xerte 3.0 Beta
>
>
>
>
> Kudos to all involved.
> A major undertaking.
>
> Dave
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> From: Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 13:41:42 +0100
> Subject: [Xerte] Xerte 3.0 Beta
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> There is a new beta of Xerte 3.0 to play with that you can download here:
> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/xerte3.htm. Xerte 3.0 is a complete
> rewrite of Xerte 2.x, using the Flex framework. There is a major difference
> between this latest version and previous versions which I wanted to say
> something about. Anyone following Xerte 3.0 developments, or starting to use
> Xerte 3.0 to develop content needs to be aware of these changes.
>
>
> Xerte 3.0 now compiles .swf files. It creates, from your code, the actual
> .swf file. There is no engine.swf unlike previous versions of Xerte 3.0 and
> Xerte 2.x. There are a number of good reasons why this was a good step to
> take.
>
>
>
> Xerte 3.0 is really an .mxml editor and compiler using the Flex SDK to
> compile.swfs. You will need to download and install the Flex SDK to use
> Xerte 3.0 (see instructions on the web site). This means that Xerte 3.0 is
> quite clearly a tool for developers. It also means that you are interacting
> with the Flex SDK directly, rather than having our code parse and play your
> code. There are major performance benefits to doing this, as well as getting
> access to all the benefits of the Flex SDK, and it means that you can
> directly draw on all the Flex community’s knowledge to create content with
> Xerte 3.0. Xerte 3.0 can compile many of the examples on Adobe’s website and
> in the help system, as well as dozens of samples already available from the
> Flex community. It also means you are developing marketable skills in an
> established software development environment.
>
>
>
> Flex is a very powerful, flexible (pardon the pun) and extensible suite of
> tools. Xerte 3.0 aims to fill a gap in the market of tools that sits
> somewhere between the hardcode coder’s IDEs such as FlashDevelop or
> FlashBuilder, and something like Xerte 2.x or Authorware, and as time goes
> on Xerte 3.0 will contain more and more elearning specific features.
>
>
>
> Xerte 3.0 can build ‘normal’  flash applications. It can also build Air
> applications, and package them into installers, and when the Flex 4.5 SDK is
> complete, Xerte 3.0 will be able to build Mobile Applications. Being able to
> target all these platforms is exciting, particularly the mobile Air
> applications. Xerte 3.0 development is now closely following the development
> of the Flex 4.5 SDK – when that is complete I’ll be able to finish Xerte 3.0
> and draw on all the new features in Flex 4.5.
>
>
>
> There’s loads more to say about Flex, but not enough time or space here.
> I’m going to start a series of short tutorials to introduce you to the new
> environment and features, and walk you through all the new components, and
> other stuff you’ll want to know about: components, styles, skinning, states,
> effects, transitions, data binding, using your own custom classes…
>
>
>
> In the meantime, download and install the beta, and let me know any
> comments,
>
>
>
> Thanks to Peter Huppertz - who has made a major contribution,
>
>
>
> Have fun.
>
>
>
> J
>
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