Here what I want to into the wishlist as following :: - Apache Flex new sdks and improvement on Adobe flex 4.6 - New Apache Flex components related to 4.10 sdks if any - Connect with different technologies [Java , Dot net ,PHP] - There should be some Mobile and Tablets demo - Also we can cover the Falcon - There should be also the demo to build the application using Mustella framework - FlexUnit - some reference link related to Apache flex showcase
Regards, On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Joseph Balderson <n...@joeflash.ca> wrote: > Thanks for your contributions Thiago. Let's table wish list items to a > separate > thread. > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer :: http://joeflash.ca > Author, Professional Flex 3 :: http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book > > a...@a00s.com wrote: > > Hi > > > > Wish list, that I think it is important to those who want to start. > > Just my opinion, things that took me long time to understand, that could > > be very simple and quickly if I could found in one place. > > > > 1) How to download Flex. Looks stupid but once you download and install > > you start to wondering. OK now what I do? It was my first reaction when > > moved to apache. It was my first time downloading separately from Adobe > > builder. > > 2) How to setup Flex with adobe builder > > 3) How to setup Flex with Intelij > > 4) Probably the most important in my view: How to connect a flex > > application with a database (maybe how to setup tomcat, blazeds) > > 5) How to use external resourses with Flex like javascript. To show that > > Flex its not a competitor of other languages but a language to build the > > entire application, doesnt matter if will need to put together > > javascript, applet... > > 6) Show how to make 3d objects, not sure if the 3rd solution will allow > > this one. > > 7) How to print. Any business application will need that at some point, > > and many times we need a clear text to print, not a postscript image, > > maybe how to convert in PDF. > > 8) How to check why your application is crashing the browser and how to > > debug. > > > > thanks for starting this book > > > > Thiago Maia > > > > > > On 1/22/2014 7:59 PM, Joseph Balderson wrote: > >> Thanks Justin. > >> > >> One rule of thumb for time involved is 1-2 hours per page for authors > >> -- that's > >> me -- and 5-10 minutes per page for tech editing -- that's you Justin. > >> Which is > >> why, if a book goes past 400 pages, you need more than one author, > >> unless you're > >> David Gassner who can crack off a 1000-page Flex Bible book all by > >> himself (god > >> only knows how the hell he does it). Given the scope of the book, I'm > >> probably > >> looking at 6 months to write, with tech editing as it's written, so > >> there's > >> time. Professional Adobe Flex 3 only had two tech editors, and that was > a > >> 1400-page book (in retrospect we probably should have had three, but > >> whaddyagonnado?) If you find you need help with the tech editing > >> Justin, we'll > >> cross that bridge when we get to it, but for now consider that post to > >> be filled > >> by you. > >> > >> There are three possible classic "animal" books I could do with > >> O'Reilly for > >> Apache Flex -- one is the "Programming Foo" series, the other is the > "Foo > >> Cookbook" series, and the third are "Developing Fum Applications for > Foo" > >> micro-books. The last book on Flex in the "Programming" series was > >> "Programming > >> Flex 3" by Chafic Kazoun & Joey Lott, so we're due for an update. > >> There is a > >> "Flex 4 Cookbook" and some Flex 4.5 micro-books by Rich Tretola back > >> in 2011, > >> but nothing recent. > >> > >> I think we'll go with a "Programming Apache Flex" book this time, with > an > >> emphasis on the Spark portion of the framework, and what's been > >> updated since > >> Adobe Flex 4.6, rather than going over everything, considering the > >> wealth of > >> information already published on Flex 3 and 4. And also because I > >> don't want to > >> embark on another monster book project; we'll keep it at around 400 > >> pages, which > >> would be easier to sell to O'Reilly. > >> > >> Doing an "Apache Flex Cookbook" would be a nice second book, but as a > >> collaborative effort, because it would be a bit of a monster to do, > >> considering > >> that the "Flex 4 Cookbook" weighed in at 740 pages. If O'Reilly gets a > >> good ROI > >> (i.e. it breaks even ;) on this first book, they might consider doing > the > >> cookbook. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. > >> > >> What I will need people's input on, when the book proposal is > >> approved, are > >> general ideas, or rather a wish list of "what you'd like to see in the > >> book", > >> keeping in mind what kind of book this will be. > >> > >> > >> I'll keep everyone updated as I hear from them. > >> > >> _______________________________________________________________________ > >> > >> Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer :: http://joeflash.ca > >> Author, Professional Flex 3 :: http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book > >> > >> Justin Mclean wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>>> You'll do fine, Justin. As long as you're willing to put in the time > >>>> to read and > >>>> double-read the entire book (usually as it's written chapter by > >>>> chapter) > >>> OK I'm in - but that shouldn't stop other people from wanting to help > >>> out as well. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Justin > > > > >
