At this month’s meeting Peter Armstrong, who is going to be in town because he is speaking at the Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference, will be giving a presentation on integrating Flex with Ruby on Rails.
We will be raffling off one free copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional as well as two copies of Peter’s Book, Flexible Rails: Flex 3 on Rails 2
Date: Thursday, March 27
Time: 7PM - 10 PM
Loc: New Horizons, King of Prussia
Directions: 3604 Horizon Dr, King of Prussia, PA 19406
Speaker Bio:
Peter Armstrong has been developing rich client applications for over 7 years and has worked with Flex full-time since July 2004, including being part of the team that won the 2006 Adobe MAX Award for RIA/Web Development. Before becoming a Flex developer, Peter was a Java Swing developer for a Silicon Valley BPM startup. On the Ruby on Rails side, Peter has been tracking Rails since mid-2005 and is the organizer of The Vancouver Ruby/Rails Meetup group.
Peter is also a frequent speaker on using Flex and Rails together, including presentations at The Vancouver Flash/Flex Meetup, a RailsConf 2007 BOF, The Vancouver RIA Developer Camp and Rails to Italy in Pisa. He lives in the Vancouver, BC area and works as an independent consultant doing Flex, AIR and Rails development, training and workshops through his company Ruboss Technology Corporation.
moreJoin the Adobe user group community (Flash, Flex and ColdFusion) for this “can’t miss” meeting Monday night at 7PM!
Adobe’s RIA technologies enable you to rapidly build and deploy the most engaging applications across browsers and on the desktop. The Philadelphia user groups are hosting a special live event to share exciting new information on Adobe’s platform tools and technologies for building RIAs. You’ll see an exclusive user group video presentation by Adobe Chief Software Architect, Kevin Lynch, hear some important product news, plus get your hands on some exclusive schwag and other giveaways.
Be part of the fun and excitement and join the rest of the Adobe developer community by participating in this very special event.
Date: Monday, February 25
Time: 7PM - whenever
Loc: Independents Hall
Directions: 32 Strawberry Street, Philadelphia, PA
Park on the street if you’re lucky, otherwise there are several garages in the immediate area that you can easily use.
moreThere are going to be several Flex/AIR related sessions at the upcoming Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference that is going to be taking place in March here in Philly. They include:
Rails on AIR: Best Practices for using Flex 3 and Adobe AIR with Ruby on Rails 2 (Peter Armstrong, Founder Ruboss Technology Corporation)
Flex for the Java Developer (Peter Paugh, Java Developer)
Rich Internet Applications - Beyond the Buzz (James Ward, Technical Evangelist for Flex at Adobe)
Space for the conference is relatively limited (400 seats), so if you are interested in attending you might want to sign up soon.
Here is the official description of the conference:
The third annual Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise Conference (http://www.phillyemergingtech
Subjects covered include Java and Lightweight Development, Open Source Software, SOA/Integration, Web 2.0, Agile Practices, Ruby on Rails and more. You will listen to experts like Obie Fernandez, James Ward, Dan Allen, Chris Richardson, Brian McCallister, Dan Diephouse, Max Calson and others walk you through from the very basics to the very difficult task of harvesting open source in today’s ever changing world. Lucinda Holt, CEO, Commerce360 and one of the keynote speakers is looking forward to the conference. Says Holt, “Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise has quickly become the go-to high-tech conference in the Boston to Washington D.C. tech corridor. Centrally located in Philadelphia, the conference offers not only a great educational experience, but a community forum where people connect and collaborate.”
The cost is $175 for two days of 5 very full tracks
moreThis is a follow up to my earlier post on the Flex/Air Pre-release tour that is going to be coming to Philly later this month. We now have the location for this meeting all locked down and I am happy to say that it is a really great spot. This is the same venue and location where the CS3 Launch Event was held last year. The details are below.
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Time: 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Location: University of the Arts
211 S. Broad Street - Terra Building
8th Floor - Connelly Auditorium
Click here to register for the event on event brite.
Thanks to Ethan Murphy at the University of the Arts and Robert Hall at the Philly Flash Platform User Group for all their work in securing the location for this event.
moreIn January Adobe is going to be rolling through Philly on their Flex 3/AIR prerelease user group tour. The event details are below. Please RSVP via the link below if you are planning to attend.
Speaker: Dave Gruber, Adobe Flex Group Product Team
Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: University of the Arts
211 S. Broad Street - Terra Building
8th Floor - Connelly Auditorium
Click here to register for the event on event brite.
Here is the official description of the event:
Flex 3 and AIR are getting close to launch and in preparation, Dave Gruber from the Adobe Flex/AIR product team is coming to Philly in January to show off the great new features and help prepare us for this exciting launch.
Flex 3 is a feature-packed release, adding new UI components like the advanced datagrid and improved CSS capabilities; powerful tooling additions like refactoring; and extensive testing tools including memory and performance profiling, plus the addition of the automated testing framework to Flex Builder.
Adobe AIR is game-changing in so many ways, extending rich applications to the desktop, enabling access to the local file system, system tray, notifications and much more. Now you can write desktop applications using the same skills that you’ve been already using to create great web apps including both Flex and AJAX.
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to see and hear about this highly anticipated release of Flex 3 and AIR during this special pre-release tour. Plus, in addition to giving away some one of a kind Flex/AIR branded schwag, we will also be raffling off a copy of Flex Builder 3 Professional (pending availability) and a full commercial copy of CS3 Web Premium at this event!
Here is a little background info on Dave:
Dave Gruber is a Group Product Marketing Manager at Adobe Systems focused on Flex developer adoption. He has a long history in product management and marketing with web technologies, joining Adobe with the recent acquisition of Macromedia. Dave spent several years driving the successful ColdFusion business at Macromedia and Allaire and has played other key roles in the creation of Flash Remoting and Central. Prior to Allaire, Dave was the Director of Systems Engineering for Bright Tiger Technologies, an award-winning pioneer in guaranteeing Web site up-time and fast response which was acquired by Allaire in 1999.
moreWe’re looking to get the Adobe Flex User Group in Philly up and running. So, if you are interested in Flex/AIR and you’d like to join the group, please sign up using the form in the sidebar to the right.
We are also actively looking for speakers. If there is a topic that you would like to give a talk on, please shoot me an email (dwischusen [at] gmail.com) or post a message on the group’s discussion list (after you’ve signed up).
Lastly, we are seeking sponsors, so if you might have any interest in sponsoring the group, please let me know. Right now sponsorship would primarily entail providing a consistent location for the group’s monthly meetings.
moreWelcome to the new site for the Philadelphia Flex Adobe User Group. I’ll be posting information about upcoming meetings and events shortly.
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