On 2/15/07, CT wrote:
Right now, the 2 best books are: Flex 2: Total Training from the source
+1, this goes really good with the TotalTraining DVD : Adobe Flex 2 Rich Internet Applications ActionScript 3 Cookbook I probably need to check this out. On 2/15/07, Marvin Eads <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would be interested in it in May. Classes that I have scheduled on > Tuesdays will be over by then. Also, could anyone recommend a good book to > learn Flex? > > Marvin > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dave Shuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Dallas/Fort Worth ColdFusion User Group Mailing List > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:21:33 AM > Subject: Re: [DFW CFUG] Great Flex Presentation Mike! > > I heard great things about the preso to and was really bummed I had a last > minute crisis pull me away. We are at the same point in our office trying > to > make a business case for Flex in some of our admin-type applications. As > for another presentation, I would love for that to happen as well, but as it > stands we have presentations lined up through April. We could certainly > look at doing it in May if there was common interest. > > ~Dave > > On Thursday 15 February 2007 09:53:20 am Christopher Jordan wrote: > > First of all, Mike, great presentation on Tuesday night! I'm all excited > > about playing with flex again! I'm sorry for anybody who missed it. > > > > Which kinda brings me to my point. > > > > I talked to my boss about the meeting yesterday, and told him all about > > the presentation. I've been telling the folks in my company (all nine of > > them, lol!) about flex for a while, and trying to convince them that > > this is something we should invest time and money in learning. My boss > > is a Visual FoxPro programmer and has been since it's early inception. > > He believes (and I think I do too), that if you're designing something > > with a GUI, the layout ought to be done visually (that is > > point-and-click it into existance), just like he's so used to doing in > > FoxPro. > > > > I know that I spend a *bunch* of my time on the UI when I'm coding using > > DHTML, and Ajax techniques. It might be fair to say I spend 70-75 > > percent of my time doing such. Making sure that certain elements get > > highlighted when you run your mouse over them, and that certain tooltips > > are applied, and when you click on the element, it stays 'selected' or > > that some other chain of events takes place. What a pain! > > > > So, anyway, I'm telling him about all this again, and he's really > > interested in seeing it. We missed the seminar in Dallas on 01/31 (we > > all just plain forgot! *sigh*), and he didn't make the meeting on > > Tuesday -- though, I'm stoked that my co-worker Steven made it so I'm > > not the *only* one in my company whose seen flex in action (finally!) So > > my boss, Paul, asked me, "Well, when are they going to do another > > presentation on this Flex stuff?" Obviously, I couldn't tell him. > > > > I guess what I'm getting at is can we do another Flex presentation > > sometime so that I can drag my boss to the meeting. If he could see what > > Steven and I saw last night, I think he'd get very excited about Flex, > > and then he might actually spend some money on getting us up and running > > with it. > > > > So... any thoughts on when we might have another flex presentation? > > Honestly, I could have sat there all night and talked about it, picking > > Mikes brain about it, getting more and more excited about the > > possibilities. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > Chris > > > > -- > ~Dave Shuck > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.daveshuck.com > > Where's your Spot? > www.instantspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.HostMySite.com > www.teksystems.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Reply to DFWCFUG: > [email protected] > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list > List Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ > http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ > DFWCFUG Sponsors: > www.HostMySite.com > www.teksystems.com/ > > -- http://indeegrumpee.spaces.live.com/ _______________________________________________ Reply to DFWCFUG: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists1.safesecureweb.com/mailman/listinfo/list List Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40list.dfwcfug.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/list%40dfwcfug.org/ DFWCFUG Sponsors: www.HostMySite.com www.teksystems.com/
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