Pre-release Program for Flex Hero & Flash Builder Burrito Opening Up

February 14th, 2011 Chris Griffith

I wanted to make sure folks saw Andrew Shorten’s post on the Flex Team blog about opening up the Flex 4.5 (Hero), Flash Builder 4.5 (Burrito), and Flash Catalyst 1.5 (Panini) pre-release program to more participants! The MAX preview builds posted on Adobe Labs showed off three iterations of development work. The builds available in the pre-release program show off SIX iterations of development, so there is a lot of new functionality as well as polish that we are eager to show people.

To request access to the pre-release program, please fill out this quick survey.


360 Flex Conference Announced

January 5th, 2011 Chris Griffith

This year’s 360|Flex conference has been announced for April 10-13 in beautiful Denver. This conference is the first and still the best Adobe Flex developer conference in the world. I have had the pleasure of attending several and am always blown away by the quality of the presentations, the conversations, and the entire 360 crew!

Tickets are currently $449.00 (for a limited time).

Hope to see you there!


December Meeting Recap

December 8th, 2010 Chris Griffith

Thanks to all that came to this month’s meeting to hear Ryan Stewart talk on Flex for Mobile. Ryan will be posting his slide deck once he gets back to Seattle.

As we mentioned, we want your feedback on the group! If you could take a few minutes and fill it out that would be awesome:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HJLBWVF

The slides on Flash Player 10.2 can be found here: http://sdfug.groups.adobe.com/files/7293

Have a great holidays season and see you in February for our next meeting!

Chris & Kyle


December Meeting: Flex Mobile with Ryan Stewart

November 9th, 2010 Chris Griffith

December 6, 2010
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Ryan Stewart, platform evangelist from Adobe will be presenting on Developing with Adobe Flex for Mobile at the next San Diego Flash User Group. This meeting will show you how you can use the new mobile features in the SDK together with familiar Flex concepts to build mobile applications. You will learn about the new mobile-specific components and capabilities being added to the Flex SDK, as well as learn tips for optimizing both the design and performance of your application as it works across different devices.

Come join us to learn about the rapidly changing mobile landscape!

Do to the popularity of the topic, this month’s meeting will be held in the North Building, upstairs in the Palette Dining area.


MAX recap slides posted

November 8th, 2010 Chris Griffith

I posted the slide deck I showed at the meeting on the Adobe Groups site (SDFUG-Nov.pptx).


November Meeting

October 29th, 2010 Chris Griffith

The craziness that surrounds Adobe MAX is finally winding down. So come to our November meeting and get the lowdown on all the announcements, find out which session you really should watch on Adobe TV, and more!

Day: Monday November 1st

Time: 6pm

Place: Art Institute of San Diego, South Building, room 307.


SDFug members speaking at Adobe MAX!

October 8th, 2010 Chris Griffith

Wanted to let folks know that a couple of members of the San Diego Flash User Group will be presenting at the upcoming Adobe MAX conference. So if you are attending, make sure you give them some support.


Join Aaron Pederson and James Polanco, Flex component development experts, as they walk you through the inner workings of the Flex framework and explain how to write extensible, rich, and highly performing components. They will cover the new Spark component and skinning architecture and how to use it correctly to build Spark components for use in Flex applications.
Time: Tuesday, October, 26th, 8:30 am – 9:30 am

10 Ways To Please Your Flex Dev with James Polanco and Aaron Pedersen

Creative Suite 5 and Flex 4 is changing the way designers and developers work together when creating Flex based applications. For designers, these updates are enabling a lot more control and input into the Flex 4 development process, creating exciting opportunities, challenges and even unintended consequences.  In this session, we will examine ten different designer oriented tips that can improve the Flex 4 experience for you, your developers and ideally the entire project process.

Time: Monday October 25, 3:30 PM

Room: FITC Unconference Room

Creating Compelling Mobile User Experiences: What You Need to Know

Explore the role of prototyping in designing and developing compelling mobile applications. We’ll examine the forms that prototypes can take (from paper prototypes to rich, interactive simulations), their advantages and costs, and how Adobe tools can be used to create them. Then we’ll walk through creating a user interface for a mobile application using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash Professional, Flash Catalyst, and Flash Builder. This presentation also covers best practices for UX, as well as developer-focused tips and tricks.

Time: Monday, October, 25th, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Recording now available!

New to mobile development? Wondering how mobile applications are built? This presentation will walk you the entire development process of the MAX unconference application from design to deployment. Chris Griffith will show you how he designed and built the application using a variety of tools and techniques.
Time: Tuesday October 26, 12:30 PM
Room: FITC Unconference Room

October Meeting: Show Us Your Stuff

September 27th, 2010 Chris Griffith

October 4, 2010
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

Our October meeting looks to be a lot of fun, as we have asked each of you to give a short 5-10 minute presentation of something cool you have been working on! The presentations can be from demonstrating a cool technique you learned to showcasing your latest app. So, don’t be shy, we know you can knock our socks off! This will also be a great chance to find some new inspiration, and pick up some new tricks from other members.

Meeting Information:

Day: October 4th

Time: 6pm – 8pm

Location: Art Institute of San Diego, South Building, Room 310


August Meeting: Learn about the Multi-touch Capabilities of Flex

July 6th, 2010 Chris Griffith

August 2, 2010
6:00 pmto8:00 pm

The presentation will be based on the basic  multi-touch capabilities the Flash Player has using Adobe Flex. We will be going over what it  can and cannot do (out of the box), how multi-touch works with Flex, Some very basic code demos to help everyone understand and get started, and then I  will show a more complex product to demonstrate the possibilities.

Asa  Williams – Software Consultant, Cynergy Systems. Former telemetry leader for the Principia Solar Car Team where she first started utilizng Flex. Subsequently a contractor at Northrop Grumman working on ground station software for UAVs.


Flash Camp San Francisco

May 10th, 2010 Chris Griffith

Flash Camp San Francisco session recordings are now available online. Here is your chance to learn about the latest Flash Platform tools and technologies. http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/events/

Recorded sessions: