Latest News from Rob Rusher

Free Flex Training in Denver

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:23:46 EST

The event is Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and new ColdFusion [...]

Adobe MAX 2009 Online

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:15:00 EDT

Watch MAX keynotes, streamed live from Los Angeles-register now. On October 5th and 6th, Adobe MAX Online will feature the keynotes, streamed live, highlighting the newest and most exciting developments in the world of technology. Join 10 minutes early and participate in the backstage behind the scenes action.

On3: Denver’s First Adobe Authorized Training Center

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:31:30 EDT

PRESS RELEASE On3: Denver’s First Adobe Authorized Training Center On3 will help Adobe Software Developers learn to use Adobe Flex, ColdFusion, and Adobe AIR, as well as other web development tools like BlazeDS and mobile phone application development. Denver, CO September 11, 2009: On3, Inc. is proud to announce the opening of its Adobe Enterprise training facility [...]

Going to Adobe MAX 2009

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:15:33 EDT

FITC Mobile Presentation on iPhone Development

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:34:00 EDT

Just finished my presentation at FITC Mobile 2009 in Toronto. And it went very well! I had lots of questions and was able to answer all but one. The presentation was about building native iPhone applications using JavaScript and HTML instead of Objective-C. I’m currently using Titanium Mobile to does this. I’ve posted a slide share of the [...]

Adobe Flash and Flex Accessibility with Screen Readers

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:15:00 EDT

First, yes, screen readers can read Flex applications. And yes, its fairly easy. But, I’ll discuss how in a future post. But, if you’d rather send people to your old HTML version of your site when using a read, there is good news. Flash Player has the ability to detect if a screen reader is running on the client machine, even if JavaScript is disabled and/or the Flex application is not compiled as an “accessible swf”. This is possible with the Accessibility class.

Adobe Flex/AS3 Code Quality Tool (PMD)

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:15:00 EDT

Adobe recently released (August 2009) the Flex implementation of PMD tool which is extensively used at J2EE shops for code quality management. FlexPMD is a tool that helps to improve code quality by auditing any AS3/Flex source directory and detecting common bad practices. The Flex PMD tool is locate on the Adobe Open Source Projects site. http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/FlexPMD It [...]

Swiz API reference documentation

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:13:21 EDT

Swiz is a framework for Adobe Flex that aims to bring complete simplicity to RIA development. But, until recently, the documentation was limited. But now… Swiz 0.6.2 Actionscript API Reference: http://swizframework.org/ Swiz Framework Site: http://on3solutions.com/swiz062/ Swiz Framework Source: http://code.google.com/p/swizframework/ Enjoy guys. Now start coding!

Fast Track to ColdFusion 8 Classes Added

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EDT

On3 has some excellent ColdFusion Classes scheduled during the next few months to celebrate the grand opening of our new headquarters and training center location on the 16th Street mall in Denver. The new address starting on August 1st will be: Denver Petroleum Building, 110 16th St, Ste 604, Denver, CO 80202. Please drop by [...]

Brand New Adobe Flex Course Scheduled in Denver

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:45:00 EDT

The training covers the Flex client, Eclipse & Flex builder, the Flash virtual machine & how the Flex application development process is designed. It covers Actionscript, how events are handled, and layouts in a constraint based container. The material is similar to the first three days of Flex 3: Developing Rich Internet Applications. However, on the final two days, the course moves into getting data, using E4X Expressions & search, displaying the data and ColdFusion wizards and extensions to code a back end that tightly integrates with the full Adobe suite of enterprise level products and application development toolkits.

Security Soapbox – Decompile Flash/Flex

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:15:00 EDT

Having built/architected/developed/consulted many Adobe Flex applications and being one of the first certified Flex instructors in the world, I've seen a lot of Flex applications. Some good, some bad. But no matter how many applications or who I'm talking to, I always stress the importance of securing proprietary information. By securing, I mean don't put it [...]

iPhone Bootcamp at CFUnited

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:39:35 EDT

Beginning iPhone Bootcamp If you’re a developer who wants to write applications that run on the iPhone, you should attend the Beginning iPhone Bootcamp at CFUnited. The first two units of the course are devoted to learning Objective-C, followed by an intensive iPhone Bootcamp. Beginning iPhone Bootcamp will take you from complete novice to being able to [...]

