BFUG May Meeting

May 21, 2010 - 13:49 — bendalton
05/26/2010 - 18:00
05/26/2010 - 20:00
Etc/GMT-4
Update: Recording Available
View this recorded meeting: http://bit.ly/b2uHMK

Jeffry Houser from Flextras will be talking about "Halo vs Spark ; Flex Component Architecture Showdown"

Plus! Free Pizza, Drinks ;-) and Schwag

Join us at the offices of 39 Degrees North Wednesday at 6pm.
211 N Madison St
Bloomington, IN 47401
Google Maps Link

To join us online with Adobe Connect:
http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/bfug-may/

More Event details and RSVP at:
http://bit.ly/denwqM

Title: Halo vs Spark ; Flex Component Architecture Showdown

Presentation description:
Flex 4 is out and with it comes a whole new approach to building Flex components. Why’d they do it? What does it offer you as a Flex Developer? How does it relate to the old way of doing things? This session will answer those questions. It’ll will dissect the Flex 3 component architecture (Halo) and explain how the Flex 4 component architecture (Spark) changes things. Along the way we’ll compare and contrast with some samples.

Jeffry's Bio:
Jeffry Houser is a technical entrepreneur that likes to share cool stuff with other people.
Jeffry is the Brains behind Flextras, a set of user interface Flex Components that save you time and help you create better Flex applications. He has a Computer Science degree from the days before business met the Internet and has solved a problem or two in his programming career. In 1999, Jeffry started DotComIt, an Adobe Solutions Partner specializing in Rich Internet Applications with Flex and ColdFusion.

Jeffry is an Adobe Community Professional and produces The Flex Show, a podcast that includes expert interviews and screencast tutorials. He also hosts the Flextras Friday Lunch Podcast, a weekly live Q&A session where you can get your questions answered, and also runs a site www.AskTheFlexpert.com where you can get your questions answered privately. Jeffry has spoken at user groups and conferences all over the US, is the co-manager of the Hartford CT Adobe User Group, author of three technical books, and over 30 articles.

In his spare time Jeffry is a musician, old school adventure game aficionado, recording engineer, and he owns a Wii. Find more about Flextras at http://www.flextras.com, ask Jeffry Questions at www.asktheflexpert.com, or check out his podcast at http://www.theflexshow.com, or you can read his personal blog at http://www.jeffryhouser.com

BFUG April Meeting

April 15, 2010 - 12:25 — bendalton
04/23/2010 - 16:30
04/23/2010 - 18:00
Etc/GMT-4
Update: Recording Available
View this recorded meeting: http://bit.ly/d2M7e6


Mansour Raad from ESRI will be talking about "Rapid Development of Mapping Applications using Flex API for ArcGIS Server"

Plus! Free Pizza, Drinks ;-) and Schwag

Join us at the offices of 39 Degrees North Friday at 5:30.
211 N Madison St
Bloomington, IN 47401
Google Maps Link

To join us online with Adobe Connect:
http://experts.na3.acrobat.com/bfug-april/

More Event details and RSVP at:
http://bit.ly/cIyz7Y

Flex Resource

December 2, 2008 - 16:56 — mmadison

Saw this while I was browsing Digg today !

http://www.noupe.com/adobe/flex-developers-toolbox-free-components-theme...

360|Flex Indianapolis Tickets are ON SALE

November 25, 2008 - 16:32 — bendalton

Check it out!

While the event isn't free like BFlex, it is a great deal for someone looking to really get a grip on how to get started with Flex or for those with more advanced interests:

http://www.360conferences.com/360flex/2008/11/360flex-indianapolis-ticke...

BFug Live Blog

September 7, 2008 - 16:53 — mmadison

Today I'm going to be live-blogging from BFlex, an Adobe Flex conference hosted at the Kelly School of Business in Bloomington, IN. I'm in the beginner's track with BFug Manager Ben Dalton. Ben is an Adobe certified Flex instructor. I'm in the room as his assistant today and we'll be working with people that have little or no Flex experience. The goal of this room is to give people who have some programming exposure an overview of how Flex works and what can be done with it!

One of the great things about Flex is that it is incredibly scalable. It could be used to build a widget on your sidebar, or the entire web page, or a product that is deployed through Adobe Air to the desktop.

Since Flex is delivered via Adobe Flash Player, you know that your clients will be in a situation for a couple of things:

  • See The Content: 98% of people out there on the web have Flash Player
  • See The Content The Right Way: Much fewer rendering issues between IE 6/7, Firefox 2/3, Safari, Etc. since they all use Flash Player

BFusion Live Blog

September 7, 2008 - 08:05 — mmadison

I'm the Co-Manager of BFUG, the Bloomington Flex User's Group and I'm spending the day at BFusion, an Adobe Cold Fusion event hosted at the Kelly School of Business here in Bloomington, Indiana. BFlex / BFusion is an event that spans the entire weekend and will spend all day Saturday talking about Adobe Cold Fusion, and Sunday talking about Adobe Flex.

I'm really excited to play around with Cold Fusion. I use a lot of other Adobe products, and I've been told that Cold Fusion does a great job of integrating with Flex (and coincidentally, tomorrow I'm helping to instruct BFlex, a similar event as to BFusion just relating to Flex, more on that later.)

So far, we've done a lot of basic setup. Getting Eclipse configured took quite a bit of time for most people around the room. I'm using the Flex Builder from Adobe, which is built on eclipse (same software more or less.) We are also using CFEclipse, a plugin for Eclipse to make it a little more Cold Fusion friendly.

BFUG Meeting

September 7, 2008 - 07:53 — mmadison
10/01/2008 - 17:30
10/01/2008 - 18:30
Etc/GMT-3

BFUG is going to have a virtual meeting on 10/1 at 6:30pm. The meeting will kick off with some brief information about our User Group, followed by a recap of BLEX. The rest of the meeting will be spent talking about how to integrate Flex into your current development style. We'll give some cool examples, take questions, and give away some free stuff!

More details coming soon!

BFlex and BFusion 2008 - Free Flex and ColdFusion Training in Bloomington, Indiana

August 6, 2008 - 12:03 — bendalton

Okay, we are at it again. BFlex '08 has been announced. We will be hosting the weekend of Flex and ColdFusion training in Bloomington over the weekend of September 6 & 7, 2008.

This year, in addition to Flex, we are offering a day of ColdFusion training.

Check out BFlex.info for more information.

When Should We Meet Next???

June 6, 2008 - 09:41 — bendalton

Help us determine the best time for an AFTERNOON meeting lasting approximately an hour and a half.

Just rank your top 2 choices.

News and Resources from the RIA World

March 9, 2008 - 12:25 — bendalton

Check out these snippets ...

News

Flash is moving to an xml-based authoring format!
http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/03/flash_moving_to.html

360Flex Resources

The largest Flex-Specific conference was held a few weeks ago. Some of the most prominent community members held sessions on a large range of subjects. And, some of these presenters have posted their slides and/or examples to the web for us to see. So, without further ado, here are some links to this content:

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