August 21, 2008 at 6:39 am· Filed under Play, Tutorials, Recommended, Flex
About a year ago, a friend of mine foretold that, in his opinion, Flex would be dead in about 5 years! (No, I haven’t forgotten!!!). So, it is with a barely concealed rippling undercurrent of ulterior motives that I’m making sure you all know about The Adobe Developer Connection’s “Flex in a Week” site.
I admit, I haven’t really bothered with Flex yet. The crazy thing is that I’m really interested and keep wanting to dive in - I guess I just needed a hand… and an excuse. If you end up having a go, let me know and we’ll keep the world updated with your progress and comments.
They’ve only got 3 days worth of videos to wade through (so far), but these are punctuated by exercises to help cement your knowledge.
I sincerely think…. nay, predict…. that Flex, along with Flash and AIR will take over the world. Not exactly a bold prediction, I know. Help me to help you… to help me…. get started now: the first video is embedded after the jump - “Comparing Flash, Flex, Flash Player and AIR”.
Newbies, start your engines.
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June 21, 2007 at 1:41 pm· Filed under Play, Tutorials, Flex
This week I’m spending a little time looking into Flex and revising the AS3 lessons of a few months ago.
Whilst actually figuring out where to start wasn’t so easy, the actual learning process and overall Flex structure was surprisingly straight forward. Whilst I’ve only really travelled .001% of the way towards being a Flex master, I’m happy to say that my first impressions were positive. They just might make an RIA developer out of me yet!
I decided that the easiest place to start was probably an RSS reader… so that’s what we’ve got here. I’ve also posted the code so that you guys can tell me if I’ve gone wrong (or could’ve done something more efficiently) and perhaps it will be of service to the next AS2 jockey that wants to look into the world of Flex.
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May 11, 2007 at 9:10 am· Filed under Play, Tech News, Flex
When they’re not playing/watching/talking about the All Blacks and Rugby Union in general, New Zealanders can actually come up with some interesting stuff! Don’t believe me? Check this out…
Outsmart is a NZ-based RIA development studio that has just given us a peek into their new 3D rendering platform in Flex. More info and pics are just a click away…
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