tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28140036658740973952009-07-05T23:42:09.602-06:00Flex/RIA Software ArchitectAdam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814003665874097395.post-51484763395242120432008-06-24T14:23:00.005-06:002008-06-24T14:31:50.447-06:00The second post in our sub-series on Flex Builder is out!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.adobe.com/images/store/product_boxshots/150x150/box_flexbuilderstandard3_150x150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.adobe.com/images/store/product_boxshots/150x150/box_flexbuilderstandard3_150x150.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Read here: <a href="http://www.insideria.com/2008/06/lffs-12.html">LFFS - 12: Flex Builder Part 2 - Getting Acquainted With The Workbench</a><br /><br />Also, we've registered <a href="http://www.learningflexfromscratch.com/">www.learningflexfromscratch.com</a> as a shortcut to our content on <a href="http://www.insideria.com/">Inside RIA</a>.<br /><br />thanks for reading<br />-adam<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2814003665874097395-5148476339524212043?l=adamflater.blogspot.com'/></div>Adam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814003665874097395.post-6207048644783457382008-05-09T14:26:00.003-06:002008-05-09T14:51:05.559-06:00As many of you know I've been co-writing a series on the O'Reilly site <a href="http://www.insideria.com">www.insideria.com</a> with my friend <a href="http://yogascott.blogspot.com">Scott Sheridan</a> called <a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/">Learning Flex from Scratch</a>.  A big thanks to <a href="http://blog.everythingflex.com/">Rich Tretola</a> for having us on as a part of Inside RIA. <div><br /></div><div>When we started the series Scott had no experience as a programmer. His academic background is in Psychology and he is a music and yoga teacher. He literally began this project at a point of learning Flex from scratch. My academic background is in Computer Science and Sociology. One of the things that interested me in the very small amount of study I did in the Sociology of Eduction is the idea that students often make the best teachers. So, my role in this project was/is as mentor and technical editor as Scott chronicles his experiences learning the ins and outs of becoming a Flex developer.<div><br /></div><div>The insight that I've gained on how a person learns to be a programmer has been invaluable. I hope this project has resulted in a novel resource for the novice to learn how to really use all of the powerful capabilities offered by the Flex platform.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, we're starting to talk about planning where to go next. <a href="http://www.johnwilker.com/">John Wilker</a> and <a href="http://lordbron.wordpress.com/">Tom Ortega</a> were gracious enough to accept both Scott and myself as presenters at <a href="http://www.360conferences.com/360flex/">360 Flex | San Jose</a>. We will be presenting the <a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/">LFFS</a> series. After that we're open to what comes next and I'd love to hear some feedback on what would be most valuable to those of you out there learning Flex.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are some ideas to think about:</div><div> - A full length book in the LFFS style</div><div> - A series of pocket-guide books</div><div> - Continuing the series as is</div><div> - Creating a featured site for LFFS that includes addt'l writers</div><div> - A focus on LFFS sessions at Adobe community events</div><div> </div><div>Don't think of this as a comprehensive list of choices or that any choices are mutually exclusive. We'd love to hear what will be the most valuable resource for you. Feel free to comment on this post or e-mail me at adamflater at gmail dot com.</div><div><br /></div><div>thanks</div><div>-adam</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2814003665874097395-620704864478345738?l=adamflater.blogspot.com'/></div>Adam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814003665874097395.post-34792374360133093872008-05-02T13:42:00.002-06:002008-05-02T13:46:40.974-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand" src="http://adamflater.net/blogassets/InsideRIA_badge_200.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>The <a href="http://www.insideria.com/2008/05/lffs-9-mxml-continued-and-a-sa.html">latest post</a> in the <a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/">Learning Flex from Scratch</a> series is up. This post continues exploring the MXML language and leaves you with a uncompleted application to finish. The first "homework assignment" of <a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/">LFFS</a>, if you will. Check back next week for explanation of the solution Scott came up with.