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Flex Authority Volume 2 Issue 2
Future Flex
If you're interested in the cutting edge of Flex development, enjoy the articles in our latest issue. Authors like Mihai Corlan, Kenny Bunch, Ryan Taylor, and Andrew Powell tackle such topics as Flex's Text Layout Framework, the Dreamsocket ActionScript Media Framework, Pixel Bender and integrating Flex with Java via Spring and BlazeDS. Flick & Flack enlighten us on the vaguaries of embedding fonts in a Flex application, and Peter Bell continues his column on Effective Flex Development, this time focusing on continuous integration. You can expect to learn a lot in each article of Flex Authority Volume 2 Issue 2!
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Flex Authority Volume 2 Issue 1
Integrating Flex
Our third issue covers connecting and using Flex with a multitude of technologies, such as PHP, BlazeDS, ColdFusion and more. Many of our series writers conclude their series and we again discuss important and fundamental concepts in Flex development. This is the first issue with Leif Wells as Editor-in-Chief.
Some important extras in this issue:
- Billy D. Spelchan ends his "Developing a Game in Flex" series with a bang by releasing the full cleaner game as an open-source application, available with the issue code in the link below.
- Pete Mackie has written two extra online articles, companion pieces to his article in this issue. In these articles (linked below), he discusses some of the challenges he's had while building the SQPhoto application and working with photos using Flex and PHP. They are highly instructive and will whet your appetite for the issue itself.
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Related Articles:
The SQPhoto App: Transferring Photos from PHP Server to Flex Client
The SQPhoto App: Caching Photos with Flex and PHP
Flex Authority Volume 1 Issue 2
Components: The Building Blocks of Your Applications
The second issue of Flex Authority addresses the ways and means of building components. What are components and why are they so essential to your Flex application? These articles are a must for any serious Flex developer.
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Flex Authority Volume 1 Issue 1
Flex and AIR: A New Age of Desktop Development
In our innaugural issue, we address a multitude of questions that come with trying to develop applications that work on the desktop and the internet using Flex and AIR, and cover important areas of Flex development in our columns, series and feature articles.
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