[Xerte] Xerte 3.0 Beta

[Kemp Johnathan]

Xerte Pro suggests to me the power of the desktop environment in which you
can create anything if you know what you are doing.

If you are looking at some future date to include Xerte 3 projects in
On-line Toolkits then sticking with Xerte 3 may be less confusing. There is
also a useful tie in with action script. Xerte 2 using action script 2,
xerte 3 uses action script 3.

Whilst on the subject of Xerte 3 beta are you able to give any indication of
what if any editing will eventually be available in design mode e.g. in
Xerte 2 there is some facility to size and drag objects in the preview
display? Or is the intention that you will have to always make changes in
the current editing environment and then re-run the project to see the
result?

Kind regards

Johnathan

On 11 October 2010 16:11, Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>wrote:

> It can be, yes, of course.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Fred Riley
> Sent: 11 October 2010 15:35
> To: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: RE: [Xerte] Xerte 3.0 Beta
>
> Thanks for the announcement and briefing. Is content still stored in
> external XML files?
>
> Cheers
>
> Fred Riley
> Learning Technologist
> School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, University of Nottingham
> Vcard: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/about/fr_uon.vcf
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:xerte-
> > bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
> > Sent: 07 October 2010 13:42
> > To: Xerte discussion list
> > 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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