Read here: LFFS – 12: Flex Builder Part 2 – Getting Acquainted With The Workbench

Also, we’ve registered www.learningflexfromscratch.com as a shortcut to our content on Inside RIA.

thanks for reading
-adam

When we started the series Scott had no experience as a programmer. His academic background is in Psychology and he is a music and yoga teacher. He literally began this project at a point of learning Flex from scratch. My academic background is in Computer Science and Sociology. One of the things that interested me in the very small amount of study I did in the Sociology of Eduction is the idea that students often make the best teachers. So, my role in this project was/is as mentor and technical editor as Scott chronicles his experiences learning the ins and outs of becoming a Flex developer.

The insight that I’ve gained on how a person learns to be a programmer has been invaluable. I hope this project has resulted in a novel resource for the novice to learn how to really use all of the powerful capabilities offered by the Flex platform.

So, we’re starting to talk about planning where to go next. John Wilker and Tom Ortega were gracious enough to accept both Scott and myself as presenters at 360 Flex | San Jose. We will be presenting the LFFS series. After that we’re open to what comes next and I’d love to hear some feedback on what would be most valuable to those of you out there learning Flex.

Here are some ideas to think about:

•  A full length book in the LFFS style
•  A series of pocket-guide books
•  Continuing the series as is
•  Creating a featured site for LFFS that includes addt’l writers
•  A focus on LFFS sessions at Adobe community events

Don’t think of this as a comprehensive list of choices or that any choices are mutually exclusive. We’d love to hear what will be the most valuable resource for you. Feel free to comment on this post or e-mail me at adamflater at gmail dot com.

thanks
-adam

In LFFS 5 Scotty is taking us into the world of ActionScript loops and conditionals. Need a beginners look at a for, for in, for in each, while, or do while loop? Look no further than LFFS.

In LFFS 6 we’re jumping into Arrays. This post is an introductory look at using Arrays in ActionScript. It is by no means comprehensive, and doesn’t touch on collections yet, but it’s a good way to jump in to the concept.

Thanks for reading
-adam

Our latest post in the Inside RIA series “Learning Flex from Scratch” is up. It’s called: LFFS – 4: Actionscript 3.0. In this post Scott begins his journey into the syntax of Actionscript 3.0. This first post is a look at how to write a basic class… posts will follow with examples on writing loops, if-then conditionals and more..

stay tuned
-adam

Stay tuned.. thanks for reading.

LFFS – 1: Meet the Authors, Meet Flex

This first post is an introduction of Scott and myself and a way to set a base for what we’ll be up to in the coming posts. Our next post is called Flex Defined. In Flex Defined we’ll define the major topics of Flex that are important for a novice learning Flex to be aware of.

You’ll also be able to find the aggregation of all our posts at: InsideRIA: Adam Flater and Scott Sheridan Archives