Table of Contents

=What Are Chumby Widgets=
 * Short explanation of widgets

=Anatomy of a Chumby Widget=
 * Flash based
 * Flash Player 8 / Flash Lite 3.0
 * 320px by 240px
 * 12 frames per second
 * 100k file size

=Setting Up a Development Environment=
 * Adobe Flash IDE
 * FlashDevelop
 * mtasc and swfmill
 * Hosting external assets
 * Server-side technologies

=Known Limitations=
 * Compile/update current wiki info

=Chumby Development Best Practices=
 * Compile/update current wiki info

=Understanding Widget Durations=
 * User duration preferences
 * "Normal" widgets
 * Cooperative widgets

=Creating Your First Chumby Widget=
 * A simple walk through/tutorial on building a widget

=Testing Your Chumby Widgets=

From an HTTP server
=Understanding the Security Model=

Creating a crossdomain.xml
=Basic Widget Development=

Using Variables

 * Hello Chumby

Working with Audio and Video

 * Loading and controlling an .FLV
 * Loading and controlling a sound file
 * Creating a mute toggle button

Working With Time and Dates

 * Getting the current time
 * Getting the current date
 * Finding the difference between 2 dates

Using Chumby Flags

 * Telling the Chumby your widget is done

=Advanced Widget Development=

Personalizing Your Widget

 * Understanding Chumby environment variables
 * Building a configuration panel

Persistant Data

 * Storing data between user sessions
 * Storing data externally
 * Using the Chumby Score Keeper for games

External Assets and Data

 * Using external video, image, and audio assets
 * Loading and reading external XML
 * Posting data to a server

Interface

 * Capturing screen "swipes"
 * Reading Chumby's sensors
 * Using the ChumbyNative class

=Optimization Techniques=
 * Working with video
 * Bitmaps
 * Embedding fonts

=Debugging Widgets=
 * Using prebuilt debugging widgets
 * Other techniques

=Adding Your Widget to the Chumby Network=
 * Pre-launch checklist
 * Approval process

=Example Widgets=
 * RSS reader
 * Webcam
 * Analog clock
 * Flickr

=Appendix=
 * Common Problems
 * Chumby Property Dictionary
 * Non widget implementations (BTplay, etc)

=External Resources=
 * Adobe Flash
 * FlashDevelop
 * Blogs
 * Tutorials
 * Source Files
 * Templates
 * Components