Flash Player 10 beta, code name Astro is out.
I just checked out a great video by Lee Brimelow on http://gotoandlearn.com that will get you up and running with Flash Player 10. Here is the link. http://www.gotoandlearn.com/player.php?id=73.
You can check out the Adobe Labs site for instructions for setting this up and using Flex Builder if you would like to go that route.
If you guys didn’t get to go to the Cold Fusion meeting it was really good. If you get a chance please have a look at the presentation when you get a chance. Pretty cool stuff.
The Presentation will basically show you how to set up your AIR project to be able to call Remote Objects in Cold Fusion. If you are not a Cold Fusion programmer I bet some of you savvy programmers out there could get this working with say AMF-PHP or some other AMF project like that.
Alright guys…… I launched a new web site yesterday. Some of you that are in my contacts list via gmail may have already gotten an invite so if you did then you can disregard this post.
First up thanks to all of you that make this user group possible. Without it I think my skills as a developer would not be where they are today for sure. In an effort to get more exposure in the languages that I develop in and also to allow for opportunities for you guys to teach, learn, and grow in the development community, I have started Coder Resource.
If you are sick of yet another Social Network I totally understand. My goal here is to leverage this site to open more opportunity for the local user groups and individual programmers that have not yet found a local community to be a part of. This may also open opportunities for meeting developers that are willing to come and teach us some new things or in the case of some of you that are really good at what you do….. you may find that other groups or businesses may want you to come and teach them some of your kick ass ninja coding skills !
The site is set up in a way where you can do a couple of things. There is a blogging feature so that you can write a small blurb and link back to your own site if you like or write a full blown article. I don’t really care as long as you 1. benefit from using it and 2. the community comes away with some little bit of info that helps them all. There is also a video feature for posting small clips if you like of something that you figured out. If you have a longer video tutorial I would encourage you to link to your own server if it is a fairly large file.
The other feature of the site that I like is you can set up your own group so if you do join and you don’t see a group for your specific language interest then please start a group. I have already set up a CF, Flex, and PHP group. I know some of you are .NET programmers and I am sure there are some other programming interests out there that I don’t know about.
Again thanks for taking the time and I hope this new site benefits you in some way. Let me know your thoughts and suggestions if you have any at all.
Alright, our meeting on March the 11th 2008 was really cool but the Acrobat Connect recording didn’t work out so well, so Scot was kind enough to re-record and break the presentation down into separate videos for us.
At this presentation Scot started us on a series about the fundamentals of using Caingorm and MVC in Flex. I have to admit that this was a bit over my head and I had no desire to learn anything about Cairngorm, but I think once you listen to Scot explain it, I think you will catch on and may beside you would like to start using this framework as part of your development strategy.
As you sharpen your Development skills you will find that OOP (Object Oriented Programing) is a much better way to code your applications. You may or may not want to use Cairngorm for this but watching this series should give you a good idea of whether or not you would like to or not.
Check out the first part of Scot’s searies by going to this link. http://blog.tsclausing.com/cairngorm-series
Scot will be continuing his series at the next meeting of April 8th 2008 so brush up for that by watching the first part over the next few weeks.
Our good friends in the Nashville ColdFusion User Group are hosting a meeting with Zach Sepek. Should be cool. This should be worth your time for sure. Even if you are not a ColdFusion Developer. Please join us if you can. Please RSVP Arron West at rsvp@ncfug.com
WHAT:
Zach Stepek on ColdFusion and AIR
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
WHERE:
Dealerskins Office / Adobe Connect
We’ll be meeting at Dealerskins (directions below) and having pizza
at 6:00pm CDT, with Zach’s talk kicking off at 6:30pm CDT via Adobe Connect.
Dealerskins Address:
404 BNA Dr. Building 200, Suite 600
Nashville, TN 37217
Next meeting will be presented by Scot Clausing. For more about Scot please visit his blog at blog.tsclausing.com
Acrobat Connect URL will be http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/r83536615/
Cairngorm Fundamentals
MVC Flex applications with Cairngorm
1) What is Cairngorm?
