Quote - "...Thermo, the code name for a new tool aimed at letting designers, rather than programmers, build rich Internet applications."
"Thermo will streamline the process of adding interactivity, behavior and motion to creative assets and will work seamlessly with both Adobe’s Creative Suite tools, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks and Flash, and with developer oriented tools such as Flex Builder.
"Thermo is a strategic project for Adobe. It will enable designers to more efficiently build the richer experiences that are reshaping the internet and give developers greater control over creative assets without leaving the development paradigm that fits the way they work." - http://blog.pixelconsumption.com/?p=39
Bridging the developer-designer divide
During a keynote speech, conference attendees also got a look at Thermo, a tool aimed at letting designers write applications and work more smoothly with professional developers.
Designers should have access to a test version of Thermo next year.
"We are trying to make it so designers don't have to change the way they work and what they give to developers makes more sense," said Mark Anders from Adobe.
Designers can work with the visual components of an application's design transitions and layout without having to write Flex code, Anders said. The visual components show up as "layers," or individual elements, the designer can manipulate.
The demo drew many rounds of applause from the audience of designers and developers. Stephen Pillbeck, the designer at Marketplace Digital, said he will definitely use Thermo when it's available.
"With that, I could stay design mode and develop myself and then hand it off to the developer to do the database work," Pillbeck said."
Ok, I am all for what sounds like a really progressive and innovative tool like Thermo. I'm sure it's gonna be real slick. However, I just really hope that the desire for designers who want to learn to code doesn't diminish. Just imagine a tool that was WYSIWYG and it let you build B52 Bombers. I'd be like wow this is sick. Hey look Ma!, I just deployed my new B52 Bomber. Check it out and I never knew how to use a hammer or read blue prints to make it! Ok so all I am saying is this. I am totally down for bridging the designer developer gap. This will only be a good thing and it is the way things are going. But I just want to encourage designers to keep pushing themselves to the next level and learn how to code AND keep designing. Learning how to code with OOP and understand the fundamentals of coding can only make us designers stronger. Having tools that make our lives easier and more productive are imperative. But understanding ands reaping the rewards from knowing why it does what it does is also going to be important :)
Quote - "Designers can work with the visual components of an application's design transitions and layout without having to write Flex code, Anders said. The visual components show up as "layers," or individual elements, the designer can manipulate."
So if you are designer like I am who has the urge to learn coding, keep doing it and just learn the fundamentals and experience the rewards of doing both design and code. Even if there is a tool that allows us to build an airplane from a drag and drop IDE without knowing how to use hammer.
Now on the other hand from a developers perspective this could make one think OMFG! Either this is gonna make my job harder cuz now everyone can develop OR it will allow them to design and develop easier.
Perhaps a new term for the new Designer / Developer in this situation is WYSigner for the new Drag and Drop Era?
All I know is this. It will most likely be really cool and allow us to build Rich Internet Application Developers to build some wicked stuff with it.
Watch Thermo Sneak Peak:
Sources:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/adobe_thermo_ria_design_tool.php
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9789612-7.html
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Let the Silverlight vs Thermo war begin ..
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