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Attest 3.0 for the Adobe Flex 4 ACE Certification official release!

Sep 7th, 2010 by Dave

Have you waited long enough? Then without further ado, Holly and I would like to present to you Attest 3 for your studying pleas…well it’s not fun studying, anyway, here’s Attest 3.

Some things to note and some history on Attest:
There were many late night bug fixes, involuntary naps where heads hit the desk from hours of reading livedocs, the AIR Marketplace submission process bug that held things up a bit, but it feels great to finally release Attest bigger and badder than before!

I will definitely take this opportunity to thank Holly again for all her help. She had jumped in on Attest from the 2nd version and has been true blue ever since. I’m very thankful to have such an excellent colleague, without her work Attest would not be the de facto study guide for the Flex ACE exams it became.

Facts about Attest
The free version is the actual trial version. It got too tough to maintain two different versions of the app with our workloads, so we decided to make the trial last forever and give access to one mini for starters. The Adobe AIR Marketplace software allows for a 99 month trial maximum, so instead of infinity you have 99 months to get certified.

In the future as we write more questions, we plan on upping the amount available for the free/trial version. This version is not the beta version it was two weeks ago when I blogged about it. We planned on getting the beta version on the Marketplace but then their approval process bug showed up and by the time the Adobe team fixed it, we had the full version ready.

The current version for download is 3.0.3. This version has a few bug fixes that were pretty annoying. It was just approved on the AIR Marketplace.

The version currently available for download at software.pxldesigns.com/attest3 is (3.0.2). We submitted a patched version 3.0.3 which fixes a few minor bugs and issues we ran into and fixed quickly. This version has been submitted to the AIR Marketplace for vetting. It will be available shortly and I’ll post once it’s out.

More goodies to come later in the week hopefully. Look for more updates, questions, and study data in the near future, and as always, let us know what you think. Let’s DO this thing!

Posted in Adobe AIR, Adobe Flex, PXL info | 30 Comments

30 Responses to “Attest 3.0 for the Adobe Flex 4 ACE Certification official release!”

on 07 Sep 2010 at 7:02 am1Attest 3.0 for Flex 4 Certification Study Released! « Devgirl's Weblog

[...] 2.0 while still trying to maintain our day jobs and overcome some hurdles along the way as noted on his PXL blog. We are thrilled to have it out now and you can download it today as either a trial/free version or [...]
on 07 Sep 2010 at 7:14 pm2Greg Lafrance

The trial version says it is good for 99 months, not 99 days. Which is it?

When I launch Attest and select to Study, only the User Interface and Architecture tabs are active, the Programming, Data Sources, and AIR tabs are disabled. Is this because it is the trial version? If so I have not seen any mention of this at all.

When is the Flex 4 exam to be released?
on 07 Sep 2010 at 7:19 pm3Dave

Oops, that’s correct. 99 months, not days. That’s what you get for staying up late fixing bugs.

Yes, the other tabs are disabled only on the trial version.
on 07 Sep 2010 at 7:21 pm4Swf.hu 2.0 – flash és webfejlesztés » Megjelent az Attest 3.0

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on 28 Sep 2010 at 5:17 am5vlad

Hi, I think you have done a great job with this app. The only thing that bugs me is that you are making it hard for me to buy it Can you please post here a valid link from where to buy this app. Thank you in advance.
on 28 Sep 2010 at 8:56 am6Dave

Hi Vlad,
The only way to purchase is when you first start up Attest, there’s the green “Get License” button. That’s from the Adobe AIR Marketplace and come to think of it, it probably should say purchase license or something like that. We can’t change it unfortunately, but I’ll definitely let the AIR Marketplace team know about any user feedback.
on 26 Oct 2010 at 4:51 pm7super80

Maybe I am missing something, but when I download this AIR app and run it, the practice exams are all for Flex 3, not Flex 4. Also, there is no green button to purchase..

