7:30 - 8:30 pm : Mike Labriola Presents on Flex Data Services

Mike Labriola, Senior Consultant and Project Lead for Digital Primates, explains Flex Data Services. Compared to last month’s meeting, this presentation is aimed more at intermediate to advanced Flex and Flash developers. Mike’s company Digital Primates has launched a new blog which covers advanced Flex topics - check it out here.

Pizza and drinks served at the meeting.

RSVP here.

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7:30 - 8:30 pm : Intro to Flex Data Services and Flash Media Server

Chas Mastin and Brian Sampson of Whistlebox speak about the joys and pitfalls of using Flex Data Services and Flash Media Server when creating real-world RIAs. Chas presents the highlights of FMS and Flex and will provide examples of code for streaming and webcam recording. Brian gives an FDS overview and will show some simple examples of integrating an AS3 application with middle-tier code.

Update:

Breeze URL: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/fpgny0307/

(Doors to Breeze presentation open at 6:55pm)

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7 - 8 pm : Mims Wright explains the AS3 Event Framework

Links:
http://www.mimswright.com/blog/

We proudly welcome back Flash expert Mims Wright, a Schematic Sr. software developer and co-author of the forthcoming ActionScript 3.0 Bible published by Wiley. Mims will explain the latest developments in the Actionscript 3.0 event framework. Feel free to ask questions at any point during the presentation. Pizza and drinks served.

UPDATE:

- Joey’s Breeze recording
-ASUnit
-Test-Driven Development By Example - Kent Beck [Amazon.com]

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Coming up the first Wednesday in February:

7 - 9pm : Joey Lott Discusses Test-Driven AS3

Links:
http://www.person13.com/

Flash Platforms Group, NY is proud to host Flash expert Joey Lott, author of O’Reilly’s Actionscript 3.0 Cookbook. Joey will be presenting the latest developments in Actionscript 3.0, focusing on test-driven AS3 applications. Feel free to ask questions at any point during the presentation. Presented via Breeze.

No meeting scheduled during the New Years holiday.

Update:

Thanks to the FlashDoctors for an awesome presentation! Here’s a Breeze recording from the meeting:

http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p90851393/

-J

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Wednesday, December 6th:

7 - 8pm : “The FlashDoctors Project”

Links:
FlashDoctors website
Guide to FlashDoctors ‘Syringe’ package

Jason Thorpe and Jonathon Doklovic of FlashDoctors.com present an early peek at their open source Flash project aimed at advanced Flash Actionscript developers. They will give an overview of each module of the project, advantages and disadvantages of using various modules, and walk through an example project or two.

Come in to the Schematic office and watch/listen to the Breeze presentation with other group members. Discussion with presenters to follow presentation.

Update:
Here’s a link to Mark’s Breeze presentation:
https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a200985228/p38702408/

7 - 8pm : “Flex and .Net”

Links:
The MidnightCoders website
WebORB for .NET
WebORB Blog

Can a Flex client work with a server-side .NET-based solution? What are the points of integration? How can a Flex application invoke .NET objects or fetch data from a .NET data store? Is there a way to do data management in a Flex-with-.NET solution?

Via Breeze presentation, Mark Piller of MidnightCoders in Dallas, TX will delve into the topic of Flex and .NET integration and address related questions. Various integration approaches will be presented along with pros and cons, best practices, and several innovative techniques to bridge the gap between a Flex client and server-side .NET application.

UPDATE 2: Danny Patterson provided a link to a few books he’s written that cover the material he presented in last Wednesday’s meeting.

- http://www.dannypatterson.com/Resources/Books.cfm

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who came out for this meeting! We think it was a great success. Mims will be posting his notes to his blog within the next couple of days. You can also look at his article on Sprites and the DisplayList.

We look forward to seeing you next month on November 1st!

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Our third meeting includes these two exciting sessions:

7 - 8pm : “Actionscript 3.0 with Design Patterns”

Presentation: FlashBelt 2006 presentation
Links: http://www.dannypatterson.com

Via a Breeze broadcast, Danny Patterson will discuss Actionscript 3.0 in the context of Design Patterns and advanced object-oriented design.

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8 - 9pm : “The State Pattern”

Mims Wright will present on the powerful and intuitive State Pattern. He’ll discuss the ideas behind the State pattern and walk through a simple example. He’ll also explore some of the possibilities available through the Flex framework’s View States.

Danny Patterson, author of “Actionscript with Design Patterns,” will discuss working with design patterns in AS3.

More details to come…

Our second meeting - Wednesday, August 2nd at 7 PM - is a Flash birthday bash. We’ll enjoy free cookies, cake, drinks, and a raffle, all compliments of Adobe. Members are also highly encouraged to share your Top 10 Flash sites, projects and memories of the last decade. It’s “open mic” night for Flash enthusiasts.

Win a free copy of Studio 8! Enter the raffle by nominating a single Flash project (website, game, application, etc) from the last 10 years that in your opinion was particularly influential or ground-breaking. It could be a project you developed or simply a work that you admire. Be prepared to show off your submission at the meeting and explain your reasons for selecting it. At the end of the meeting we’ll choose a lucky winner randomly from the collected submissions!