http://seantheflexguy.com/blog Flex Developer, AIR Developer, ActionScript Programmer Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:08:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en These individuals have all inspired and/or helped me at one point in time. I'd like to take a moment to point them out and say thanks. I've personally either worked with, met or digitally communicated with all of these peeps. They have all helped me greatly and their insight is ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2009/06/28/10-awesome-flex-developers-you-should-follow/ Last August I began researching and exploring the new features and capabilities in the next version of Flex, Flex 4 Gumbo. Adobe has been posting nightly builds of Flex 4 since last summer. Gareth Edwards was nice enough to help me to get set up and compiling the SDK at ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2009/06/01/oreilly-insideria-overview-of-flex-4-gumbo/ When developing Flex and/or AIR applications there are a handful of tools that really make the difference between a good project and a great project. They are all very valuable and provide stability and clarity for the RIA development process; or at least they have for me. From Unit Testing ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2009/05/20/top-ten-flex-tools-and-resources/ The world of Flex development is pretty big and it's expanding all the time. There are many types of applications that can be built with Flex from dashboards to widgets, media playback utilities to Enterprise RIAs and don't forget interactive kiosks and Internet aware desktop applications. One of the most ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2009/02/27/how-do-i-learn-flex/ The Spring framework is not new, it's been around since mid 2003. In very simple terms Spring is a framework to help build Java (and .NET) applications. Spring helps organize and orchestrate the source code for Java applications. Spring can be used with any Java application including Java web applications. This ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2009/02/25/simple-spring-example-project/ Understanding more about Java is great. A good amount of knowledge can be shared between Flex/ActionScript 3.0 and Java. I've worked with Java in the past, compiled some applications, read the tutorials and some books, helped build a Java based LMS and also worked with Adobe on writing a simple ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2009/02/20/a-flex-flash-guy-learning-more-about-java/ The San Diego Flash Users Group invited me to give a presentation on Flex Best Practices last night. Thanks to everyone who took the time to join the meeting. Thanks to Kyle and Chris for inviting me to present. Also thanks a lot to everyone who provided all the great ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2009/01/08/flex-best-practices-presentations/ Following best practices during the development process can help organize and structure an application. Standardized development provides clarity, stability, longevity and scalability. I worked with several members of the Flex community and the Adobe Flex Team to create this article outlining over 90 best practices for the Flex development process. ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/12/13/flex-best-practices-part-2-development-practices/ The last year has been an incredibly exciting one to say the least. A lot has happened for Adobe, for Flex, for the Flash community, for the world at large and for me personally. Looking back on this year I wanted a visual guide to show at a glance just ... http://seantheflexguy.com/blog/2008/11/22/new-portfolio-page-and-photo-of-my-code-at-max-08/ 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/