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 [...]

Here is your chance to win a free copy of: Total Training, Adobe Flex 2 - Advanced Visual Programming. Some highlights from the DVD are: Discover how to create data bound drag and drop functionality for virtually any Flex control. Learn to create mouse-aware application features. Understand loose component coupling, implemented through bindings and events. [...]

Here is an article on Flex best practices that I had the extreme pleasure of recently writing for Adobe’s Dev Center. The article explores a number of things you can do to help clarify your Flex development process. The article was a community based effort and input was collected from quite a few prominent Flex, [...]

I wanted to post a link to this article that I had the pleasure and opportunity of writing for Flash Magazine about the Mate framework for Flex. Mate is an awesome framework used for developing applications using Adobe Flex. I’d like to thank both Jens from Flash Magazine and Laura from ASFusion for their help [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dolores Joya sent over a link to her blog with a couple of new Flex 3 experiments today. In her research she was able to develop some pretty cool transitions using the Flex Effects classes. The source code is included with her sample, just do the right click boogie for the source.
The other area she [...]

Here is a draft version for the Flex 3 Cheatsheets. A number of MXML controls are detailed on this draft. For the first few Flex 3 Cheatsheets I am thinking about following this format for the rest of the commonly used MXML controls and containers. The properties, events and styles are taken directly from [...]

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 to Anand [...]