2) Why use a MVC framework like Cairngorm?
3) How is the MVC pattern carried out in a Flex + Cairngorm application?
- Model:Â Role of the ModelLocator & Model Objects
- View:Â Role of View Components & Event Objects
- Controller: Role of the FrontController & Command Objects
4) Build an example Flex + Cairngorm app from scratch w/ group input
5) Practical tips going forward
Meeting will start at 7:00 PM at DealerSkins. Here are the directions.
Just a friendly reminder that a week from today we’ll be hosting a special Flex / AIR event. All the details are located here: http://www.615flex.com/2008/01/14/join-the-615flex-user-group-for-this-cant-miss-meeting/.
Feb 12th, 2008: Thermo, Flex4 and MXMLG are slated to bring exciting new capabilities to Flex eventually, but what if you could use some of these new features in your projects today? At this months meeting, Ben will be demonstrating the Degrafa and OpenFlux frameworks. Degrafa is a declarative graphics framework (similar to MXMLG), which allows developers and designers to create rich, custom graphics without the need to know AS3 or the Flash graphics API. OpenFlux takes Degrafa a step further by introducing a new component model (similar to changes rumored to be in Flex4), which allows developers to create entirely new custom components with minimal effort.
Bio of presenter: Ben Stucki is an independent software developer in Nashville, TN. He might have had an average, every-day job selling retail electronics or installing cable, but he doesn’t. He designs and develops bleeding edge web applications using Flex 2, ActionScript 3, C#, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Apparently he’s pretty good at it. He speaks at user group meetings just to rub it in.
Meetings usually start around 6:00 or 6:30 at the latest. All meetings are held at DealerSkins unless noted otherwise. Here are the directions.
Acrobat Connect for anyone that can’t make it. http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p48923740/
Adobe’s RIA technologies enable you to rapidly build and deploy the most engaging applications across browsers and on the desktop. The 615Flex user group is hosting a special live event to share exciting new information on Adobe’s platform tools and technologies for building RIAs. You’ll see an exclusive user group video presentation by Adobe Chief Software Architect, Kevin Lynch, hear some important product news, plus get your hands on some exclusive schwag and other giveaways. Be part of the fun and excitement and join the rest of the Adobe developer community by participating in this very special event.
When:
Monday, February 25 at 7:00pm CST
Where:
Dealerskins Office
404 BNA Dr.
Suite 600 (Building 200)
Nashville, TN 37217
Map and directions:
http://tinyurl.com/36gw67
Come to the Flex and AIR Pre-release Tour and you could win!!!
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New iPod Nano |
Flex Builder 3 (after release) |
CS3 WebDesign Premium |
Adobe emailed me with more details today. If you have not signed up for the event, please do so. Along with a copy of Flex Builder 3 (when it comes out), or Web Design Premium CS3, Adobe will also be providing a new ipod nano to be given out at the event. Additionally I have word that there will be Adobe SWAG to give out too.What do I have to do to win you ask? Print out your registration confirmation that you get via email after filling out the registration on the special events page. Next show up to the event. It is that simple.
This Just in….. Jan 22, 2008
Dealerskins has been great as a sponsor of the 615Flex group. We currently have our monthly meetings at there offices and they where the ones that secured the venue for the event. They came to me today and said that they would like to sponsor giving away iPod shuffles at the event, so the have purchased 4 shuffles that we will be giving away at the event along with the other cool stuff.
The Food for the event will be provided by The Dave Ramsey Show. Please give Dave your support by giving his radio show a listen. Pretty good stuff that we can all relate too.
The PA system for the event will be provided by Shuff’s Music in Downtown Franklin. Please support them if you need instruments or lessons.
John Walker at Aristo Works was very kind in donating his time to build us a PHP based registration page and also the app that will be choosing winners for the event. I wanted to do a cool Flex app for this but time just did not permit me build one. Thanks John!Adobe has also provided us with a budget and I will be spending that on providing Beer at the event.
