Here’s the second episode of seantheflexguyTV! In this episode I talk about the upcoming Flash and the City conference in NYC. I also cover some of the new features and capabilities of AIR 2.0 and do a quick review of the Flex 3 with Java book. This episode should be a little more organized and [...]

Here’s the first episode of seantheflexguyTV! I’ll talk about several new Flex related tools and some software development books. I’d like to thank Jesse Warden for the inspiration and the nudge to get seantheflexguyTV started. More specifically in this episode I talk a little about: RobotLegs, Parsley, FlexPMD, RIATest, Hello Flex 4, Clean Code, 97 [...]

Taking a look at everyone’s “2009 In Review” blog posts is really great inspiration. Looking back over the last year is always worth taking a minute to do. It’s great to reflect on personal growth over the course of a year and take note of our accomplishments. I decided to recall the last year for [...]

**11/04/10 – UPDATE** The API is unavailable right now due to domain issues with Kannopy. If you’d like a copy of the source code or documentation please send me an email and I’ll try to get it over to you ASAP. Sorry for the trouble. Read and process data from your brain in ActionScript 3.0 [...]

Using an API can save time during the development process. The wonderful thing about the Flash Platform Community has always been the willingness to share. Here’s 34 more ActionScript 3.0 APIs that can be used for Flex, Flash and AIR development. Hopefully one of the APIs listed here or in one of my previous API [...]

Last August I began researching and exploring the new features and capabilities in the next version of Flex, Flex 4 Gumbo. Adobe has been posting nightly builds of Flex 4 since last summer. Gareth Edwards was nice enough to help me to get set up and compiling the SDK at the time. Juan Sanchez was [...]

When developing Flex and/or AIR applications there are a handful of tools that really make the difference between a good project and a great project. They are all very valuable and provide stability and clarity for the RIA development process; or at least they have for me. From Unit Testing to SVN utilities to frameworks [...]

Flex 4 is certain to mold the future of RIA development. Building on the existing Halo theme the Flex Team has started to further refine the component model and architecture for Flex. Flex 4 has a strong focus on design. One primary goal is to allow designers and developers to collaborate in innovative and unseen [...]

The Flex and AS3 ecosystem is exploding. The demand for individuals who know these technologies is at an all time high. I currently get about 5 people per day that are seeking developers who know this stuff. Over the past year the demand has only increased. More and more kats are jumping into Flex/AS3 dev [...]

Erin Fife from Adobe got in touch recently about some pretty cool Flex and Flash development opportunities that are currently available at Adobe. Flex and Flash developers are encouraged to get in contact with Erin directly to speak about potential employment with Adobe. (efife@adobe.com or 408-536-5382) Here is a bit more information from Erin about [...]