<div><br /></div><div>thanks for reading</div><div>-adam</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2814003665874097395-3479237436013309387?l=adamflater.blogspot.com'/></div>Adam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814003665874097395.post-42126662493461681452008-04-10T10:51:00.002-06:002008-04-10T11:00:44.551-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand" src="http://adamflater.net/blogassets/InsideRIA_badge_200.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>The <a href="http://www.insideria.com/2008/04/in-this-installment-of-learnin.html">latest post</a> in the <a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/">Learning Flex from Scratch</a> series is up. It focuses on the online resources <a href="http://yogascott.blogspot.com/">Scott</a> has found useful while learning Flex. We'll be doing more of these posts as the series continues, but you can also check out the <a href="http://del.icio.us/lffs">del.icio.us</a> account that Scott setup for <a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/">LFFS</a>. Here you will find the URLs of the resources he finds valuable while learning Flex and writing <a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/">Learning Flex from Scratch</a>.<div><br /></div><div>thanks for reading</div><div>-adam</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2814003665874097395-4212666249346168145?l=adamflater.blogspot.com'/></div>Adam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814003665874097395.post-88790259658748808112008-03-12T17:30:00.003-06:002008-03-12T17:35:56.919-06:00<a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/"><img src="http://adamflater.net/blogassets/InsideRIA_badge_200.gif" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a><br /><br />Our latest post in the Inside RIA series "Learning Flex from Scratch" is up. It's called: <a href="http://www.insideria.com/2008/03/lffs-4-actionscript-30.html">LFFS - 4: Actionscript 3.0</a>. In this post Scott begins his journey into the syntax of Actionscript 3.0. This first post is a look at how to write a basic class... posts will follow with examples on writing loops, if-then conditionals and more..<br /><br />stay tuned<br />-adam<br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2814003665874097395-8879025965874880811?l=adamflater.blogspot.com'/></div>Adam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814003665874097395.post-54582881080936450432008-02-29T09:41:00.004-07:002008-02-29T09:50:05.310-07:00<a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/"><img src="http://adamflater.net/blogassets/InsideRIA_badge_200.gif" style="border: 0pt none ;" /></a><br /><br />Our latest post in the Inside RIA series "Learning Flex from Scratch" is up. It's called: <a href="http://www.insideria.com/2008/02/lffs-3-object-oriented-languag.html">LFFS - 3: Object Oriented Language</a>. In this post we unpack the definition and need for an object oriented language and also define object oriented concepts that are relevant for our next post on ActionScript.<br /><br />Stay tuned.. thanks for reading. <br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2814003665874097395-5458288108093645043?l=adamflater.blogspot.com'/></div>Adam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814003665874097395.post-82715074287111652242008-02-19T10:52:00.003-07:002008-02-19T10:57:55.509-07:00The second post in our Learning Flex from scratch series is up: <a href="http://www.insideria.com/2008/02/lffs-2-flex-defined.html">Flex Defined</a>. This post defines Flex and the important concepts around it. In our next post we'll start looking at the programming languages of Flex... Stay tuned...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2814003665874097395-8271507428711165224?l=adamflater.blogspot.com'/></div>Adam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814003665874097395.post-59217200156366660652008-02-12T10:54:00.001-07:002008-02-18T06:15:43.563-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://adamflater.net/blogassets/InsideRIA_badge_200.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://adamflater.net/blogassets/InsideRIA_badge_200.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>Our first post is up on the O'Reilly Inside RIA Site.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.insideria.com/2008/02/lffs1-meet-the-authors-meet-fl.html">LFFS - 1: Meet the Authors, Meet Flex</a><br /><br />This first post is an introduction of Scott and myself and a way to set a base for what we'll be up to in the coming posts. Our next post is called Flex Defined. In Flex Defined we'll define the major topics of Flex that are important for a novice learning Flex to be aware of.<br /><br />You'll also be able to find the aggregation of all our posts at: <a href="http://www.insideria.com/adam_flater_and_scott_sheridan/">InsideRIA: Adam Flater and Scott Sheridan Archives</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2814003665874097395-5921720015636666065?l=adamflater.blogspot.com'/></div>Adam Flaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18224648613573489463noreply@blogger.com0