http://rewindlife.com Technical discussion of Flex, Flash, and RIA development Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:01:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://rewindlife.com/2007/09/20/flashforward-slides-material-building-and-architecting-flex-applications/ Being on the bus last week was a blast. We covered 4 cities in 5 days and even CNet picked it up (although they must not have realized not all the bus riders work for Adobe J). In my session I covered the NativeWindow class and related APIs as well ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/08/30/onair-bus-tour-presentation-material-air-windowing-api/ I just got on the Adobe onAir bus tour in DC yesterday and will be on board through Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Boston. On the bus tour I'm presenting on AIR's windowing capabilities including coverage of NativeWindow, its related API, and the AIR Window Flex component. This should give attendees ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/08/21/riding-on-the-onair-bus-this-week/ I'll be speaking at this year's MAX conference, but this year is a little different. Adobe this year has introduced a new track called the "inspire" track and I will be speaking on the "Building software people use with Flash and Flex". A session that will highlight our experience over ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/08/08/speaking-at-max-2007-building-software-people-use-with-flash-and-flex/ Held last week and fully sold out, Flexmaniacs was the Flex conference to attend. It was great to have a conference in DC for a change (my home town). Even better, they have already announced next year's conference in April. Here's the description of the session I gave titled Component Development ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/07/08/flexmaniacs-session-materials-component-development-in-the-flex-world/ A lot of discussion lately happening on the topic of Silverlight, especially in relation to Flash. One discussion that is a must read if you haven't done so already is on Grant's blog. I'm not going to rehash what Grant has said as he has done a great job presenting ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/05/08/my-thoughts-on-why-silverlight-isn%e2%80%99t-for-flash-developers-and-what-does-it-really-mean-for-microsoft/ This is a big deal, and it is likely going to hit the blogs all day. Adobe has officially announced that most of the Flex SDK is going open source using the Mozilla Public License. What is being open sourced: MXML Compiler AS3 Compiler Flex Command Line Debugger View Source Utilities Web Tier Compiler Modules Automated ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/04/25/flex-goes-open-source-mpl/ After all the work Joey and I have put into the book, it's awesome to be able to see it in my hands. Here's a picture of for everyone I want to take this chance to thank Joey, the O'Reilly team, the editors, and Adobe for all their help throughout the ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/04/19/programming-flex-20-shipping/ Every year a 1000 brilliant people get together in Monterey at TED. It's hard to explain what TED is about, the website has some details, David Pogue good video coverage, and well you will find many places online that try to explain what it is about. For me, TED as ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/04/12/ted-2007-wrap-up/ Finally getting around to posting my 360Flex session materials. Although I've given this session before, this version of the notes is updated to reflect more details on the lifecycle and the latest best practices for component development. I really enjoyed giving this session, and apologizes for taking so long to ... http://rewindlife.com/2007/04/10/360flex-session-materials-component-development-in-the-flex-world/