Joe Berkovitz created ReviewTube , a Flex application that lets you write captions for YouTube movies. Joe explains the app online (and makes the source code available), and will be discussing design patterns and best practices involved in creating the app in his MAX session .
Ryan Favro has started development on a Flex project, an online store for an actual client. He's going to be chronicling his progress, showing code snippets and sharing his experiences, and has posted the first entry in the series today. This one should be worth watching.
Steve House has posted a great entry about populating Flex Tree controls using ColdFusion .
Last week's ColdFusion/Flex seminars in Chicago and Boston went really well - they were well attended, highly interactive, and (judging by the follow-up e-mails I've received) well received too. I just arrived in New York, and will be presenting the same seminar here tomorrow morning. And then I'm...
One question that keeps coming up when presenting Flex (especially to those porting existing apps to Flex) is "how do I maintain session state in a Flex application?". This is an interesting question. Interesting less because of the problem itself, and more because it demonstrates just how webified...
When Flex compiles MXML it generates ActionScript which is then compiled to generate the final SWF. At the seminar in Boston yesterday, one attendee asked if he could see the MXML generated ActionScript. The answer is yes, there is a compiler flag that does this, and I promised that I'd post it...
Yesterday I presented a seminar entitled "Adobe Flex 2 and Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7" in Chicago. The session went really well, lots of interest, and a very engaged and involved audience. On Thursday we'll be doing it again in Boston. There are two sessions, I'll be presenting the one for CFers in...
Duane Nickull has been playing with the pre-release of Flex Builder 2 on Mac OSX, and has shared some details and screenshots .
A ColdFusion developer e-mailed me to ask what MAX sessions she should attend if she a) wanted to become a better ColdFusion developer, and b) wanted to get started with Flex, and especially ColdFusion / Flex integration. That's a tough question - there are lots of sessions that fit the bill, but...
Adobe Flex 2 has been out for a couple of months now, and lots of ColdFusion customers are discovering that the combination of ColdFusion and Flex allows them to deliver powerful and engaging applications easier than ever before. One area of confusion appears to be the Adobe Flex server: Adobe Flex...