http://seantheflexguy.com/blog Flex Developer, AIR Developer, ActionScript Programmer Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:41:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In case you missed it here is a link to the article discussing the Strategy Design Pattern that was recently featured on the O'Reilly, InsideRIA website. Writing the article was a really wonderful experience and I'm extremely excited to have another in the works now. More on that later. Here ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/11/08/exploring-the-strategy-design-pattern-article-on-insideria/ Here are five great Flex 3.0 and AIR books that are worth checking out in the next several months. Programming Flex 2 is an outstanding book and the updated Programming Flex 3 is sure to please. Creating Visual Experiences with Flex 3.0 by Juan Sanchez and Andy McIntosh is a ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/09/03/5-new-flex-and-air-books-for-fall-and-winter-2008/ Autumn is here again and it's time to review some of the happenings from the summer. Here are 43 hand selected Flex and ActionScript 3.0 libraries, APIs, tips, and tricks.  There have been several new APIs launched, Cairngorm was open sourced, a Flex 3 update was released and Grant Skinner ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/08/31/43-hot-flex-and-actionscript-30-apis-tips-and-tools-for-autumn-2008/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="169" caption="Flex 4: flex.components"][/caption] Here is a very simple example that displays some of the components that are located in the new flex.components package.  The SWF is interesting because it is visually a little different than the classic Flex theme. No CSS has been altered in this example. ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/08/29/flex-4-flexcomponents-example-source-code/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="202" caption="The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Nature, Preserving Life"][/caption] Thanks to the Adobe Developer Connection for putting together this awesome program! Authors that contributed work to the ADC from June through August in 2008 were each given an opportunity to choose from 5 charities to donate $100 to. ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/08/28/adobe-developer-center-write-and-give-program-donations/ Just a quick post regarding Flash Forward 2008. There is a killer line up this year including: David Carson, Erik Natzke, Grant Skinner, Keith Peters, Lee Brimelow, Paul Ortchanian, Tinic Uro, Luke Bayes, Stacey Mulcahy and Branden Hall to name a few. David Carson should certainly have some interesting ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/08/18/seantheflexguy-attending-flash-forward-2008-sf/ Here is a great book from Manning about AIR development that you might want to check out. Topics include: windowing, menus, file system, drag-and-drop, local databases, SQLite, HTML in AIR, network connectivity and also updating/distributing apps. Flex and Flash based AIR development techniques are covered. "Adobe AIR in Action introduces ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/08/16/get-introduced-to-air-with-this-awesome-book-from-manning/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Mock Flex 4 Gumbo logo"][/caption] 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 ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/08/02/flex-4-gumbo-link-roundup-from-getting-started-to-skinning/ 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, ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/07/28/free-training-dvd-total-training-adobe-flex-2-advanced-visual-programming/ 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 ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/07/26/flex-best-practices-%e2%80%93-part-1-setting-up-your-flex-project-article/