Chuck Freedman (Chuckstar) has started a new Flex/AIR training company in Silicon Valley named “for those about to code”. For those about to code will be holding the first training weekend July 19-20, 2008 at The Domain Hotel, Sunnyvale, CA. This intense 2 day training class will target the Beginner/Intermediate developer looking to rapidly increase there knowledge level of Flex and AIR.
OK, fellow Flexers. Time to start being nice to me
This summer I will be a judge in the new Flex 3 Cookbook Cook-Off.
Here are the details:
This summer, O’Reilly Media announces the creation of the Flex 3 Cookbook Cook-Off to celebrate the recent publication of Flex 3 Cookbook: Code-Recipes, Tips, and Tricks for RIA Developers ,
written by Josh Noble, Todd Anderson, and a selection of authors whose recipes were plucked from the Adobe Flex Cookbook website . During this contest, we invite you to submit your best code recipes for the chance to win some great prizes.
So how do I participate?
Entries accepted at the Adobe Flex Cookbook site between June 2 & August 1, 2008
(Note: Make sure to select the O’Reilly opt-in option at the bottom of your recipe submission.)
So what are the prizes?
Grand prize: A ticket to Adobe MAX* from November 16-19 in San Francisco, California and $500 (US) in O’Reilly Media books
Community choice award: $350 (US) in O’Reilly Media books (this is the top-rated recipe during contest time period)
Second prize: Every Adobe Developer Library (ADL) book published by O’Reilly Media
Third prize: Five O’Reilly Media books of choice
So how do I win?
After August 1, the judges will determine the winners using the following criteria:
User Experience (30%): Does the recipe work well and produce a great-looking RIA? Does it make best use of the available controls?
Implementation (30%): Is the code well designed and understandable? Is it elegant?
Creativity (20%): Was the solution to the problem particularly creative without being obscure?
Relevance (15%): Does this example solve a problem that real engineers have in the real world?
“Flexiness” (5%): Was the solution implemented using Flex best practices?
Winners will be announced the first week of September, 2008.
Here is a step by step tutorial for setting up Flex Buillder 3 to compile for the new Flash Player 10 beta. This setup will also get you code insight for the new Flash Player 10 APIs.
iSpy was created based on Doug McCune’s Simple Flex Motion Detection example In addition to Doug’s web based motion detector, iSpy uses the AIR File and FileStream classes with the JPEGEncoder class to do its magic.
If there is a level of motion that exceeds the sensitivity level, it will either take a quick snap shot and display on screen or if “Save pics to disk” is checked it will also save a copy to the user’s picture/iSpy directory. Have fun with it, I hold no responsibility for the pictures you capture.
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