November 6th, 2006
Finally getting around to posting my notes from my session on communicating with .NET web application from Flex that I gave at Adobe’s MAX in Las Vegas this year. I enjoyed giving this session as I truly believe Flex and .NET work well together and there are many methods for communication between both technologies, but currently there aren’t’ many resources covering it. In this session I talk mainly about 3 methods. Using HTTPServer/xml, WebServices, and AMF, as well as briefly touch upon Binary Sockets. I’m hoping in the future to have more detailed cover on each method.
You can download the slides and source code from here
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October 30th, 2006
Well, my birthday is today and although I don’t feel old, I’m slowly getting there!
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October 25th, 2006
Adobe has just posted a press release about the highly anticipated availability of Flex Builder for the Mac. Not much else to say other than it’s here as a public beta, works really well and I’m happy to see Mac developers gain access to the same tools available for Windows users.
Download it from Adobe Labs
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October 20th, 2006
I always thought MAX was a great conference, but this year thanks to MAXUP it has gotten even better. The thing that I always found not enough of at MAX was the community, and MAXUP brings just that. With 38 confirmed speakers, and a ton of interesting sessions, make sure you don’t miss it. It’s going to be tough scheduling between MAXUP and MAX, but I’ll have to find a way.
Along with my session at MAX which I will be giving twice, I also will be giving two mini-sessions (I say mini cause most MAXUP sessions are 15 minutes) on developing Application Components and Missions Critical Application Architecture.
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October 18th, 2006
This week O’Reilly started publishing early copies of the book I’ve been working on with Joey titled Programming Flex 2 on their Safari Online service as a Rough Cuts edition. Rough Cuts is a method of getting early access to chapters before they have reached their final form, sort of like Adobe Labs. The great thing is this allows readers to get access to the book early on, get access to chapters as they are ready, and provide feedback on the book before it goes to print (The posted chapters have already been tech edited and are close to final form, but if you find any issues or have any comments please do send them in). You also have the option of ordering online access and a copy of the book once it is published.
Also fun, if you visit the O’Reilly homepage today, you will find my book as well as the ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook in prime location.
If you look closely, you’ll also find Essential ActionScript 3.0 rough cuts by Colin Moock listed on the homepage as well. I think its great to see O’Reilly putting so much into the Flex/Flash platform, we’ve taken over the O’Reilly homepage!
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