Video: Flex Effects and Skinning

Comments: 6 - Date: August 18th, 2008 - Categories: Flex

Intuit has been using Flex in some very exciting ways recently. One of those is to use Flex as a developer SDK for QuickBase. This allows developers to easily build a great user interface on top of the solid and in-the-cloud back-end of QuickBase. You can find out more about this in the QuickBase Developer Program.

A few weeks ago I presented to developers in the QuickBase Developer Program about making Flex applications look and feel great by adding effects and by skinning components. Intuit has allowed me to repost that presentation here. Let me know what you think.

Very First Steps in Flex - Now Available!

Comments: 0 - Date: August 18th, 2008 - Categories: Flex

Bruce Eckel and I have been working on a new Flex book aimed at those totally new to Flex. It will be very short (about 140 pages) and provide just the right information to get someone started with Flex. The book will be called “First Steps in Flex” and should be available soon.

If you would like to be notified when “First Steps in Flex” is available we’ve setup a Google Group for book related announcements.

For those who just can’t wait to check it out… A preview of the book is now available! We’ve taken a few chapters from “First Steps in Flex” and created a DZone Refcard called “Very First Steps in Flex”. Please go “Vote Up” the announcement on DZone.com. Then go download the Refcard and let us know what you think.

The Flex Show Episode 50: Interview with James Ward and Bruce Eckel

Comments: 0 - Date: August 15th, 2008 - Categories: Flex, Java

Listen to the Flex Show interview with Bruce Eckel and me. Then let me know what you think.

Atlanta JUG and Chicago Flex and AIR Developers Group

Comments: 0 - Date: August 7th, 2008 - Categories: Adobe AIR, Flash Player, Flex, Java

In a few weeks I’ll be stopping by the Atlanta Java User Group and the Chicago Flex and AIR Developers Group:

Atlanta - August 19, 2008 - Rich Internet Applications with Flex and Java

Chicago - August 20, 2008 - The Future of Flex, Flash Player, and AIR

Hope to see you there!

Video: Flex Best Practices

Comments: 28 - Date: July 22nd, 2008 - Categories: Flex

Here is a recording from my presentation about Flex Best Practices / Flex Architectural Patterns at the NLJUG. Sorry that the audio is not great on this one. It turned into more of a discussion than a presentation. Let me know what you think.

Video: Flex and Java

Comments: 5 - Date: July 21st, 2008 - Categories: BlazeDS, Flex, Java, LCDS

Here is the recording of a presentation I gave at the NLJUG a few weeks ago on Flex and Java. I hope you find this useful. Let me know what you think.

Upcoming Conference Presentations: GeoWeb, OSCON, and LinuxWorld

Comments: 1 - Date: July 21st, 2008 - Categories: Adobe AIR, Flex, Open Source

Over the next few weeks I’ll be presenting at a few conferences:

GeoWeb - Map Based RIA Development Using Adobe Flex and AIR with Duane Nickull

OSCON - Flex: the Open Source SDK for RIAs also with Duane

LinuxWorld - Building Rich Internet Applications with an Open Source Stack

I hope to see some of you at those conferences.

The RIA Puzzle: Shaping the Future of the Internet with Adobe Platform Technologies

Comments: 2 - Date: July 16th, 2008 - Categories: Adobe AIR, Flex, RIA

Recently I did an interview with Anthony Franco, President of EffectiveUI, about Flex, Adobe AIR, and Rich Internet Applications. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Article & Videos on Integrating Flex and Java

Comments: 4 - Date: July 9th, 2008 - Categories: BlazeDS, Flex, Java, LCDS

This week I’m in Europe speaking at various Java User Groups about integrating Flex and Java. I tend to move quickly through code demos so many people have asked me how they can continue learning. Here are a few resources to get you started:

InfoQ Article: Building Web and Desktop Applications with BlazeDS and AMF

Adobe TV Video: Flex Messaging Service

Adobe TV Video: The Data Management Service in LiveCycle Data Services

Email List: JavaFlexCoders Yahoo! Group

BlazeDS

LiveCycle Data Services 2.6 Beta

Hopefully that is enough to get you started. Have fun and let me know how it goes!

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