There are five tracks scheduled at Macromedia's MAX 2005 conference, slated to be held in Anaheim October 16-19. Two of the tracks focus on rich content and applications, with specific sessions on Flash, ColdFusion, Breeze, Flex, creating blogs with Dreamweaver, and elearning.


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The five tracks at this year's event are titled: Designing Rich Content, Developing Websites and Applications, Developing Rich Internet Applications, Mobile and Devices, and Vertical Market Solutions.

As companies and their customers demand ever richer applications and websites, the importance of more dynamic, visual content is increasing. The two "rich" tracksat MAX 2005 therefore include the following sessions:

Designing Rich Content

• Fast Track to Captivate
• Getting Started with Flash
• ActionScript for Designers
• Rapid eLearning: From Concept to Course in 1 Hour
• Integrating Video into Your Flash Content
• Optimizing Web Graphics with Fireworks
• Introduction to Captivate
• What's New in Next Generation Flash
• Web and Downloadable Game Development Using Macromedia Tools
• ActionScript Futures for Flash Developers
• Drawing and Illustrating in Flash
• New Installation, Detection, and Autoupdate Features in Next Generation Flash Player
• Flash Game Development
• Object Oriented ActionScript
• Mastering the 3D Experience
• Using Flash and Director Together to Produce Rich Applications
• Character Animation
• Art of Encoding Video
• Using Next Generation Flash Communication Server
• Robust SCORM-Compliant eLearning Content with Flash and Captivate
• Building Expressive Content with Next Generation Flash

Developing Rich Internet Applications

• Creating Better Performing Flex Applications
• Building Your First Rich Forms Application with Flex and ColdFusion
• Building Your First Dashboard Application with Flex
• Macromedia Flash Platform and Flex Roadmap
• Next Generation Flex: Data Services, Tools, and More
• RIA Design Best Practices: Implementation with Flex
• Integrating ColdFusion with Flex
• Customizing Flex Applications: Styling, Skinning, and Beyond
• Optimizing Flex Applications for Performance and Scalability
• RIA Design Best Practices: Theory for Developers
• Extending Breeze Meeting Using Synchronized Flash and Flex Applications
• Integrating Rich Flash Content into Flex Applications
• ActionScript Futures for Flex Developers
• Flex Frameworks: Cairngorm and More
• Integrating Flex and Flash Content with HTML and Javascript
• Extending Breeze Meeting Using Custom Pods
• Debugging Flex Applications
• Building and Customizing Flex Components
• Architecting Flex Applications