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I got word from the folks at the Adobe AIR Marketplace that there is a bug in their system. So when we submitted Attest 3 a few weeks back, it was stuck in the validation process and hence no Attest for anyone just yet.

The good news is that the version that was submitted was only the free/trial version, and there was no full product yet because it wasn't 100% ready. Word from Adobe is that the bug will be fixed this week, and that means I should be posting again this week when the full version is out.

If all goes well, this should be the week where you can start knocking your head against the desk once you start reading the tougher questions Holly and I created for the latest version of Attest It was our goal to make some of them tougher, more subjective and if anything, make Attest harder to pass than the actual exam. So once it's released, as always, let us know what you think as we continue to write new material for the app.

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As you may know already, the Flex 4 ACE exam was just announced on the Adobe Developer Connection site about a week ago. We've had quite a few inquiries about a version of Attest for the Flex 4 exam. Of course there is, we wouldn't forget you

Here's how Attest 3 is going to work. Instead of maintaining two different applications, Holly and I made it slightly easier on ourselves by combining the free and commercial versions into one. So there's only one download from now on, no more Attest vs Attest PRO, there's only Attest 3. If you run Attest 3, you've basically installed the trial version of the application.

Attest 3 Screenshot

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Just a quick post for those inquiring. We just released Attest PRO version 1.2 with some minor updates on the licensing from the Adobe AIR Marketplace. Some people were having trouble installing the latest version and this update should take care of that. If you already have Attest PRO installed, it should prompt you to install the latest and greatest.

In response to questions of late, yes, new versions of Attest and Attest PRO for the Flex 4 certification are currently in construction deep in the confines of the factory Holly and I are digging up heaps of goodies for Attest and other projects. I can tell you this, there will be tons of new material on the Adobe Developer Center and Attest itself to help you study. From what I've heard, the exam itself sounds tougher than the older ones.

If you haven't seen them already, I'd especially recommend the Learn Flex 4 beta in a Week video series on the ADC. Happy studying! I'll post any new updates as always.

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I'd like to announce Attest PRO, the commercial version of the Attest series.

Attest PRO

There will be two versions of Attest going forward. The free version, which has been out for most of 2009, gets a bit beefed up with few new goodies in the near future, and the commercial version, called Attest PRO has many new features and content.

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A while ago, I had mentioned posting these projects/jobs that are sent to me when I'm overbooked and can't fill them. I get contacted in one way, shape, or form about 5000 times a day for good projects, ok projects, sometimes awful sounding projects, but I know I can't fill them.

So to help spread the word and get Flexers linked up with projects, I was looking for an easier way to post the info rather than having to go to forums, etc (which is a big PIA). Turns out Greg Wilson's tblurb.com offers the perfect solution. Greg came up with tblurb as a way to post a larger amount of characters along with Twitter. Since Twitter only allows 140 characters, using tblurb enables you to share large snippets of code or Grannies brownie recipe, or whatever you like.

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In the last post, Holly and I broke down some of the updates we wanted to work into Attest and asked for votes on the highest priority. It was obvious that among the many items, more questions and answers was the clear winner. So we got to work on writing more and managed to add randomization to the order of questions so no two exams will be alike every time you take one. This will help make it tougher to memorize the answers.

Both of us are inundated with client work at the moment, but the vote went well and we found the time to get these new exams out. So hopefully, for those studying for the Flex 3 with AIR certification, you'll have much more here in the way of study material. Along with releasing new questions and answers periodically, we plan on implementing most of the other great feedback we received from users when time permits. Until then...it's busy being a Flexer go get certified!

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Holly and I have had awesome feedback on Attest 1.5 since its release. We wanted to get a solid working version out for people to start practicing for the Flex 3 with AIR exam, but had many other plans originally. So mission accomplished, Attest has been a hit so far, and now it's time to get the 2.0 version out!

We compiled all the feedback we've received and created a list of the top requests. Now's your chance to vote for the feature you want to see most. Holly created this poll based on our list, and we're going to watch the results to decide on which features to turn out first. Eventually, we want all of them done but time is hard to come by, so we're going to be breaking them down into reasonable chunks as we progress.

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Sweet! Let the mashing begin! Just saw on Twitter and read on Mashable.com

Alas, the two companies have gotten together officially to make developing Flash applications – both on Facebook and off through Facebook Connect – quicker and easier with the ActionScript 3.0 Client Library for Facebook Platform.

Adobe's site

Facebook AS3 API on Google code

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Many of you probably know already, the Tour de Flex AIR application has seen more than 100 million samples served according to Greg Wilson's blog as of December 2008. The AIR version is extremely helpful and loaded with a few hundred working samples of Flex, AIR, API clouds, best practices techniques, you name it, it's in there. Today, they released the 1.2 version with new updates.

The entire Tour de Flex application is posted online at Adobe's site todaytoo, so that's two places you can grab great source code and working samples. But the coolest part that you may not know is that you, as a developer, can use the Tour de Flex plugin right inside of Eclipse.

Tour de Flex Eclipse Plugin

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To all of you waiting for so long, my humble apologies At last you can use Attest 1.5 beta to study for the Adobe Flex 3 with AIR certification exam. I've been so inundated with client projects that it took this long to get it out. A few fun facts:

• Attest was completely rebuilt from the ground up in Adobe AIR
• It's FREE for non-commerical use
• There will be regular updates, bug fixes, enhancements, and errata corrections for future versions.

This version, and all versions going forward are a joint effort between myself and Holly Schinsky of Rich Desktop Solutions, Inc., without whom Attest would still be sitting around deep in the guts of my hard-drive, waiting to be released Holly was an enormous help with writing questions and answers, research, programming, making enhancements, styling, killing bugs, testing, and especially motivation! Many of you will know her from her work on Adobe's Tour de Flex AIR application. She's an awesome developer to work with and we'll definitely be doing more projects together in the very near future. After you go and get certified, be sure to drop her a comment or two and thank her for helping out. Without her help, you may not have seen the next version of Attest until Flex 8 is out You can read more about Tour de Flex and Attest on Holly's blog here.

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