PittMFUG Meeting Times:

Third Thursday of the month at 6:30pm

March Meeting Files

Posted by pittmfug | Posted in Meetings Redux | Posted on 24-03-2008

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Thanks to everyone who came out for the March meeting last week. Here’s the files that were covered in the two presentations on Thursday night:

Brian’s files: drawing letters

Wayne’s file: writing pOOP

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Flex Camp Cleveland Announcement

Posted by pittmfug | Posted in Events | Posted on 24-03-2008

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Hey MFUGers, we just received a local Flex conference announcement some of you may be interested in. Please read the following details from Mick Keily of the Cleveland Flex Users Group:

Hello,
There is an excellent one-day software conference in Cleveland on April 7th. It’s called Flex Camp Cleveland and it offers an opportunity to get a fast education to programming in Flex by Adobe. Please visit www.flexcampcleveland.com to see the line-up of expert guest speakers. Ben Forta, noted author and web developer, will give the keynote address.
Flex is software tool that lets you create powerful applications that run in your browser or on your desktop. These applications are different from ordinary HTML applications because they are actually RIA’s, or Rich Internet Applications. Once you see a Flex application, you will understand why they are so much more interesting than HTML applications.
Flex Camp Cleveland was organized by the Cleveland Flex Users Group (CLEFUG), which is just a bunch of programmers who get together and share ideas about Flex. We contacted several Flex experts and put together a full day of one-hour presentations to help the beginning Flex developer get on their feet with Flex.
Agenda:
  • 8:15 – 9:00 / Registration & coffee/bagels
  • 9:00 – 9:50 / Keynote Presentation – Ben Forta (Adobe)
  • 10:00 – 10:50 / Building Your First Flex App – Mike Krotscheck
  • 11:00 – 11:50 / Creating Flex Components – Doug Pierce & Curtis Gayheart
  • 11:50 – 12:50 / Lunch (provided)
  • 1:00 – 1:50 / Flash, Flex and the Prepaid Gift Card – Scott Andrews
  • 2:00 – 2:50 / Intro to OOP for Flex Developers – Kris Schultz
  • 3:00 – 3:50 / Intro to AIR – Adam Lehman (Adobe)
  • 4:00 – 5:00 / Open Q&A with presenters
    Location:
    Middleburg Heights Community Center
    16000 Bagley Road
    Middleburg Heights, OH 44130 (map)

    Two of the instructors are with Adobe, and the rest are Flex experts from Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. The keynote speaker is Ben Forta, noted author, developer, and instructor. We will also be giving away raffle prizes such as books and software.

    The cost is only $25.00, including lunch. To register for Flex Camp Cleveland, visit www. flexcampcleveland.com

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    Fun Videos for Your Monday

    Posted by pittmfug | Posted in Misc | Posted on 24-03-2008

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    We were passing some great geek/Adobe videos around today in the office. We thought we’d share with everyone to brighten up your day.

    Why Adobe Updater?

    Why such a poor AS editor in Flash Authoring?

    Both of these are from philipk. Nice work. Where are your 30onAIR videos?

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    March Meeting Details

    Posted by pittmfug | Posted in Meetings | Posted on 19-03-2008

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    Yes it’s true, we’re back to our regular meeting schedule this month. This Thursday’s presentations will be:

    Writing pOOP, Wayne Lincoln
    No, that’s not a typo, or a joke, it’s procedural Object Oriented Programming. If you use classes, you’re probably writing pOOP — a blend of procedural and OOP practices. Wayne will be demonstrating some techniques for moving from Procedural based code to more Object Oriented code with AS3.

    The drawing API, Brian Cawley
    Brian will be demonstrating how to use the drawing API to draw things beyond your basic shapes. He’ll be showing us how to draw more interesting shapes, like letters.

    Meeting details:
    Thursday March 20th
    6:30pm
    at New Perspective
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    FYI: We’ll be holding the meeting upstairs this month. If you arrive after 6:30pm the front doors will be locked and you’ll have to call the number posted on the door to get in.

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    Podcast Episode 19 Now Available

    Posted by pittmfug | Posted in Podcast | Posted on 05-03-2008

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    Podcast 19 is now available from the PittMFUG crew. We chat about Flex, AIR and the recent Adobe-sponsored AIR/Flex Builder 3 Release part we had. Those of you who didn’t manage to get an eboy poster can get the next best thing here.

    iTunes users: Click here.
    Direct Feed URL: http://www.pittmfug.com/podcast/podcast.xml. If you don’t listen to podcasts or subscribe you can always download the mp3 itself here.

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