ColdFusion is case-insensitive, and Flex MXML and ActionScript are very case-sensitive. For consistency's sake, when ColdFusion variables are sent from ColdFusion to the Flash Player via Flash Remoting, names are converted to uppercase (that's the default behavior, and it can be changed if needed)....
Tim Buntel (yep, even though he moved to the Flex team we still like him) is looking for feedback to drive the feature set of the next major update to Flex Builder. He posted details on his blog (which, of course, is still powered by ColdFusion).
InfoWorld has posted a detailed review of Flex Builder 3 .
Yesterday we quietly rolled out two important enhancements to the Adobe Developer Center . The first change is community powered search (you'll see a new search box on the upper right side of the page), which basically means that searches now includes content from a wider array of sources,...
I've been blogging Flex Camp announcements for a while, and have spoken at many too (the next one I plan on attending is May 15th in Toronto ). Flex Camps are fun, informative, educational, and great networking tools, too. If you're interested in hosting your own Flex Camp, visit this Flex Camp...
James Ward has written an article for InfoQ entitled Top 10 Mistakes when building Flex Applications about ... well, that should be blatantly clear, shouldn't it?
flexcf.com is a new site dedicated to the development of ColdFusion powered Flex applications. Seven tutorials have been posted already, and more are on the way.
TorontoFLEX is scheduled for May 15th, 2008 at MaRS Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Registration is FREE and now open . I am planning on attending this event, and hope to see you there!
Intuit QuickBase is a series of ready-made online workgroup applications designed to solve common business challenges, allowing them to be customized to suit your processes, and shared as needed. The QuickBase Developer Program (in beta) allows developers to build applications on the QuickBase...
AMF (Flash Remoting) is generally the preferred way for Flash/Flex/AIR applications to communicate with back-end servers and services. ColdFusion developers are fortunate in that AMF has been built in to ColdFusion for years. Java developers have access to the open-source BlazeDS which, among other...