http://seantheflashguy.com/blog Sean Moore - ActionScript 3.0 Developer, Flex Developer, AIR Developer (Blog) Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:56:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wanted to post a link to this article that I had the pleasure and opportunity of writing for Flash Magazine about the Mate framework for Flex. Mate is an awesome framework used for developing applications using Adobe Flex. I'd like to thank both Jens from Flash Magazine and Laura ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/07/05/mate-framework-article-on-flash-magazine-by-seantheflexguy/ Here is a new pocket guide for Flex 3.0 that somehow slipped past me. I haven't seen this book mentioned anywhere. Things have been mega busy over the last few months so that could explain it. Three things I really like: Flex, O'Reilly and a pocket sized book. These pocket ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/06/22/getting-started-with-flex-3-pocket-guide-for-developers/ The Flex and AS3 ecosystem is exploding. The demand for individuals who know these technologies is at an all time high. I currently get about 5 people per day that are seeking developers who know this stuff. Over the past year the demand has only increased. More and more kats ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/05/24/36-new-cool-flex-and-as3-tools-libraries-and-components/ Wha?? Yes, you read that correctly. I am very honored to be teaming up with the crew at Universal Mind. At this point I have been accepted into the family as a contractor. I have been working with the team for two weeks now and things are going pretty well. ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/05/20/sean-the-flex-guy-universal-mind-watch-out-now/ Erin Fife from Adobe got in touch recently about some pretty cool Flex and Flash development opportunities that are currently available at Adobe. Flex and Flash developers are encouraged to get in contact with Erin directly to speak about potential employment with Adobe. (efife@adobe.com or 408-536-5382) Here is a bit ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/04/07/adobe-is-now-hiring-flex-and-flash-developers/ Dolores Joya sent over a link to her blog with a couple of new Flex 3 experiments today. In her research she was able to develop some pretty cool transitions using the Flex Effects classes. The source code is included with her sample, just do the right click boogie for ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/03/23/video-skinning-explorations-and-fun-with-flex-3-effects/ Here is a draft version for the Flex 3 Cheatsheets. A number of MXML controls are detailed on this draft. For the first few Flex 3 Cheatsheets I am thinking about following this format for the rest of the commonly used MXML controls and containers. The properties, events and ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/03/12/flex-3-cheatsheet-mxml-controls-page-1-draft/ I checked out the SDFUG meeting last night over at the Veoh offices here in SD. Really great group of guys. Kyle Tyacke headed up the festivities. We saw a cool video from Kevin Lynch about AIR and also watched videos about Parleys, DigiMix, eBay Desktop and some other AIR ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/03/06/san-diego-flash-users-group-recap/ As previously mentioned the "Developing AIR Applications with Adobe Flex 3" online manual is really a great place to get information for many of the aspects of AIR development using Flex 3.0. This example was created using the code and information available on this page. There are three classes available to ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/03/04/6-adobe-air-actionscript-apis-explored-part-ii-network-detection/ Congrats to Dan Thomas for being the first contestant to send in the correct answer to the question in my previous post. Dan has scored a free copy of Flex Solutions by Marco Casario. There were a lot of great answers almost all of them were correct however Dan was ... http://seantheflashguy.com/blog/2008/02/08/one-more-free-flex-book-up-for-grabs/