Archive for the 'Flex Books' Category

Flash and Flex Mobile and Tablet Development Books for Android and iOS Applications and Games

Here are a couple pretty interesting looking books that could be of use for anyone getting into the world of Flash and/or Flex mobile development for Android and iOS. Some of these titles are newer than others and one is yet to be published. They all look like they’re worth checking out a bit though [...]

Interview with Joseph Labrecque from University of Denver and Fractured Vision Media, LLC

name: Joseph Labrecque age: 235 employer: University of Denver / Fractured Vision Media, LLC location: Denver, CO USA when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? I began using Flash here and there in 1999/2000 with Macromedia Flash 4. Previous to that, I was mainly doing straight HTML and a bunch of design work; Photoshop, Illustrator, 35mm [...]

Developing Flex 4 Components Book

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 [...]

seantheflexguyTV – episode 02: Flash and the City conference, AIR 2.0, Flex 3 with Java book review

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 [...]

seantheflexguyTV – episode 01: RobotLegs, Flex Unit 4, FlexPMD, FDT, RIATest and more!

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 [...]

SeanTheFlexGuy: 2009 Accomplishments and Review

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 [...]

Flex 3 with Java Book Giveaway!!

Update 08/03/09: I’d like to congratulate Nephi and Brian for their participation in the book giveaway. They nailed the answer and emailed me in record time. I’ll be sending out your books this week. Great work guys!! Thanks to everyone else who sent in the answer and checking out the sample PDF. The kind people [...]

Getting Started with Flex 3 – Pocket Guide for Developers

Here is a new pocket guide for Flex 3.0 that somehow slipped past me. I haven’t seen this book mentioned anywhere. Things have been mega busy over the last few months so that could explain it. Three things I really like: Flex, O’Reilly and a pocket sized book. These pocket guides are great for reading [...]

Another Free Flex Book Up for Grabs!

First off thanks to everyone who stopped by to congratulate me on my new “Flex Champion” status. Second, thanks again to Suzanne Nguyen and everyone at Adobe for this awesome opportunity. I am truly honored. Third, congrats to my fellow Flex Champions Chad Udell and David Flatley. Now, on to the free Flex books!!! Congrats [...]