A compilation of O'Reilly Media's information about Flex, a collection of technologies for the development of rich internet applications based on Adobe's Flash platform, from news, books, conferences, courses, community, and reports. Copyright O'Reilly Media, Inc. http://oreilly.com/flex/ 2010-06-28T07:00:15-08:00 O'Reilly Media, Inc. no O'Reilly Media, Inc. webmaster@oreillynet.com http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/an-introduction-to-robotlegs-a-2.html

This is the third in a series of Robotlegs articles that will appear here on InsideRIA in the coming weeks detailing core Robotlegs concepts and working through some more advanced concepts involving third party utilities and libraries built to interact with them.

Joel Hooks 2010-06-28T07:00:15-08:10 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/riaradio-flashbelt-day-1.html

Day one of Flashbelt we were able to grab quite a few good interviews. More to come.

Garth Braithwaite 2010-06-22T10:35:07-08:11 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/flash-camp-manchester.html

Last year Flash Midlands staged Flash Camp Birmingham, a completely free event that attracted over 200 Flash professionals for a day of inspiring presentations and networking opportunities. This year we've gone a little further and put Manchester on the Flash...

Rich Tretola 2010-06-21T15:00:27-08:12 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/swiz-framework-nears-version-1.html

The Swiz micro-architecture for Flex development is nearing version 1.0. This is an important milestone for the Swiz team, some of whom have been working on the product for over two years new. If you haven't tried Swiz yet now is a great time to start. If you've been using Swiz for a while, make sure you submit any bugs for 1.0 before it's too late!

RJ Owen 2010-06-18T12:00:57-08:13 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/an-introduction-to-robotlegs-a-1.html

This is the second in a series of Robotlegs articles that will appear here on InsideRIA in the coming weeks detailing core Robotlegs concepts and working through some more advanced concepts involving third party utilities and libraries built to interact with them.

Joel Hooks 2010-06-17T06:28:25-08:14 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/flex-4-cookbook-999-ebook.html

The O'Reilly eBook deal of the day is the Flex 4 cookbook by Joshua Noble, Todd Anderson, Garth Braithwaite, Marco Casario, and Rich Tretola. Today Only! You can get it for only $9.99. Flex 4 Cookbook http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596805623/ Use discount...

Rich Tretola 2010-06-10T18:58:31-08:15 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/the-top-5-reasons-to-attend-fl-1.html

Flashbelt is approaching quickly. If you are already planning to attend here are highlights to look forward to, if you are on the fence these are some reasons to attend, and if you are decided not to go here is...

Garth Braithwaite 2010-06-07T17:28:39-08:16 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/an-introduction-to-robotlegs-a.html

This is the first in a series of Robotlegs articles that will appear here on InsideRIA in the coming weeks detailing core Robotlegs concepts and working through some more advanced concepts involving third party utilities and libraries built to interact with them.

Joel Hooks 2010-06-07T17:28:39-08:17 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/top-security-threats-to-flashf-1.html

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a vulnerability that allows attackers to inject client-side script. XSS stands for many of the attack we see on the Web today. Attackers find some kind of a creative way to inject script into web pages, which than allow them to expose the user to many security risks

Elad Elrom 2010-06-04T18:36:59-08:18 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/riaradio-lost-episode-michael.html

Notice this episode was recorded at the end of 2009 and was lost. Although a few references are a bit dated it is a fantastic episode. Since this is being released late at no fault of FDT please make...

Garth Braithwaite 2010-06-02T09:30:22-08:19 http://www.insideria.com/2010/06/announcing-flex-on-java-exchan.html

Skills Matter is organizing the first annual Flex on Java eXchange in London on June 16th. This highly interactive, intimate event will feature Tomas Lin, who will give a talk on Grails with Flex... Spring BlazeDS project Lead Jeremy...

Rich Tretola 2010-06-02T03:35:35-08:20 http://www.insideria.com/2010/05/letting-the-data-tell-its-own.html

In this post, I have decided to focus upon one of my favorite topics, data visualization. It all started when an old friend from high school posted a link indicating that this past January and April were the hotest ever recorded, according to a NASA data set. I want to avoid the political discussions associated with this topic, and rather allow the data to tell its own story through visualization using Adobe Flex. You could stare at a grid of data for hours, and never see the trends or intricacies that become obvious once you put the data into a visual format.

Andrew Trice 2010-05-27T20:59:00-08:21 http://www.insideria.com/2010/05/7-reasons-to-write-in-actionsc.html

There seemed to be some disagreement about my previous post on InsideRIA about moving your Flex Components from MXML to an ActionScript only base. The article was intended to teach readers about the Flex Component lifecycle; but backed into...

Jeffry Houser 2010-05-26T11:36:03-08:22 http://www.insideria.com/2010/05/adobe-pdf-navigator-developer.html

Adobe PDF Navigator developer contest could get your Flex/Flash resume in front of leading RIA & brand agencies Win a MacBook Air, Dell Adamo, iPad, Nexus One or Netbook Adobe's Acrobat User Community has launched the Acrobat PDF Portfolio Navigator...

Rich Tretola 2010-05-13T02:28:26-08:23 http://answers.oreilly.com/

What's Android's file/folder hierarchy and structure? Start Over: Restore Your iPad's Software How to Avoid Making Homely Android Apps Tips for Optimizing Your Flex Applications Sync Your iPad Mail Settings with iTunes Share knowledge, ask questions on O'Reilly Answers today.

