Lots of new prereleases from adobe

• in ActionScript, actionscript3, adobe, Adobe Flex, AIR, as3, Blog, flash, flex, flex4
• by Jeff Tapper
• October 25, 2010
• 1 Comment
• Tags: flash flex

Late last night adobe released several new betas on the labs.adobe.com site, including: • 64 bit Flash Player (Code Named “Square”) • Flex 4.5 SDK (Code Named “Hero”) • Flash Builder Next (Code Named “Burrito”) • Flash Catalyst Next (Coe Named “Panini”) Square is obviously very interesting, as more and Continue Reading

Catching up

• in 360Flex, Adobe Flex, Blog, Personal
• by Michael Labriola
• September 23, 2010
• 1 Comment

360|Flex is officially over and my slides are finally available. It was another great conference but I am officially wiped out. Three full days of content and wonderfully geeky discussion have left me looking forward to the weekend. For any who asked for my slides, they are included below. Thanks Continue Reading

What’s under your skin

• in actionscript3, adobe, as3, Blog, flash, flashplayer, flex4, fp10, skins, Speaking Conferences
• by Jeff Tapper
• September 21, 2010
• No Comments

At 360|Flex DC yesterday, I presented my “Whats under your skin” presentation, all about architecting components with skins and layouts. I had a great audience, who was very engaged and asked lots of pertinent questions. For anyone interested, here are the slides. The code for the ShoppingList component can be Continue Reading

Wanted: Technical Writers with Free Time and an Altruistic Spirit

• in Adobe Flex, Blog, FlexUnit, Projects
• by Michael Labriola
• July 8, 2010
• 4 Comments

As many of you know, I am the project lead for FlexUnit 4.x. The technical side of the project is in great shape with new features, releases and tests forthcoming, however, the place we are really lagging is good documentation. Right now the FlexUnit team is quite small and 120% Continue Reading

FlexUnit 4.1 Beta 1 Now Available

• in Adobe Flex, Blog, FlexUnit
• by Michael Labriola
• June 7, 2010
• 3 Comments

For months now the core FlexUnit team and contributors have been working diligently to move the next release of FlexUnit forward. The 4.0 release was a success but we always knew there were many optimization and enhancement still to come. Today, we are happy to announce some of those are Continue Reading

VectorCollection

• in Adobe Flex, Blog
• by Michael Labriola
• May 18, 2010
• 2 Comments

First, let me say I am sorry. A year or so ago, I wrote these VectorCollection classes. They are not spectacular works of art, they are very basic implementations required to use Vector inside of Flex components which are looking for IList and ICollectionView for their dataProviders. Vector has some Continue Reading

Using FlexUnit 4 with Flash CS5

• in ActionScript, Adobe Flash CS, Adobe Flex, Blog, FlexUnit
• by Ben Schmidtke
• May 10, 2010
• 4 Comments
• Tags: ActionScript, Flash Professiona, Flex, FlexUnit

After all these years I still love working in the Flash IDE. It is a raw pure form of ActionScript that presents you with a blank canvas to express your creativity. Having said that, our mindless creations need solid testing before being released to the public. Today I will talk Continue Reading

Rendering The Fat: Flash Camp Chicago 2010

• in Adobe Flex, Blog, Flash Camp, Presentations
• by Ben Schmidtke
• May 10, 2010
• No Comments

For everyone interested in the slides & files from my presentation at Flash Camp Chicago here are the slides and the demo project I was running. Click the download link below for the project files. Rendering The Fat View more presentations from Ben Schmidtke III. Thanks, Ben Schmidtke Download

Apple, Adobe, and all that nonsense

• in adobe, apple ipod ipad iphone mobile flash10.1, Blog
• by Jeff Tapper
• April 9, 2010
• 4 Comments
• Tags: Mobile

By now you have surely heard all the hullabaloo around Apple Adobe and iPhone/iPad development. Until recently, Apple’s position was understandable from a business perspective, in that, if they allowed Flash applications to run on the iPhone, iPhone customers could use free Flash applications over the web, and not have Continue Reading

Ouch, it hurts when i do that

• in actionscript3, as3, Blog, flash, flash9, flashplayer, flex, flex3, flex4, fp10, Speaking Conferences
• by Jeff Tapper
• March 10, 2010
• 3 Comments

As promised, here are the slides for “Ouch! It hurts when i do that.” presentation first delivered at 360Flex San Jose, March 10th, 2010.

