There will be no meeting in May because we will not be in town. I'll be in Minneapolis presenting Mate, a new Flex Framework at cf.Objective() and later in the month in DC at WebManiacs. If there is interest, I can present it at the user group too.
See you in June!
Robert Cadena has provided the slides he showed in our last meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Robert at: robert [[at]] searchcoders [[dot]] com
As a side note, we no longer manage the .com domain, so the information there is not up to date. Although it may look like the official website, it is only a mirror that contains spam links, so update your bookmarks!
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Our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 9th. We will have Robert Cadena presenting about BlazeDS. Please note that this meeting is not scheduled in the normal "first Thursday of the month" to accomodate for the speaker's availability.
BlazeDS: What is it and how to use it.
BlazeDS is an Adobe server side technology that lets Flex applications communicate with the server easily and seamlessly. Find out why you want to use this server technology with Flex, and learn what you get with BlazeDS and how it relates to LiveCycle Data Services.
Robert Cadena is CTO of Chatopica and co-founder of SearchCoders, a Flex development firm. Robert Cadena was co-recipient of the Best Community Application at Adobe Max 2007 for his work on the SearchCoder's Dashboard. Robert's worked on on a wide range of projects, from building automation systems for a nanotube startup to developing the website for Fox Searchlight.
You can see an example of Flex, AIR, and BlazeDS at http://www.searchcoders.com/
Topic: BlazeDS: What is it and how to use it
Speaker: Robert Cadena
Date: April 9th
Time: 7pm
Location: FarHeap Solutions offices at
2601 Main St Suite 1200
Irvine, CA 92614
Pizza and refreshments provided by FarHeap Solutions.
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Mansour Raad, the Senior Software Architect of ArcWebServices at ESRI, will speak at our next OC Flex meeting. This meeting is scheduled one week before our usual meeting date, but it will be a great presentation. In the words of Ben Forta, “[Mansour] is one of the most engaging and passionate presenters I have ever met.”
He will be presenting about ESRI’s Flex mapping components and how easy it is to integrate them in your applications.
Speaker: Mansour Raad
Topic: ESRI’s Flex mapping components
Date: February 27th
Time: 7pm
Location: FarHeap Solutions offices at
2601 Main St Suite 1200
Irvine, CA 92614
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The Creative Group is looking for a Flex 3 developer for a 2-3 week project. The candidate must have both design and development skills. The first part of the project will be taking the front end design of the website and designing it in Flex. The second part of the project is Flex-enabling the entire application.
If you are interested, contact Kimberly Clements at 949-476-3199 or via email: kimberly.clements [at] creativegroup.com
Also in Orange County, Roundpeg, Inc is looking for Flex Developers to join their team at their Newport Beach office. You can read the full description at LA Flex website.
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Here's the source from the example Evan Gifford walked us through during his presentation. It was an AIR application that ties into Flickr. Sorry for the lag time getting this up. Thank goodness one of the members reminded me to get it posted.
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We skipped last months meeting, but we think this months will make up for it. On February 7th Doug McCune is coming to town to speak about “Using Flex Open Source Projects.” Doug is a huge advocate of open source libraries and he's always showcasing the possibilities of what you can achieve in Flex using them. In addition to discussing the various open source libraries out there, he'll be showing how you can implement them in your own Flex projects. Should be a can't-miss event. You can check out his blog at dougmccune.com.
We're also moving to a different location provided by FarHeap Solutions. The address is:
2601 Main St Suite 1200
Irvine, CA 92614
It is across the street from the place we had the December meeting. The location is part of the group of tall brown marble buildings and is the western one, furthest from Jamboree. There will be people at the door and elevator to let people in.
FarHeap Solutions will also be providing pizza and beverages.
So, here's the run down:
Speaker: Doug McCune
Topic: Using Flex Open Source Projects
Date: February 7th
Time: 7pm
Location: 2601 Main St Suite 1200 : Irvine, Ca 92614
See you there!
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Flex 3 and AIR are getting close to launch and in preparation, the Adobe
Platform Evangelist team is traveling to select cities to show off the
great new features and some brand new demos.
Flex 3 is a feature-packed release, adding new UI components like the
Advanced DataGrid and improved CSS capabilities; powerful tooling
additions like refactoring; and extensive testing tools including memory
and performance profiling, plus the addition of the automated testing
framework to Flex Builder.
Adobe AIR is bringing rich applications to the desktop, enabling access to the local file system, system tray, notifications and much more. Now you can write desktop applications using the same skills that you've been already using to create great webapps including both Flex and AJAX.
Don't miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIRbranded schwag, we will also be raffling off a copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability) and a full commercial copy of CS3 Web Premium at this event!
The Flex 3 and AIR pre-release tour will be coming to Los Angeles on January 23, 2008 from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM at Yahoo! Los Angeles, CA. Hosted by the Los Angeles Adobe Flex User Group.
Read more about it here: http://flex.org/tour/
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Here are some links to various topics that were discussed during the last OCFlex meeting surrounding the topic of Adobe AIR. It was a great turnout once again. Thanks to Evan Gifford for a great presentation. We should have his sample files up soon.
AIR on Adobe Labs
AIR Application Showcase
AIR Marketplace
O2 Apps : AIR Applications
Apollo Hunter : Share AIR Applications
35+ AIR Examples for JavaScript Developers
Flex 3/Adobe AIR Prerelease Tour : Los Angeles
DryerFox
AIR Example: HTML Editor
Lee Brimelow: Transitioning to the Desktop with Adobe AIR
onAIR Bus Tour
Someone asked if we could post the link to the resources that were shown at the first meeting. Here it is.
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