I’ll be speaking at two great events next week on the East Coast. First up is HTML5 Live in New York on Tuesday November 9th. At HTML5 Live I’ll be talking about “Development Tools for Building HTML5 Content & Applications“. Then on Friday November 12th I’ll be at RIA Unleashed in Boston talking about “Flex [...]
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Tour de Mobile Flex – Now Available for Android!
Tour de Flex was launched at Adobe MAX two years ago. In that time Tour de Flex has become an essential resource for learning Flex. Now that you can build Flex apps for mobile devices with the Flex Hero prerelease we thought we should build a version of Tour de Flex for mobile devices. Using [...]
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Data Paging in Flex 4
I know — you’ve heard it from me before — AMF rocks! With AMF you can load massive amounts of data into your Flex (or JavaScript) apps very quickly. This can often obviate the need for paging data. But what if you have lots, and lots, and lots of data? Well then you should use [...]
Mobile Flash & Flex Development
Just a quick note that tomorrow (October 12, 2010) I’ll be presenting a session at the Rocky Mountain Flash Camp on Mobile Flash & Flex Development. It’s going to be super fun! Hope to see you there.
Also posted in Flex, Mobile 8 Comments
Webinar Tomorrow: Building Client/Cloud Apps with Flex and Force.com
I will co-presenting a free webinar tomorrow (September 28th, 2010) on building Client/Cloud Apps with Flex and Force.com. There are two times you can choose from: September 28, 2010 | 6:00 a.m. PDT | 2:00 p.m. GMT | 6:30 p.m. IST September 28, 2010 | 10:00 a.m. PDT This session will walk through how you [...]
Also posted in Cloud, Flex, Salesforce.com 4 Comments
Flex Development on Linux with IntelliJ IDEA
It’s kinda hard to believe that I’ve been doing Flex development on Linux for over six years now. In that time I’ve tried a few different tools. Vim will always be my favorite but debugging is painful. Flex Builder for Linux worked but lacked major features and commitment from Adobe for continual improvement. Most recently [...]
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My JavaOne 2010 Sessions
Next week at JavaOne 2010 I’ll be co-presenting two sessions! On Monday Jeremy Grelle and I will present “End-to-End Richness: Integrating Java EE Services to Create Engaging RIAs” at the Hilton San Francisco. Here is the session information: Session ID: S313939 Abstract: Flex is one of the most widely used tools for building RIAs. But [...]
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Video: Introduction to the New Adobe AIR Launchpad
I just created a video that walks through the new Adobe AIR Launchpad. The AIR Launchpad is the easiest way to get started building desktop apps with Adobe AIR and Flex. Check it out:
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Flex 4 Fun Book by Chet Haase
My buddy Chet Haase has written an excellent book on Flex 4, called “Flex 4 Fun“. Chet’s humor, insight, and concise examples make this a “fun” way to learn Flex. Artima.com has posted some excerpts from the book to give you an idea of what to expect. Check out these great snippets: Bend your Pixels [...]
