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Developing Flex Components Book

By Mike Jones ⋅ May 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

If you weren’t already aware I’ve been writing a book on Flex component development which will be published by Addison-Wesley, called Developing Flex Components: Using ActionScript 3.0 & MXML to Extend Flex and AIR Applications. Originally it was targeted at Flex 3; however, as Flex 4 in the soon to be “new kid on the block” I’ve decided to re-write it so it now focuses on the new “Spark” components…

Pre-Order Developing Flex Components Book

By Mike Jones ⋅ May 28, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

My new book Developing Flex Components is now available to pre-order on Amazon (and all good book retailers). Currently being updated to focus on the new Flex 4 Spark components as well as the older Halo components in Flex 3.

Adobe Groups – An Alternative Approach

By Mike Jones ⋅ March 20, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Imagine trying to migrate over 1000 members of your user group to groups.adobe.com. Not only the details of everyone, but then getting the same 1000 individuals to stop using that site and migrate to Adobe Groups. Sounds simple doesn’t it :p

Flex Transitions and Effects – Part 1

By Mike Jones ⋅ November 6, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Flex has a lot of potential under the hood. However most developers view it as a bit rigid when compared to Flash. With a little understanding of effects you can achieve a whole lot more…

Nokia LifeviNe – Flex or not?

By Mike Jones ⋅ August 28, 2008 ⋅ One comment

It’s a loaded question. As I helped develop lifeviNe. In case you haven’t seen it, it is part of a solution for Nokia’s new mobile social networking software – think Brightkite meets flickr, youtube and del.icio.us to name few. The alpha version was launched on Tuesday of this week (it was a bank holiday here [...]