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Flex camp London rocked!
Yesterday around 300 people attended Flex camp London - not bad considering it was arranged in under 3 weeks. Starting at 2pm through till beer and pizza at 8pm various speakers including our own Nikoas and Neil presented on a wide range of topics from flex & cf through to ‘who do you need on [...] (translate)
Creating a component instance by class name in ActionScript 3.0
The following example shows how you can create a new Flex component instance by using its class name by calling the getDefintionByName() method. Full code after the jump. (translate)
Flex from Ford, Power by Microsoft.
Is Ford is jumping on the Flex bandwagon? And powered by Microsoft? (translate)
AMFPHP chapter 7 Files for Essential Guide to Open Source Flash.
Updated file for Essential Guide to Open Source Flash chapter 7. There were several files that were missing on book website. I am working on getting that updated but until then here they are! Chapter Files Thanks to those that pointed this out: http://wadearnold.com/blog/?p=32 (translate)
Incentive
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ll already be aware that on 23 September, I’m co-delivering (with Hinchcliffe and Company’s, Jeff Kelly) the first ever Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp in the Southern Hemisphere at Web Directions South. To make things even more interesting, John Allsopp, one of the conference organisers, has offered up the opportunity for readers [...] (translate)
Flex on Rails: the book - release date?
As you may know we started a while back with Tony on concocting some of our experiments, war stories, successes, discoveries, real life project experience on using Flex with Rails into a book titled “Flex on Rails: Building Rich Internet Applications With Adobe Flex 3.0 and Rails 2.0”. We are now “code complete”, wrote all the chapters and are in what I suspect (/hope) is the final editing stage. Yea!... well, that may end up being a longer process than I imagined and was told that it may take up to four month once the final manuscript is accepted. Nevertheless (translate)
I want a good website but I don't want to pay for it.
Sound familiar? I did my fair share of time doing freelance and I know what it is like to work with small budget companies. Fortunately I am done with those days, but unfortunately I can't say the same for the majority of the internet... Judging by the amount of crap out there it seems that most companies do not value their website. They see it as a burden, or at least it comes across that (translate)
Come to learn about E4X
Did you miss 360 Flex? In our next meeting Marc Bir will show his 360 Flex presentation about E4X to those who missed it. Topic: What is E4X? How do I use it? Why would I use it? When should I use it? Attendees should have a basic understanding of XML (know what an element or attribute is), some knowledge of actionscript (preferrably AS3), and an interest in working with XML. Summary Topic: E4X stole my baby!Speaker: Marc BirDate: Thursday September 4thTime: 7pmLocation: FarHeap Solutions offices at 2601 Main St Suite 1200Irvine, CA 92614 Pizza and refreshments provided by FarHeap Solutions. (translate)
Aspen Design Challenge: Designing Water’s Future
[ 15 December 2008; ] This is an open call to students around the world: Use your creative talent and strategic design skills to address the global water crisis. The Aspen Design Challenge is an annual call to students worldwide, inviting them to address an international problem that is not only crucial in today’s world, but critical to our survival [...] Click on the headline to read more at Graphic Design Basics. (translate)