360Flex: Category
Category: 360Flex
Flex 3: Training from the Source, Milan and AIR
Posted At: March 28, 2008 7:03 PM | Posted By: Michael Labriola
Related Categories: 360Flex, Adobe Flex, DP News
The last few weeks have been rough. Serious client projects, exploring unexplored territory in the Flex/FMS and Flex/Java realms, way to many hours in front of computers that seem to get slower with every key I type. The weather sucks in Chicago and simply refuses to become spring.
But a shipment from Peachpit on Wednesday helped bring me out of my manic death spiral. The Flex 3 Training from the Source Books arrived. Less than a month after the release of Flex 3, the new book (another collaboration between Tapper, Boles, Talbot and I on the authoring side. Berling and Thomas on the editing) managed to make its way to the shelves.
We started working on this book at the last FlexManiacs (now WebManiacs) conference, so almost a year ago. Books take an impossibly long time to do well, and I am hoping this one works for those that choose to buy it. There are new lessons on modularizing Flex apps, AIR basics and using the profiler as well as countless small reworks and additions throughout the remaining lessons.
Right now Tapper and I are actually working diligently on our AIR book and trying to stay in front of an ‘aggressive’ schedule for completion. The timing is actually really good as I leave for 360 Flex Milan in a week and this will give me plenty to do on the plane.
So, for those of you who are in, or might make it to Europe, I look forward to seeing you soon. I plan on lugging a handful of these books over the Atlantic to give away to those who ask. For those of you on the fence about going to 360 Flex, just register already. They just announced that day one is actually free for everyone, now you have no excuse. It is going to be another great Flex conference and I am anxious to see it play out.
Labriola
360 Flex Milano – Almost in two languages
Posted At: March 4, 2008 5:03 PM | Posted By: Michael Labriola
Related Categories: 360Flex, Adobe Flex
360 Flex Milan is in one month.
For all of you considering whether or not to attend, register right now! The Atlanta version of this conference just completed last week and was absolutely wonderful. The sessions were fantastic, the sense of community was very strong and we all learned something from each other.
Flex and AIR are very important technologies to the evolving world of RIAs. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn so much from both the speakers and your fellow attendees.
Also the first five people that find me in Milan (and remember to ask) will get copies of our upcoming Flex 3 and AIR books:
Now, despite the fact that the conference will be in English and that written Italian has never been my best skill….
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360 Flex Milano tra un mese.
Per tutti quelli che intendono partecipare all’evento, registratevi ora! La conferenza di Atlanta si è conclusa settimana scorsa ed è stata assolutamente favolosa!. I sessioni sono stati fantastici, con forte coinvolgimento di tutti i partecipanti, ognuno di noi ha avuto modo di apprendere qualcosa di nuovo dagli altri.
Flex e Air sono tecnologie molto importanti per l’evoluzione del mondo di RIA. Non perdete l’opportunità di imparare molto dai relatori e i partecipanti.
Anche le prime cinque persone che si ricordi di chiedere saranno consegnate le copie dei mie nuovo libri di Flex 3 e AIR.
Labriola
Dense and Hot – 360 Flex Atlanta
Posted At: February 27, 2008 11:02 AM | Posted By: Michael Labriola
Related Categories: 360Flex, Adobe Flex
Okay, so Atlanta wasn’t actually all that warm this week, but I still had a great time at 360 Flex Atlanta. Tapper and I did a grueling all day Flex 101 session on Sunday. It was, in Jeff’s word’s, ‘brutal’ as the class material provided was really designed for about 20 individuals, and we had 72. Nonetheless, I think everyone walked away with some new knowledge and hopefully a few ideas on how flex could be used in future projects.
I also hung out and helped a little in Dan Wilson’s ‘Creating an XML Reader Application in Flex’ which went off very well despite a few Internet access problems at the hotel. These two sessions collectively provided a great base for those trying to learn Flex and a really incredible amount of hands on experience for a conference this size.
Next, I spoke briefly about dpUInt and our upcoming beta of the flex-hibernate adapter at a great break out session on open source projects in the Flex community. I encourage everyone to learn about these awesome projects that only exist because of a huge number of volunteer hours from a lot of talented people.
Finally, I gave an hour and twenty minute long presentation on the first few hundred milliseconds of your Flex Application startup. It was a great, geeky session with gems of knowledge held in vast detail on the effort undertaken by the Flex framework on your behalf. It had a particular focus on living in harmony with the framework rather than fighting it on every step.
It was a hell of a lot of fun, so feel free to look at the slides and, of course, attend 360 Flex Milan.
Labriola