the total training is on Flex in general which is good if you do not
know anything. I would be happy to provide a lesson on flex/cf
interaction... its actually very simple...
on an advanced level, I can show how to use the Cairngorm framework
along with CF.
On 2/15/07, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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
> >
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