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 [...]

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 the [...]

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 [...]

A surprise delivery arrived the other day. A small square box with an unknown senders address on it. I placed the box on the kitchen counter, grabbed the heavy duty shears and quickly popped it open. The first thing I saw was a Programming Flex 2 book. I wasn’t sure what was going on at [...]

2007 was an AWESOME year for Flex and AIR. 2008 should continue this trend. Here are several different technologies and other items I plan on monitoring going into 2008. Some of these are bleeding edge, others are fundamentals which we’ve been studying for years. “I’m sure that Flex skills will be one of the hottest [...]

Here are a number of podcasts regarding software development. All of these topics are valid for Flex development. Enjoy! Refactoring Pt. 2 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode55-refactoring_pt2.mp3 Design By Contract http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode51-designByContract.mp3 Architecture Patterns (Architecture Pt. 4) http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode41-architecture_pt4.mp3 Refactoring Pt. 1 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode46-refactoring_pt1.mp3 Dynamic Languages for Static Minds http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode49-dynamicLanguages.mp3 Architecture Pt.3 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode30-architecture_pt3.mp3 Architecture Pt. 2 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode25-architecture_pt2.mp3 Development Processes Pt.1 http://media.libsyn.com/media/seradio/seradio-episode24-developmentProcesses_pt1.mp3 Architecture [...]

The Adobe Flex job market has been doing very well over the past 10 months or so. See the chart below for some aggregated calculations from hotgigs.com for hourly Flex rates. I am not sure where they are getting these numbers but this does seem to be inline with what’s going on in the industry. [...]

If you are interested in generating UML and/or AS3 code you might want to take a look at the following tools. The price tags range from $0 to $239. Cairngen – Free http://www.ericfeminella.com/blog/cairngen This tool provides AS3 code generation for Cairngorm based Flex projects. You’ll need to have Ant installed and know how to run [...]