Flex and Fuse the Arch http://flexandfusethearch.com St. Louis based Adobe User Group for Flex, ColdFusion and AIR Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:06:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 en Why Flex? http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/07/09/why-flex/ http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/07/09/why-flex/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:06:08 +0000 admin http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/07/09/why-flex/ Alliance Systems is giving a presentation on July 23rd at the Pujols 5 Westport Grill. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/122896587  

]]> http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/07/09/why-flex/feed/ IntelliJ IDEA adds Flex coding support http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/04/22/intellij-idea-adds-flex-coding-support/ http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/04/22/intellij-idea-adds-flex-coding-support/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:29:02 +0000 jeff.roberts http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/04/22/intellij-idea-adds-flex-coding-support/ InfoQ has an article on the new Flex/ActionScript coding features in IntelliJ IDEA. You can read the article here.

]]> http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/04/22/intellij-idea-adds-flex-coding-support/feed/ Flex 3.0 and Air 1.0 released today! http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/02/25/flex-30-and-air-10-released-today/ http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/02/25/flex-30-and-air-10-released-today/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:26:10 +0000 jeff.roberts http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/02/25/flex-30-and-air-10-released-today/ Adobe Systems has announced the availability of Flex 3.0 and Air 1.0 today, which also means that FlexBuilder 3 is now available!

You can read all about it at http://www.adobe.com.

Along with the announcement, Adobe has created a new website where you can track Adobe’s open source activities, download any of their open source software and even participate. Find out more at http://opensource.adobe.com.

I’ve aggregated a few links for you to find out more:

]]> http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/02/25/flex-30-and-air-10-released-today/feed/ Great turnout in February http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/02/08/great-turnout-in-february/ http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/02/08/great-turnout-in-february/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:26:55 +0000 jeff.roberts http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/02/08/great-turnout-in-february/ We had a great turnout at our fourth meeting last night. James Ward from Adobe was our guest speaker and he enlightened us on the new features in Flex 3 and AIR and even told us a bit about Thermo and Blaze DS.

If you missed it, we had a great turnout. Approximately 30 people attended, which shattered our previous attendance marks. We hope that this meeting will give us the momentum we needed to get all of the Flex, AIR and ColdFusion developers to attend regularly. It was a great opportunity to network, meet new people, make new friends and learn.

Three lucky people left with nice gifts. Adobe provided door prizes which included an iPod Nano, a copy of FlexBuilder 3 and a full copy of CS3 Web Premium valued at $1,700!! There was lots of other schwag as well including t-shirts, books, coffee mugs, sports thermoses and several other things. Everyone went home with something.

Adobe was also gracious enough to provide funding for the food and drink. We had Qdoba Mexican food, which included tacos, beans, chips, salsa and some sweets to finish.

We would like to thank all of you that attended and hope that you will choose to attend regularly. We would also like to thank the Drive Agency for graciously hosting our meetings each month. Next, we’d like to thank Adobe for providing all of the prizes, funding our meal and making James Ward available to us and finally, we’d like to thank James Ward for taking his time to visit our new group and tell us all about Flex 3 and AIR!

]]> http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/02/08/great-turnout-in-february/feed/ Flex Camp in Chicago - January 18, 2008 http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/01/09/flex-camp-in-chicago-january-18-2008/ http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/01/09/flex-camp-in-chicago-january-18-2008/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:18:16 +0000 jeff.roberts http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/01/09/flex-camp-in-chicago-january-18-2008/ flexcamp_logo.gif

FLEX CAMP CHICAGO

Friday, January 18, 2008
Illinois Technology Association (200 S. Wacker Drive, 15th Floor)

Flex Camp Chicago is a full-day event for Flex developers and the Flex-curious. Come learn more about Flex, whether you’re just beginning or already experienced, and meet others in the Chicago Flex community. You can find more details and register at www.flexcampchicago.com.

]]> http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/01/09/flex-camp-in-chicago-january-18-2008/feed/ Adobe releases BlazeDS and AMF spec to open source http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/01/01/adobe-releases-blazeds-and-amf-spec-to-open-source/ http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/01/01/adobe-releases-blazeds-and-amf-spec-to-open-source/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:40:30 +0000 jeff.roberts http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/01/01/adobe-releases-blazeds-and-amf-spec-to-open-source/ On December 13, 2007, Adobe announced that it is releasing BlazeDS and publishing the AMF (Action Message Format) specification and contributing both to open source.

BlazeDS is a Java code library that allows developers to communicate more effectively between the Flash Player (client) and the Java server. BlazeDS automatically marshals calls between the two using AMF, a binary data transfer format. Adobe claims that the use of AMF over other more traditional data transfer formats (SOAP, XML) allows applications to load data from the server over 10 times faster.

Resources

]]> http://flexandfusethearch.com/2008/01/01/adobe-releases-blazeds-and-amf-spec-to-open-source/feed/ First Meeting Topic: Neat stuff we learned at MAX2007 http://flexandfusethearch.com/2007/10/18/first-meeting-topic-neat-stuff-we-learned-at-max2007/ http://flexandfusethearch.com/2007/10/18/first-meeting-topic-neat-stuff-we-learned-at-max2007/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:25:05 +0000 admin http://flexandfusethearch.com/?p=3 Hey there! We hope you can make it to our inagural Flex and Fuse the Arch meeting. Jeff and I will each make a mini presentation about things we learned at MAX this year.

This meeting will also serve as a chance to meet other developers interested in Flex, Coldfusion and AIR. Come and check it out!

Who: You, hopefully!
When: October 30th, 6pm-7:30pm
Where: 1617 Locust, St. Louis (space graciously provided by The Drive Agency)

Comments, questions? Contact me by email: jp@flexandfusethearch.com

]]> http://flexandfusethearch.com/2007/10/18/first-meeting-topic-neat-stuff-we-learned-at-max2007/feed/ Welcome to our community! http://flexandfusethearch.com/2007/09/27/hello-world/ http://flexandfusethearch.com/2007/09/27/hello-world/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:42:12 +0000 admin Greetings from the land of the Ted Drewes Ice Cream, Peat Wolleager, the Arch, heat and humidity. We are beginning a new Adobe User Group focused on knowledge sharing and networking developers in Flex, Coldfusion and AIR. We are planning to have a monthly meeting, starting in October.

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