O'Reilly Media 2010-05-11T13:35:45-08:24 http://www.insideria.com/2010/05/my-experience-speaking-at-ffk.html

I have finally recovered after speaking at FFK 2010. Little did I know that my stay in Germany would be extended by several days, thanks to a Volcano in Iceland. However, much like the volcano, FFK was explosive! It was...

Jesse Freeman 2010-05-05T11:00:07-08:25 http://www.insideria.com/2010/05/episode-14-litl-and-flash-and.html

Chuck Freedman, Evangelist at litl, and Kevin Suttle, Organizer at Flash and the City, join us to discuss the litl device and platform, and the upcoming announcement at Flash and the City May 14-16. Leif Wells and Zach Stepek...

Garth Braithwaite 2010-05-05T11:00:07-08:26 http://www.insideria.com/2010/04/where-the-wild-things-are-an-a-3.html

Late last year, I took it upon myself to learn Silverlight. You see, I’m both a Flex and a .NET developer, so it makes a certain sense. I’ve also spent plenty of time criticising fanboys of both genres, so here I am putting my money where my mouth is. This is the final in a four part series. We cover databinding, dependency properties, attached properties and a few of Silverlight's standout features.

Justin J. Moses 2010-04-26T06:27:41-08:27 http://www.insideria.com/2010/04/episode-12-dee-sadler.html

Dee Sadler joins us to discuss D2W, the upcoming designer developer workflow conference she has organized. We also discuss her involvement in the Adobe Community. Leif Wells cohosts. Follow us at twitter.com/riaradio or facebook.com/riaradio Listen to this week's podcast...

Garth Braithwaite 2010-04-21T12:27:34-08:28 http://www.insideria.com/2010/04/grouped-breakpoints.html

This tip works with Flex Builder 3 and Flash Builder 4; for convenience let us simply refer to both of them as FB. When developing a Flex library for a client, I was testing how the library interacts with the...

Mike Slinn 2010-04-19T08:29:48-08:29 http://www.insideria.com/2010/04/episode-11-the-state-of-ria-ra.html

Just us, giggling. Best. Episode. Ever.

Garth Braithwaite 2010-04-14T10:58:31-08:30 http://www.insideria.com/2010/04/ria-radio-360flex-day-3greg-bu.html

RIA Radio was at 360|Flex in San Jose, CA to talk with experts and community members. On day two, the RIA Radio team sat down with Greg Burch, Rachel Luxemburg, and the Reflex team: Ben Stucki, Jac Wright, and Tyler Wright.

Garth Braithwaite 2010-04-12T15:35:17-08:31 http://www.insideria.com/2010/04/ria-radio-360flex-day-2-elad-e.html

Earlier this month, RIA Radio was at 360|Flex in San Jose, CA to talk with experts and community members. On day two, the RIA Radio team sat down with Elad Elrom, Kevin Hoyt and Renaun Erickson, Lee Brimelow and Terry Ryan, and Michael Labriola and Jeff Tapper.

Garth Braithwaite 2010-04-05T09:56:53-08:32 http://www.insideria.com/2010/04/where-the-wild-things-are-an-a-2.html

Late last year, I took it upon myself to learn Silverlight. You see, I’m both a Flex and a .NET developer, so it makes a certain sense. I’ve also spent plenty of time criticising fanboys of both genres, so here I am putting my money where my mouth is. This is part three of a four part series. We cover resources, styling, templating and state management.

Justin J. Moses 2010-04-05T09:56:53-08:33 http://www.insideria.com/2010/04/principles-of-user-experience.html

This excerpt is from Chapter 4 (Spark containers, view states, effects, and styling) of Hello! Flex 4, by Peter Armstrong. This excerpt is published with permission. Principles of User Experience Design - Hello! Flex 4 User Experience Design, often...

Peter Armstrong 2010-04-01T18:27:37-08:34 http://www.insideria.com/2010/03/ria-radio-360flex-day-1-tom-or.html

Earlier this month, RIA Radio was at 360|Flex in San Jose, CA to talk with experts and community members. On day one, the RIA Radio team sat down with John Wilker and Tom Ortega, Matt Chotin, and Doug Winnie.

Garth Braithwaite 2010-03-31T12:35:49-08:35 http://www.insideria.com/2010/03/episode-10-tony-holguin-gaia.html

Tony Holguin, Mobile Designer at Smashing Ideas, joins me to talk about agency life, application development workflow, and mobile application design and development. Listen to this week's podcast (m4a or mp3). You can also subscribe to the RIA Radio...

Garth Braithwaite 2010-03-29T09:13:17-08:36 http://www.insideria.com/2010/03/new-poll-flex-4-when-will-you-switch.html

Although since Flex is open source, the Flex 4 SDK has been available for quite some time now, yesterday it became official. So my question to you is simple: when will you begin to use the new SDK in your...

Rich Tretola 2010-03-23T12:33:50-08:37 http://www.insideria.com/2010/03/fitc-toronto-giveaway.html

InsideRIA has two passes to give away to the upcoming FITC conference in Toronto, Canada, April 25-27, 2010! We'll be selecting two of our community members who will each win one free pass. Increase your chance of winning! If you...

Rich Tretola 2010-03-17T18:56:00-08:38 http://www.insideria.com/2010/03/where-the-wild-things-are-an-a-1.html

Late last year, I took it upon myself to learn Silverlight. You see, I’m both a Flex and a .NET developer, so it makes a certain sense. I’ve also spent plenty of time criticising fanboys of both genres, so here I am putting my money where my mouth is. This is part two of a four part series. We cover graphic primitives, effects, animations and events.

Justin J. Moses 2010-03-16T09:32:26-08:39