Category Archives: Java

DZone Podcast about Adobe AIR, Flex, and Java

By James Ward | Published: April 30, 2009

I recently recorded a podcast with James Sugrue for DZone. In the podcast we talk about why Flex and Adobe AIR are relevant to Java developers. You can either listen to the podcast or read transcribed text. It’s good to see DZone doing a lot more Flex related content including the Refcardz [...]

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Java User Group Tour: Portland and Cincinnati

By James Ward | Published: April 16, 2009

Next week I’m off to a few more Java User Groups to talk about Flex and Java integration: Portland – April 21st Cincinnati – April 23rd Also while I’m in Portland I’ll be speaking on April 22nd at the PDX RIA User Group about “Super fast, multi-threaded, number crunching in Flash“. I hope to see some of you along [...]

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Java Posse Interview at Devoxx 2008 with Chet Haase

By James Ward | Published: April 14, 2009

While at Devoxx 2008 Chet Haase and I sat down with The Java Posse for an interview about Flex, integrating Flex with Spring, Flex Gumbo, and various other topics. You can listen to the interview via The Java Posse Podcast – episode #242, watch it on parleys.com (perhaps even using their awesome AIR app) [...]

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Download the Flex and Spring Integration Refcard

By James Ward | Published: April 6, 2009

DZone has just published a new Refcard “Flex & Spring Integration” written by Jon Rose and me. This is the second Refcard I’ve written. The first was “Very First Steps in Flex,” which was a few chapters from First Steps in Flex written by Bruce Eckel and me. Working on the Flex [...]

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My Java User Group Tour Continues: Kansas City, Madison, Milwaukee, and New Orleans

By James Ward | Published: April 2, 2009

On the road again… I’ll be talking about Flex and Java at a few more Java User Groups over the next few weeks. Here they are: Kansas City JUG – April 8th Madison, WI JUG – April 14th Milwaukee – April 15th New Orleans – April 16th Hope to see you somewhere along the way!

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Flex and Java Tour 2009 Continues – TriJUG, TSSJS, Miami JUG

By James Ward | Published: March 16, 2009

I’ll be at the TriJUG tonight talking about integrating Flex and Java in real-world applications. On Wednesday March 18th I’ll be speaking at TheServerSide Java Symposium in Vegas. And on March 24th I’ll be speaking in Miami at the Miami JUG. Hope to see some of you along the way!

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Flex Java User Group Tour 2009 – Phoenix & Orange County

By James Ward | Published: March 6, 2009

Next week I begin a Java User Group tour where I’ll be talking about integrating Flex with Java, Spring, and Hibernate. First stop is the Phoenix JUG on Wednesday March 11. Then I’ll be at the Orange County JUG on Thursday March 12. I’ll be at a number of other JUGs over the next [...]

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IntelliJ IDEA 8.0 Adds Flex Support

By James Ward | Published: November 13, 2008

IntelliJ IDEA 8.0, the popular Java IDE, has been released and now supports building and debugging Flex applications. This is great validation of Flex’s momentum in the Java community. For more information on how to get started see “Creating Flex Applications with IntelliJ IDEA“. If you are a Java and Flex developer [...]

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Adobe AIR and Flex in Amsterdam

By James Ward | Published: October 28, 2008

In a few weeks I’ll be over in Amsterdam for JFall and FlexCamp. Both events will have some new and exciting presentations about Adobe AIR and Flex. At JFall I’ll be presenting “The Future of the Open Source Flex SDK” and at the FlexCamp I’ll be presenting “Gumbo, what will bring Flex4 to [...]

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