Category Archives: BlazeDS

Podcast about Adobe AIR, Flex and BlazeDS / LCDS

By James Ward | Published: August 28, 2008

A podcast I recently did with Chariot Solutions has just been published. Let me know what you think.

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Video: Flex and Java

By James Ward | Published: July 21, 2008

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.

Also posted in Flex, Java, LCDS | 37 Comments

Article & Videos on Integrating Flex and Java

By James Ward | Published: July 9, 2008

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 [...]

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My Adobe MAX 2008 Talk

By James Ward | Published: July 9, 2008

It’s hard to believe that Adobe MAX 2008 in the US is only 4 months away! It’s going to be another great MAX and I really hope that you can make it. This year I have one session: Working with Data in Flex Explore various methods for accessing data in applications built with Flex 3. [...]

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Adobe Open Source Presentation in New York Tomorrow

By James Ward | Published: May 14, 2008

Tomorrow night I’ll be presenting at the New York GNU/Linux Meetup Group about Adobe Open Source – including the Adobe Flex SDK, Mozilla Tamarin, Adobe AIR (pieces like SQLite and WebKit), and BlazeDS. More details here. Hope to see you there!

Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flex, Linux, Open Source, Tamarin | 1 Comment

Flex and Seam at JavaOne 2008

By James Ward | Published: May 2, 2008

There will be numerous mini-sessions happening this year at the Adobe booth at JavaOne 2008. I’ll be doing a “Building High Performance RIAs” session and a “The Open Source RIA Stack” session. Chet Haase will be doing a “Filthy Rich [Flex] Clients” session. Bob Tierney will be doing a “LiveCycle Data Services” [...]

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Count on Flex – 1,117,019

By James Ward | Published: April 29, 2008

1,117,019 = Number of Lines of Open Source code for Flex, BlazeDS, and Tamarin. 200,897 lines in the flex_sdk 218,789 lines in blazeds 353,644 lines in tamarin-central 343,689 lines in tamarin-tracing That’s 1,117,019 more reasons you can Count on Flex! “Count on Flex” is a series of blogs about the current state of the Flex ecosystem… by the numbers. For this post [...]

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3… 2… 1… LIFT OFF!

By James Ward | Published: February 25, 2008

Today Adobe launched Flex 3 and Adobe AIR 1.0 – the most mature and comprehensive platform for Rich Internet Applications in existence. The news of the launch is everywhere but I wanted to point out a few of the most exciting things related to this launch. The Flex SDK and BlazeDS are now officially open source. InfoQ has [...]

Also posted in Adobe AIR, Flex, Java, Salesforce.com | 3 Comments

Using Flex, BEA Workshop, and BlazeDS for Enterprise RIAs

By James Ward | Published: January 8, 2008

One of the most exciting Flex-related announcements in 2007 was the BEA Workshop and Flex Builder bundle. In case you missed it you can find coverage here, here, here, and a bunch of other places. It was big news! This was further validation that Flex is the standard for Enterprise Rich Internet [...]

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