Category Archives: Java

Flex 4, Hibernate 3, and Spring 3 Integration

By James Ward | Published: June 14, 2010
Jon Rose and I have created a new DZone Refcard called Flex 4 and Spring 3 Integration. In the Refcard, we walk you through the steps for building RIAs with Flash Builder 4, Flex 4, BlazeDS 4, Spring 3, the Spring BlazeDS Integration, and Hibernate. Whew! That’s a lot of pieces! The Refcard covers simple [...]
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Watch AS34J – ActionScript 3 for Java Developers

By James Ward | Published: May 17, 2010
Last week I did an eSeminar on AS34J – ActionScript 3 for Java Developers. This was originally a presentation that Chet Haase and I did at Devoxx. Later Chet also published the presentation as a two part article on JavaWorld (Part 1 and Part 2). Check out the eSeminar and let me know what you [...]
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Flex and Java Differences: Getters & Setters

By James Ward | Published: May 7, 2010
In Java it has become a standard practice to use a getter & setter notation to provide a consistent interface to an object’s properties. There is a reason why we don’t do the following in Java: public String fullName; The code above essentially creates an interface (or contract) between the class and the implementors of [...]
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Flex at the Austin JUG and Stir Trek in Columbus

By James Ward | Published: April 26, 2010
Tomorrow night I’ll be in Austin, Texas speaking at the Java User Group about Better Software with Java and Flex (Try the Google Cache Page in case the site is not working). And then next week I’ll be at Stir Trek in Columbus, Ohio presenting about Flex and the Cloud. I hope to see some [...]
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Upcoming Presos: Flash Camp Chicago, Devnexus & Flex on the Cloud in Atlanta, Java Posse Roundup, and TSSJS Las Vegas

By James Ward | Published: February 24, 2010
I’ll be attending and presenting at a number of great events over the next few weeks: February 26 Flash Camp Chicago March 8 – 9 Devnexus in Atlanta March 10 Flex in the Cloud in Atlanta March 16 – 19 Java Posse Roundup in Crested Butte, Colorado March 17 – 19 The Server Side Java [...]
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Flex 4 and Java Basics Video

By James Ward | Published: February 23, 2010
Here is a new screencast that walks through the basics of integrating Flex 4 and Java: (Open full-size video in a new window)
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London Event Tomorrow: RIAs with Java, Spring, Hibernate, BlazeDS, and Flex

By James Ward | Published: February 9, 2010
Tomorrow night, Wednesday Feburary 10 2010, I’ll be speaking to the London Java Community about RIAs with Java, Spring, Hibernate, BlazeDS, and Flex. I hope to see you there!
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Flex 4, Java, Spring, and Hibernate in Flash Builder 4

By James Ward | Published: January 17, 2010
UPDATE 1: Flash Builder 4, BlazeDS 4, and Spring 1.0.3 have all been release so you no longer have to use beta or nightly builds of these products. Use the production versions! Last week I posted a screencast that walks through the basics of connecting a Flex 4 application to a Java / Spring back-end [...]
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Flash Builder 4 Data Wizards with Java / Spring

By James Ward | Published: January 11, 2010
UPDATE 1: Flash Builder 4, BlazeDS 4, and Spring 1.0.3 have all been release so you no longer have to use beta or nightly builds of these products. Use the production versions! UPDATE 2: I’ve done a second part to this screencast that combines Flex 4, Flash Builder 4, Spring 3, BlazeDS 4, and Hibernate [...]
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