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In November of 2007 Sandy3.o and RedSandy were released ! 9 months later we have seen little progress, why? It stands to reason that this should be a project that everyone ( red5 developers…at least! ) would be contributing to and/or developing with…seriously, 3d and multi-user flash applications, wow!

Lets see some cool demos built using RedSandy instead of the standard red5 chat tool and video streaming tutorials, and the run of the mill 3d flash “how to import collada’s”, “using basic prims”, etc…

We would like to know what you think??? If you have any creative red5 or RedSandy demos, tutorials, and resources, please send them our way!

A bit on Sandy
Sandy is the original 3d flash engine that was around before Papervision3D and Away3D and all the others. Sandy3d is an excellent library and it has many features that others do not have well particularly in the easier control of objects and importing all types of files such as ASE, WRL and 3ds in addition to COLLADA which other 3d engines like PV3d and Away3d support although it has been slower in the past 3.0 may change that.

Due to the overwhelming amount of positive feedback we have decided to do a series of red5 workshops that will cover various areas of development and design. Please submit any ideas or suggestions for workshops to info@red5world.com .

Resources from the workshop:
Power Point Presentation
Updated Application.java – from oflaDemo
ActionScript
Daniel Rossi – Red5 Documentation

Project Home: http://www.red5.org/projects/red5plugin/

pre-reqs:

• Eclipse Europa 3.2: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/moreinfo/jee.php
• WTP 2.0.2

Features:

Red5® Plugin™ software is a highly productive Eclipse™ based development tool enabling interactive Red5 code generation, interactive step-through debugging, cairngorm, flex-unit, asdoc, paperworld3D and jedai support. In addition, the plugin supports and aids in development with third party open source libraries such as papervision3D, paperworld3D, jedai, flexlib and FlexMDI . Best of all, the Red5 Plugin is free! Key features include:

Powerful coding tools

Red5® Plugin™ is a powerful Eclipse based plugin that includes a Red5 project code generation wizard with added support for specific third party frameworks, interactive step-through debugging, and more.

Improved project workflows

Framework and Flex-unit generation is now as simple as a ticking a checkbox during the project creation wizard. All of the code is generated from these powerful wizards and you’re relieved from manually setting all of this up.

( Flex Unit Demo )

Red5 Server Runtime Support

With full support for the Red5 Server runtime it’s never been easier to run and debug your application. Create one server configuration or several server configurations. Have certain projects associated with a certain runtime configuration. The option is yours. Debugging an application can now be done right from within Eclipse using the plugin as well. Step through your code and learn the in’s and out’s of the Red5 server.

( View Demo )

*note – this demo is old and does not correctly reflect the full functionality, however it’s still relevant towards setting up a Red5 project and running it.

Red5 SDK support

In addition to setting your Red5 clientside/serverside application up, the wizard makes sure that Red5 is in the classpath allowing you to start developing against the Red5 SDK immediately.

Red5 Documentation (not available in beta 1)

One of the most requested items on the Red5 mailing list is better documentation. The Red5 plugin will host three sets of documentation. The first set will include the entire API of the Red5 SDK. In addition to the API, there will be Red5 Plugin documentation. Last, there will be a copy of a book that I’m writing on Red5.

Third Party Library Support

The inclusion of third party libraries makes your life one task easier. Instead of searching and copying third party components into your project, your free to focus on how you will use that library. The plugin handles the installation of several third party components.

Red5 Example Generation (not available in beta 1)

If your new to Red5, your certain to use the built in functionality that generates Red5 examples for you. Best of all, the examples are all in Flex and can be modified for personal use.

Third Party Example Generation (not available in beta 1)

There are so many great projects out in the open source ecosystem right now. We’ve chosen a few that users are sure to work with such as Papervision3D, Paperworld3D and the Jedai Framework.

ASDoc Generation (not available in beta 1)

Documentation generation has always been a developers best friend. Until now, the process of generatiing ASDoc’s has not been a trivial task. However, with the Red5 Plugin generating ASDoc’s is as simple as selecting a Flex project and clicking the “Generate ASDoc’s…” menu item.

Description
Setting up the Red5 environment, building sample applications and integrating with flash. We will look at how Red5 works within the flash IDE and build a sample chat application, video streaming, and multi-user environment.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT!!!

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As I began to research and build out this project I realized very quickly that there was a lot to learn, and I found very little help online. I was lucky enough to meet with some of the red5 developers and discuss my project with Trevor Burton at FITC Toronto. Since then we have had many hurtles to overcome, and we are still learning more about red5 every day.

I decided to launch this site for 2 reasons. The first, was the success of PV3world.com. An experimental papervision site operated by my technical director, Geoff Palin, at BackSpaceStudios.com. Secondly, we feel there should be a community that offers support, collaboration, and experimentation for those just learning about red5 and seasoned red5 developers.

The Goal:
red5world.com is an experimental testing ground, tutorial knowledge base and resource center for red5 technology. The main objective of red5world.com is to serve as a open platform for contribution, development, sharing of red5 open source code, knowledge and project assets, and open discussion. It is our hope that red5 developers new and old will help push this technology further. We engage developers, designers, and programmers to contribute tutorials, assets, and discuss whats new in the red5 world.

Welcome and enjoy!

- Brendan