Flex 4 for Flex 3 developers

• in Blog, flash, flashplayer, flex, flex3, flex4
• by Jeff Tapper
• February 26, 2010
• 1 Comment

Today, I presented my Flex 4 for Flex 3 developers presentation at FlashCamp Chicago. For those that wanted the slide deck, you can find it here. In this, I discuss a number of differences between flex 3 and flex 4, and what an existing Flex 3 developer will need to Continue Reading

360| Flex and WorldWare Ahoy

• in 360Flex, Adobe Flex, Blog, Presentations
• by Michael Labriola
• January 6, 2010
• No Comments

March is shaping up to be a busy month for speaking, and I am pretty happy about it. I have the opportunity to deliver two distinct talks on topics where I feel, let’s just say, a lot of passion. First up in the 360|Flex Conference in San Jose on March Continue Reading

Food for thought, using the Flex framework for dependency injection

• in Adobe Flex, Blog
• by Michael Labriola
• December 28, 2009
• 5 Comments
• Tags: Enterprise

Dependency injection with Flex UI components can be tricky business. Not just doing it, there are a lot of strategies for that, but to do it without causing performance degradation and unnecessary work on the part of the framework and ultimately flash player. To understand why, we need to discuss Continue Reading

Flex 360 tickets selling fast

• in actionscript3, Blog, flash, flashplayer, flex, flex3, flex4, FlexUnit4, fp10, fp9, Speaking Conferences
• by Jeff Tapper
• December 17, 2009
• No Comments

Down to the last 5 (Cheap) tickets left for 360|Flex. Register now, save $100 and get the same awesome content for a little less coin. Act fast, these last tickets won’t last. When they’re gone, the regular price of $599 kicks in. Come on out and hear me give advice Continue Reading

Wanna know more about how not to code flex apps?

• in Blog, flash, flex, Speaking Conferences
• by Jeff Tapper
• November 12, 2009
• No Comments

I’ll be presenting my freshly revised “How Not To Code Flex Applications” twice in the next few days. Tomorrow, in the boston area at RIA-Unleashed and then next week at Flash Camp Wall Street. c’mon by and see us at one, if not both of these great events

Free Flex 4 Training in Chicago

• in Blog, ColdFusion, flex, flex4, free
• by Jeff Tapper
• November 2, 2009
• No Comments

I’ll be giving a free full-day, hands-on training session, where experienced ColdFusion Developers can learn how to build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing Continue Reading

$10 to advance your career

• in Adobe Flex, Blog, ColdFusion, Presentations
• by Michael Labriola
• October 23, 2009
• No Comments

If you are in the midwest this weekend, you should really, really consider dropping by BFusion & BFlex in Bloomington, Indiana. It is a bring your own laptop event full of hands-on tracks conducted by speakers from around the globe combined with optional full-day training sessions. The schedule is packed Continue Reading

Fun with custom preloaders in Flex

• in actionscript3, as3, Blog, flash9, flex, flex3, fp10, fp9
• by Jeff Tapper
• October 2, 2009
• 3 Comments

As you probably know, its pretty easy to use a custom preloader in flex to replace the built in preloader shown as a flex application loads. There are a few tricks to remember with a custom preloader though, remember that the preloader is built to be displayed until the flex Continue Reading

FlexUnit in Flash Builder Bugs plus TDD

• in 360Flex, Adobe Flex, Blog, FlexUnit, Max 2009, Presentations
• by Michael Labriola
• September 13, 2009
• 1 Comment

I just finished my presentation materials for my Test-driven development session at Adobe Max, and I am pretty excited how it turned out. It is a 90-minute BYOL (Bring your own laptop) lab, which is always challenging. Each person showing up with a diverse setup and (hopefully) our files installed. Continue Reading

FlexUnit 4 and Flex 4 presentations galore

• in 360Flex, Adobe Flex, Blog, DP News, flexcamp, FlexUnit, Max 2009
• by Michael Labriola
• September 3, 2009
• No Comments

So after a very welcomed summer lull in travel, I am gearing up for the fall speaking season. A good portion of my time this fall will be spent discussing, encouraging the use of, and getting Feedback on the FlexUnit 4 project. The rest will be spent teaching about the Continue Reading