Category Archives: Flex

First Steps in Flex Screencasts

By James Ward | Published: January 24, 2010

A little over a year ago Bruce Eckel and I published First Steps in Flex. So far we’ve had great feedback on the book. The concise examples seem to resonate with how developers learn new technologies. Another way that developers learn is through seeing technologies firsthand. To better support that model [...]

Posted in Flex | 1 Comment

Tampa Bay Adobe Developer Event this Thursday

By James Ward | Published: January 20, 2010

Adobe’s Enterprise Evangelism team including Greg Wilson, Christophe Coenraets, and myself are in Tampa, FL this week. On Thursday night we are rounding up the local geeks at Taverna Opa for free beers and drunken confabulation about Flex, The Flash Platform, and other topics that bore most normal people. Hope to see you [...]

Also posted in Flash Platform | 1 Comment

Flex and The Cloud

By James Ward | Published: January 19, 2010

The combination of Flex and The Cloud is quickly becoming an IT and paradigm changing combination. Here are a number of recently published resources for learning more about this : An article I wrote has been published on the online Flash & Flex Developer’s Magazine: Flex and The Cloud: Is this really just Client/Server 2.0? I’ll [...]

Also posted in Cloud, Flash Player, RIA, Ruby on Rails, Salesforce.com | 3 Comments

Flex 4, Java, Spring, and Hibernate in Flash Builder 4

By James Ward | Published: January 17, 2010

Last week I posted a screencast that walks through the basics of connecting a Flex 4 application to a Java / Spring back-end with the new Data Wizards in Flash Builder 4. Here is a new video that extends beyond just simple RPC method calls and adds Hibernate for persistence. Let me know [...]

Also posted in Hibernate, Java, Spring | 10 Comments

Right90’s Super-Sexy Enterprise Flex RIA

By James Ward | Published: January 13, 2010

While at Dreamforce 2009 I was able to see some amazing enterprise Flex RIAs. Here is an RIA Cowboy Video of Right90’s Sales Forecasting application. Let me know what you think.

Also posted in RIA Cowboy Videos, Salesforce.com | 1 Comment

Flash Builder 4 Data Wizards with Java / Spring

By James Ward | Published: January 11, 2010

Connecting a Flex 4 application to a Java / Spring back-end couldn’t be easier in Flash Builder 4’s new Data Wizards. I’ve recorded a screencast that shows how to set up the web application project, configure Spring & BlazeDS, and then build a Flex 4 application that connects to the Java / Spring back-end. [...]

Also posted in BlazeDS, Java, Spring | 23 Comments

Integrating Adobe Flex with IBM WebSphere Portal

By James Ward | Published: January 7, 2010

Integrating Flex into portals has always been an interesting topic for enterprise developers. Other than a blog I did a while back there hasn’t been much information out there about how to get Flex apps into portals. But I just read a great article on IBM developerWorks about Integrating Adobe Flex with IBM [...]

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Intuit Cloud Webinar on January 14

By James Ward | Published: January 6, 2010

Edit: Whoops. It’s on the 14th not the 24th! Intuit’s Cloud / Platform as a Service (PaaS) technology called the Intuit Partner Platform (IPP) has quickly matured into a first class Client + Cloud solution. Building a custom user interface with IPP is done through Flex. This is a perfect combination and opens [...]

Also posted in Intuit | 2 Comments

Matt Raible Compares Flex, GWT, Rails and Grails

By James Ward | Published: December 13, 2009

At the Rich Web Experience 2009 conference, Matt Raible presented a very insightful comparison of “kick-ass” web frameworks including Flex, Google Web Toolkit (GWT), Ruby on Rails and Grails. I appreciate his “right tool for the job” approach which moves beyond technology dogma towards real solutions. He includes some very revealing charts comparing [...]

Also posted in Google Web Toolkit, Grails, Ruby on Rails | 3 Comments