Archive for May, 2011
Last night I gave my Intro to TDD and TDD Kata presentation using Adobe Connect to the Bloomington/Normal Illinois Rich Internet Applications Adobe Group. The presentation was recorded and is now available online for anyone that wasn’t able to attend the live session. I’ve also uploaded the slideshow with all of the info, quotes, links, [...]
May 26th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, best practices, Flash Builder, Flash Platform, Flex, Flex 4, Flex Best Practices, flex development, Flex Presentations, Software development process, TDD, TDD Kata, Test Driven Development | No Comments
Here’s an exciting new book that is full of great information regarding developing components in Flex 4. The book is very in depth and a really great read. I have yet to finish the entire thing but am slowly making my way through it. The beginning of the book is an overview of Flex and [...]
May 17th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Platform, Flex, Flex 4, Flex 4 Components, Flex 4.5, Flex Books, Flex Component Development, flex development, MXML, OOP, Software development process | No Comments
I’ll be giving a presentation on TDD for the Bloomington/Normal, IL Rich Internet Applications Group on May 25th at 6:30PM (Central time). It will be broadcast via Adobe Connect so you watch it from anywhere. It will also be recorded for playback at a later point in time. Here’s more info about the presentation: This [...]
May 16th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, AS3 API, best practices, Flash Builder, Flash Platform, Flash Platform Community, Flex, Flex API Example, Flex Best Practices, Flex Builder, flex development, Flex Presentations, Flex Tools, Flex Training, frameworks, OOP, TDD, TDD Kata, Test Driven Development | No Comments
So with the release of Flash Builder 4.5 and the continuing popularity of the Android platform and devices there are a number of books coming to market. Here are a few books that should help you get up to speed and learn more about developing for Android with the Flash Platform. I had the opportunity [...]
May 9th, 2011 | Posted in ActionScript 3.0, Adobe AIR, Android, Android Development, Bleeding Edge Flash, Flash Builder, Flash Builder 4.5, Flash Platform, Flex, Flex 4.5, flex development, Flex Mobile, MXML | 3 Comments