Suggestions?
on 20 Nov 2010 at 3:44 pm8Dave

@super80,
You probably downloaded the wrong version, the newest one (version 3) can be found here http://software.pxldesigns.com/attest3/
on 21 Dec 2010 at 4:57 am9Attest 3.0 for Flex 4 Certification Study Released! « Thulasiram RIA developer

[...] 2.0 while still trying to maintain our day jobs and overcome some hurdles along the way as noted on his PXL blog. We are thrilled to have it out now and you can download it today as either a trial/free version or [...]
on 19 Jan 2011 at 12:15 am10web informer

is that right as i heard RIA is not only about technology and RIA technology offers more user interface components. Developers need not rely on typical HTML conventions to build their applications.
on 19 Feb 2011 at 7:41 am11Attest 3.0 for Flex 4 Certification Study Released! | Devgirl's Weblog

[...] 2.0 while still trying to maintain our day jobs and overcome some hurdles along the way as noted on his PXL blog. We are thrilled to have it out now and you can download it today as either a trial/free version or [...]
on 21 Feb 2011 at 2:08 am12Umair Aamir

Why flexproject is bigger in size than ActionScript Project?
on 21 Feb 2011 at 8:27 am13Dave

@Umair, The Flex framework itself is a few 100 k. Actionscript 3 is the underlying language and is much lighter than the Flex framework (which is a heap of classes built with AS3). If you want the project to come down in size, look into RSL’s http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/html/help.html?content=rsl_02.html
on 14 Mar 2011 at 7:50 am14ethan

how to buy the license? their is no green button to purchase, i downloaded attest 3 at the given site.
on 14 Mar 2011 at 2:18 pm15Dave

When you first run the program, there should be the trial window that asks if you want the trial vs purchase app. What happens when you run Attest?
on 06 Apr 2011 at 3:47 am16Mark

How big is the question database? I seem to get the same questions over and over again? I’m obviously learning those, so its becoming difficult now to gauge whether i’d pass the actual exam.
on 06 Apr 2011 at 8:50 am17Dave

@Mark,
The full version of Attest has about 200+ questions. I wouldn’t just focus on the questions themselves though, make sure to really go through each section in the LiveDocs and understand the concepts behind them. Other than that, if you’re at the point where you’re memorizing the questions and you feel confident that you know the material for each, it’s time to take the real exam
on 02 May 2011 at 2:30 am18Dominique

I bought Attest this morning on Adobe Market Place and How can I use attest 3 on both my desktop and my laptop.
Thanks in advance.
on 02 May 2011 at 6:13 am19Dave

@Dominique,
All you need to do is install it on the second machine and it’ll show you the green “buy” button again when you start up Attest. Click on that and it’ll take you to the Adobe site where you can log in and it will automatically activate the second copy for you.
on 03 May 2011 at 12:14 am20Dominique

Thanks!
on 05 May 2011 at 4:03 pm21Thomas

I just downloaded the demo and I’m getting an error during startup that “My license can not be validated and to check my internet connection.”

I’m connected to the internet. Any thoughts ?
on 05 May 2011 at 4:11 pm22Dave

@Thomas,
That’s part of the built-in Adobe InMarket licensing. It wasn’t recognizing your internet connection, or so it seems. You should try again and it should allow you access to the app.
on 05 May 2011 at 4:32 pm23Thomas

Hmm ok. I’ve tried multiple times. As well as un-installed/re-install .
on 05 May 2011 at 5:16 pm24Dave

@Thomas,
I’ll email you and if you can reply with a screenshot, that will help me figure out what’s going on.
on 30 May 2011 at 9:57 am25Igor G.

I have 2 laptops, will I be able to use the license on both of them?
on 30 May 2011 at 10:07 am26Dave

@Igor,
Yes, when you install on the second machine, just click the green purchase button again. It’ll take you to the Adobe site where you log in and it’ll automatically activate the second copy. You actually get 3 copies per license.
on 08 Jun 2011 at 10:39 am27Igor G.

I have found broken link in the application. How to contact You? Or post an issue?
on 30 Jun 2011 at 7:38 am28Igor G.

Just passed the test today successfully. Thank You guys for the app!
But there are still couple issues in the application, and I don’t remember any question on Design Patterns and nothing on effects.
on 08 Sep 2011 at 3:25 pm29Reddy K.

I have cleared Adobe ACE 4.5 successfully….Thanks for the nice app.
on 08 Sep 2011 at 3:52 pm30Dave

Awesome news, congrats Reddy!