SuperImage can help with Flex images performance

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:06:57 EDT

I got this Flex question from one of our Flex clients at On3: “Aside from what I read here on image caching… http://userflex.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/image-caching/ do I have other options for improving performance of image rendering for flex? (Ex. I have to render 50+ low res images per page.) I realize for more ‘static’ images you can embed [...]

Adobe Camp in Denver

Sat, 30 May 2009 00:40:22 EDT

One thing I have to say is that the Adobe community is alive with collaboration and events. There are tons of people sharing their work and their ideas on better development with the Adobe products. One more example, the local Rocky Mountain Adobe User Group is hosting a very inexpensive event for the Flash Platform, [...]

Denver Adobe Flex Training Added to June

Sat, 16 May 2009 23:54:51 EDT

My company, On3, has added another Adobe Flex 3 Rich Client Applications class for June 1-3, 2009 and the Flex 3 LiveCycle Data Services Integrating with Data and Messaging class for June 4-5, 2009. The class is in Downtown Denver the first week of June. Which is an absolutely beautiful time to visit Colorado.

If I were in academia, I’d love Adobe!

Fri, 15 May 2009 17:30:16 EDT

Okay, maybe I do already love the Adobe RIA tools, but… if I didn’t, I’d be smitten with their latest offer to the community. Once again, Adobe is reaching out to the community by giving away free licenses to their RIA development tools. Free Flex Builder licenses to academia and to the unemployed. And now, free [...]

CFUnited has lots of Flex Training Sessions

Sat, 09 May 2009 21:52:43 EDT

One of my CFUnited sessions: AIR: Building Desktop Applications with Flex 3 - http://cfunited.com/2009/topics/235 Here is a little Q&A about CFUnited and me.

Unemployed? Learn Flex!

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:19:45 EDT

Adobe Flex Builder 3 software is currently available for free for software developers who are affected by the current economic condition and are currently unemployed. https://freeriatools.adobe.com/learnflex/ Of course there are three restrictions. You must attest that you are: Unemployed Using it for personal use Not using it for commercial or production use UPDATE: The program was suspended, the last I looked, [...]

Use AMF with JavaScript in Adobe AIR

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:13:19 EDT

I’ve been working with Adobe Flex since its beta and have been a long time believer in using Action Message Format (AMF) as the communication protocol. I’ve also been working with Adobe AIR since its beta, but had only used AMF with Flex-based AIR applications. Until now… I was working on a JavaScript-based AIR application (some [...]

Dynamically resize nested Flex List with variableRowHeight

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:21:10 EDT

Another quick post… I was stuck recently with a Flex component that had a List with an itemRenderer. The itemRenderer contained another List with an itemRenderer. Now the problem with this is that the data had unique counts and the lists had variable row heights (variableRowHeight = true). The result was that containers would not dynamically [...]

Flex 3 AdvancedDataGrid Summary Divider

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:19:13 EDT

The AdvancedDataGrid (ADG) control in Adobe Flex 3 extends the capabilities of the standard DataGrid control to improve data visualization. You can: Sort by multiple columns when you click in the column header Use the styleFunction property to specify a function to apply styles to rows and columns of the control Use an expandable navigation tree in a [...]

Back and Forth

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:00:00 EST

For over a decade now, we have been trained to use the 'back' and 'forward' buttons in our Web browser to review or backtrack previously viewed content. We are trained to the point that there are even keyboard shortcuts. Unfortunately, this can be a problem when browsing Flex applications. Being the well-trained users that we are, we often forget that we could cause the Flex application to reload unwittingly.