Community Service

These sessions I do just for the heck of it and/or as part of my Community Expert requirement.

• 2009
  • Flex Development Primer (Recording)
    The Flex Dev Primer is a pure development session (don’t expect theory and graphics although you might get some) focused on helping non-flex developers ramp up to become comfortable with Flex in a short period of time. We will focus on Flex 3/Halo but will spend the last while discussing the shift in Flex 4/Spark.July 13, 2009

Conferences

• 2008
  • cf.Objective() 2008
    • ColdFusion 8 .NET Integration (Code)
      Abstract: ColdFusion 8 adds a hot new level of .NET integration allowing ColdFusion developers access to the .NET Framework. Learn how to integrate ColdFusion 8 and the .NET Framework regardless of previous .NET knowledge.
  • Desert Code Camp
    • 1 code library, 2 apps (Web & Desktop)
      Abstract: Learn how to properly workflow a Flex application for ease of integration with Adobe AIR. The end result is a desktop and web application running on the same code with distinguishable features.
    • ColdFusion 8 .Net Integration (Code)
      Abstract: ColdFusion 8 adds a hot new level of .NET integration allowing ColdFusion developers access to the .NET Framework. Learn how to integrate ColdFusion 8 and the .NET Framework regardless of previous .NET knowledge.
    • Adobe AIR Offline with LiveCycle Data Services ES 2.6 (Code)
      Abstrac: Doing better offline sync with database data was made easier with the addition of SQLite into the AIR runtime versus using XML, shared objects, or some of mechanism. Now Adobe has taken it one step further and made it amazingly easy to build offline AIR applications with LiveCycle Data Services ES 2.6.
• 2007
  • Desert Code Camp 1
  • Desert Code Camp 2

User Group Meetings

• 2011
  • Zero to Sixty w/ CFWheels (Recording)
    This was an online preso given to the Arizona ColdFusion Users Group. All code was live code (that’s the point) so there were a few blunders here/there but overall the preso went well.February 23, 2011
• 2010
  • Flex 4 Launch Party
    I flew to Arizona to speak for the Flash Platform Users Group of Arizona. It was an amazing time hanging w/ old friends, family, and fellow geeks. We had a blast and, as always, they had to pull me off the stage before I went on all night. 🙂
• 2009
  • Introduction to Mate (PowerPoint | Code | Recording)
    Mate is an amazing Flex framework. This presentation showcases the basics of Mate. There are MUCH deeper levels to go but the introductory talk is what was requested by the Great Lakes Developers user group.
• 2008
  • Command Pattern in 10 Minutes (Code | Sample App)
    We had already finished the preso (show-n-tell kind of night) and someone asked a question which prompted the discussion of the Command Pattern. We had roughly 10 minutes left so I opened up Flex Builder and went to work.

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