Recently I wrote a two part series on building a Blog in Flex using PHP for the server-side part. These articles are available in the Flash and Flex Developers Magazine in your local book stores. However I have been informed that part 2 is available for free download (newsletter registration required). Earlier in the year part 1 was available for free, so it may still be on their site, let me know if you find it.
Also be on the watch for a new article in an upcoming issue that teaches you how to build a cool Flash application using Flickr and Yahoo! Pipes. Not exactly sure which issue it will be in, but keep an eye on my twitter page for more details when they are available.
Adobe has set up an online (via Adobe Connect) meeting where developers get the chance to open a dialog with the Flex SDK team. If you are unhappy with a certain aspect of the SDK or just want to add your input, then attend this online meeting.
Announcing a Flex Community Feedback Forum
WHEN: January 28th 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET / 6:00pm GMT (duration 1 hour)
Come speak with the Flex SDK team to voice your interests and concerns. This
session will be an opportunity for the community to talk about the Flex SDK
itself and discuss our management of the SDK open source project. Please
bring your questions and feedback as the session will primarily be led by
you (and could be short if there’s not a lot of input).
The meeting will be broadcast via Connect:
http://adobedev.adobe.acrobat.com/techweds
** enter the room as a “guest” using your First and Last name **
If you’re unable to attend, the meeting will be recorded and posted on the
Flex Open Source site
(http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Flex+SDK) afterward.
We look forward to hearing from you!
My lack of posting and generally being online has been due to a hardcore bit of writing for my new book. Actually not “my” new book because I am co-authoring this one with Charles Christiansen, an amazing Java developer! We have teamed up to write an in depth guide to Flex and Java development with sections devoted to complete application development.
Similar to my Flash and PHP Bible, I wanted to explain the basics, cover all the “what ifs” but not stop there.. I like to end with a few real world projects. In the Java and Flex Integration Bible you will learn how to develop a store front end in Flex that will be powered by a java application on the server. That is only one of the complete applications covered in this book.
The street date is early spring 2009, but I will be sure to post more information as it is available.
This is not the only project I am working on, but is the only one I can talk about in any detail. Let me simply say the next few months will be interesting for designers, readers of Scriptplayground and Flash developers.
I have been getting requests for work I have done in the past, so I took some time while in the air to Vegas and updated my portfolio.
Adobe has released AIR and Flex 3, you can read more about it over at scriptplayground.com.
Adobe has released BlazeDS which is the server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology.
It will enable developers to easily connect to server distributed data and push data to Adobe® Flex™ and Adobe AIR™ applications to create a more responsive RIA.
This is a big step forward in the world of AMF, which on that note, Adobe has also published the AMF3 spec.
It will be interesting to see how these new announcements affect existing tools, such as AMFPHP.
