Flash & Flex Magazine: Developing an Enterprise Flex Application Strategy

I just had a Special Report article published in the March issue of Flash&Flex Developer’s Magazine. If you are not receiving this free magazine, I suggest you sign-up to get the magazine. Here is what is in the issue:
PlugrMan: The Universal API Toolkit – By Almer/Blank
Developing an Enterprise Flex Application Strategy …

WASABI-SIG Dallas User Group Speaker

I will be the guest speaker on October 14th. You can find out more here. I hope to see you at the event. Here is the information regarding the location and topic.
October 14th, 2009 – 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Christopher A. Parr Library, Program Conference Room
6200 Windhaven Parkway, Plano, TX …

Dallas Based AppFoundation, Inc – Enterprise RIA Development

I wanted to get the word out that my new company, AppFoundation Technology Group, Inc. has launched its new web site in Adobe Flex.
The site uses Flex to communicate with PHP through HTTPServices to access dynamic content that drives ‘pages’ being created in the rich internet application. The graphics were …

Presenting at JavaMug Dallas – Integrating Flex with Spring

I will be the speaker for the July 8th meeting at the Java Metroplex user’s Group covering Flex and Spring integration.
Please check out www.javamug.org for more information regarding the event. I hope to see you there if you are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
I also plan to give a first …

Pro Flex on Spring

Over the past 5+ years I have done quite a bit of work with Flex and Spring. I am happy to announce the release of my first book; Pro Flex on Spring. You can find the book on www.amazon.com or pick it up at your local Barnes and Nobles.
 
Pro Flex on …

Internet Explorer: Setting Focus on Flex Apps / Flash Player

One of the biggest issues I have come across when deploying a Flex application has been the difficulty in gaining initial focus on the Flash player and the components within it.
I finally came up with a simple approach that is working for me with IE 6 and IE 5. I …

Tomcat 5 Tip: Multiple Flex 2 Projects

I usually have many Flex projects deployed on my Tomcat server at any given time. Usually 5-10 will be running. When I execute 3 of these larger Flex applications I use to get memory errors. I have found a couple Java Options that have helped with the server not running …

Flex, Spring, iBATIS, Cairngorm: Bringing It All Together

Over the past years I have been implementing Flex projects in many different settings. They range from business intelligence applications running against large data warehouses to simple tools that perform a very custom business function. From the beginning, using Flex 1.5 to now with Flex 2.0, I have experienced quite a few …