Flex

In this video from Dreamforce 2008 PivotLink shows off their Flex-based SaaS BI product. Cool Stuff!

Here is another great video from Dreamforce 2008. This one is with Tier1CRM who is using Flex for a very compelling financial CRM system. Let me know what you think.

At Dreamforce 2008 there were a ton of exhibitors using Flex. I walked around and interviewed some of those companies so that you can see what real businesses are doing with Flex. In the first interview I talk with InetSoft. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Over the next few months there are a number of great technology conferences across the globe. I’ll be speaking about Adobe AIR and Flex at:

• Java Posse Roundup on March 3 - 6 in Crested Butte, CO
• TheServerSide Java Symposium on March 18 - 20 in Las Vegas
• Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise on March 26 - 27 in Philadelphia
• JAOO Sydney on May 5 - 8
• JAOO Brisbane on May 11 - 14

I’m also planning a number of Java User Group visits in March and April. I’ll post the dates for those as soon as I get them nailed down.

Bruce Eckel and I will be hosting a 3 day Adobe AIR and Flex Jam in Crested Butte, Colorado - February 25 - 27. If you are learning Flex or diving deeper into Flex then this will be a great opportunity to quickly learn more. For beginners we will work through our book First Steps in Flex. Hopefully see you there!

Last week I was able to be a guest speaker on the RIA Weekly podcast. In the episode Coté and I talked about RIAs in Portals, Flex and Open Source, and other various topics. Give it a listen and let us know what you think.

Jon Rose and I will both be at the Flex Jam in Crested Butte, CO on Feb 25 - 27, 2009. So we will certainly be getting Drunk on Software! Hope to see you there!

I think I’m the only Flex developer out there that doesn’t like code behind or mx:Script blocks. So I have my own way of doing things. What can I say? I’m a cowboy! ;)

I frequently code event handlers inline like:

<mx:Button>
    <mx:click>    
    // do something
    // do something else
    </mx:click>
</mx:Button>

I just don’t like having to find code that is only used in this one place somewhere else. This method is just more readable to me.

FedEx has just launched their new Flex-based “My FedEx” application! This is a great example of Flex-based RIAs becoming more prevalant in enterprise software. Very cool stuff!