Intro to Flex 4 for ColdFusion Developers - Presentation & Code
Posted on Aug 09, 2010
I had a great time presenting an introduction to Flex 4 for ColdFusion developers at this year's CFUnited. I think the presentation went really well with the only issue being that there was too much to cover in just one hour. I knew this might be an issue, so I was prepared for it but it meant I had to gloss over some important issues. Nonetheless, the feedback I got from the presentation has all been good, so I think people got a lot out of it anyway.
For those of you who did not attend, essentially this was more an introduction to Flash Builder 4 and its new data-centric development features. The thing is, if you are unfamiliar with Flex, you are unlikely to pop open a text editor and start banging out MXML and ActionScript. However, you are likely to open Flash Builder and try using the built-in wizards...and I think there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The simple application that I showed was built almost entirely with the data-centric features and code generation built into Flash Builder 4 (and a lot of design view usage). As you get more experienced with Flex, you can begin to do more in straight code but don't be embarrassed to use the wizards and other features to help you get started - that's what they are there for!
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