Archive for the 'frameworks' Category

I’m available for Flex / AS3 / Flash / JavaScript work

That’s right! I’m on the hunt for a great team and project to dive into. Obviously my skills are mostly Flex related, AS3 as well. However I also have experience with JavaScript and Java. I can do UI Design and animation as well. I’ve been working with Flash since 1998 so there aren’t too many [...]

Interview with Jonathan Campos of Miller & Associates and the Spoon Project

name: Jonathan Campos age: 29 employer: Miller & Associates / Dedo Inc. location: Dallas, Tx when did you first get started with computers/programming? how? why? I wasn’t interested in computers for YEARS, mainly because the only computer I was used to seeing was my dad’s golden rod computer that did nothing but print to it’s [...]

Interview with Doug Winnie aka @sfdesigner from Adobe Systems

name: Doug Winnie age: 35, going on 25… employer: Adobe Systems location: San Francisco, CA when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? I started working with Flash and ActionScript back in 1999 when I was still in college and when I started my first web job as a web designer at the University of Delaware. I [...]

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 [...]

Interview with Michelle Rueda aka @ruedaminute

name: Michelle Rueda age: 28 employer: N/A location: Austin, TX (just moved)! when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? Whoooeee. I believe that was in 2005. I was working at a pretty boring, soul-sucking place in NYC and I could do my job well in a couple of hours, so what did I do with the [...]

Interview with John Gorena aka @killerspaz

name: John Gorena age: 27 employer: N/A location: Dallas, TX when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? Funny… I used to be of the mindset that Flash was evil, and slowed everything down when browsing the web… At the time, I was working for a large company and finished this huge project about 9 months early. [...]

Interview with Matthew Wallace

name: Matthew Wallace age: N/A employer: N/A location: N/A when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? I have been a developer since 2001 and started working in the Flash Player since 2004 are you practicing TDD? why/why not? I stated using more TDD this year. It is proven to be a great way to prove functionality [...]

Interview with Jesse Warden aka jesterxl from Web App Solutions

name: Jesse Warden age: 32 employer: self-employed (Warden D&D / Web App Solution) location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA when did you start flash/flex/AIR/AS dev? Started Flash and ActionScript in 2001. Doing our projects in Director didn’t work for a variety of reasons, namely Designers couldn’t use Director with me, their designs were limited, and animations looked [...]

Presentation on May 25th: Intro to Test Driven Development (TDD) and TDD Kata

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 [...]

BabelFX for localization of Flex applications

One of the most useful sessions I attended at 360Flex was Rob Rusher’s session on localization of Flex applications. All the sessions were great but this one applied directly to a project I’m working on. In the session Rob gave an overview of the BabelFX framework and explained how to get it set up and [...]