RE: [flexcoders] Resource help for beginner
I am quite successful in Flex and have no Flash background. Flash WOULD be helpful if you are going to go deep into complex graphic behaviors, but is not at all necessary for creating business applications. I do not know CF, but understand it integrates very well with Flex, and there are many people using that configuration, and there are some sites/blogs that specialize in it. Here is a partial list of Flex resources. Tracy Flex 2.x Resources Flex sites/blogs: Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/ DEVNET - start here! http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/productinfo/faq/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?event=homepagepr oductId=2 http://blogs.adobe.com/ http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/ http://labs.adobe.com/ http://labs.adobe.com/community/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#loc=en_usview=sn610vie wName=Adobe%20Exchangeavm=1 http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/ http://nondocs.blogspot.com/2007/04/metadatapercentproxy.html Other: http://www.searchcoders.com/flex/ http://www.flexination.info http://flexibleexperiments.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/flex-20-primitive-ex plorer/ http://www.scalenine.com http://www.flexcursion.com http://www.theflexshow.com http://www.JeffryHouser.com http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/ . http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/ http://flexbox.mrinalwadhwa.com/ http://dougmccune.com/blog/ http://www.cflex.net/ http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/ http://www.everythingflex.com http://www.waldosmeets.com/ http://www.jessewarden.com/ http://www.cbetta.com/blog/ http://www.cynergytv.com/ http://www.flexdaddy.info/ http://www.richinternet.de/blog/ http://www.brightworks.com/technology/overview.html http://www.crossdomainxml.org/ http://flexsearch.org/ http://labs.flexcoders.nl/ Flex style Explorer: http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExplo rer.html Documentation: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flex/ http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm Lists: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/index.cfm?forumid=60 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcomponents/ Bugs/enhancement requests: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terri J. Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:43 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Resource help for beginner Hi, I am new to Flex and am approaching it as a ColdFusion user. I have minimal programming knowledge but am willing to learn, I just need to know where to start. In reading through the postings, I see I am in way over my head at the moment and would like to know what would be best for me to learn about to better grasp and use the capabilities Flex will give my ColdFusion base. It appears from my reading in this group that a good knowledge of ActionScript is called for. Is this correct or have I misunderstood this as well? I am not terribly interested in Flash and it seems many are approaching problems from that point of view, should I extend my learning in that direction or can I get by with CF and Flex alone? Thanks for any pointers and here's hoping I'm not biting off more than I can chew. :) -Terri J. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1036 - Release Date: 9/28/2007 3:40 PM -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links
Re: [flexcoders] Resource help for beginner
Tracy, thanks for the reply. I have familiarized myself with the adobe resources but appreciate the other links. A few look familiar, but it would have taken me quite awhile to compile my own list, I'm sure. Thank you also for the assurance that I can be successful without having to worry about Flash (one thing at a time, lol!). I guess I really need to know where to get a good foundation in ActionScript. I've been to actionscript.org and a few related sites but things seem to be in bits and pieces there (or there's just too much to wade through when you don't know what you're doing) and without the foundation to lay upon, I'm still a bit lost. Any recommended books or sites? Thanks again. -Terri J. On 10/1/07, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am quite successful in Flex and have no Flash background. Flash WOULD be helpful if you are going to go deep into complex graphic behaviors, but is not at all necessary for creating business applications. I do not know CF, but understand it integrates very well with Flex, and there are many people using that configuration, and there are some sites/blogs that specialize in it. Here is a partial list of Flex resources. Tracy Flex 2.x Resources Flex sites/blogs: Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/ DEVNET - start here! http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/productinfo/faq/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?event=homepagepr oductId=2 http://blogs.adobe.com/ http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/ http://labs.adobe.com/ http://labs.adobe.com/community/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#loc=en_usview=sn610vie wName=Adobe%20Exchangeavm=1 http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/ http://nondocs.blogspot.com/2007/04/metadatapercentproxy.html Other: http://www.searchcoders.com/flex/ http://www.flexination.info http://flexibleexperiments.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/flex-20-primitive-ex plorer/ http://www.scalenine.com http://www.flexcursion.com http://www.theflexshow.com http://www.JeffryHouser.com http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/ . http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/ http://flexbox.mrinalwadhwa.com/ http://dougmccune.com/blog/ http://www.cflex.net/ http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/ http://www.everythingflex.com http://www.waldosmeets.com/ http://www.jessewarden.com/ http://www.cbetta.com/blog/ http://www.cynergytv.com/ http://www.flexdaddy.info/ http://www.richinternet.de/blog/ http://www.brightworks.com/technology/overview.html http://www.crossdomainxml.org/ http://flexsearch.org/ http://labs.flexcoders.nl/ Flex style Explorer: http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExplo rer.html Documentation: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flex/ http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm Lists: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/index.cfm?forumid=60 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcomponents/ Bugs/enhancement requests: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish -Original Message- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terri J. Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:43 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Resource help for beginner Hi, I am new to Flex and am approaching it as a ColdFusion user. I have minimal programming knowledge but am willing to learn, I just need to know where to start. In reading through the postings, I see I am in way over my head at the moment and would like to know what would be best for me to learn about to better grasp and use the capabilities Flex will give my ColdFusion base. It appears from my reading in this group that a good knowledge of ActionScript is called for. Is this correct or have I misunderstood this as well? I am not terribly interested in Flash and it seems many are approaching problems from that point of view, should I extend my learning in that direction or can I get by with CF and Flex alone? Thanks for any pointers and here's hoping I'm not biting off more than I can chew. :) -Terri J. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.33/1036 - Release Date: 9/28/2007 3:40 PM -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links
RE: [flexcoders] Resource help for beginner
It depends on how you like to learn. Thre are certainly some excellent AS3 books out there, anything involving Colin Moock is going to be good. But I personally would not want to read Essential Actionscript 3 cover to cover. I'd say do one or two tutorials, then start your own project. Just have the docs handy! If you know any Javascript, Actionscript will be familiar. Tracy From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terri Jaskolka Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 12:07 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Resource help for beginner Tracy, thanks for the reply. I have familiarized myself with the adobe resources but appreciate the other links. A few look familiar, but it would have taken me quite awhile to compile my own list, I'm sure. Thank you also for the assurance that I can be successful without having to worry about Flash (one thing at a time, lol!). I guess I really need to know where to get a good foundation in ActionScript. I've been to actionscript.org http://actionscript.org and a few related sites but things seem to be in bits and pieces there (or there's just too much to wade through when you don't know what you're doing) and without the foundation to lay upon, I'm still a bit lost. Any recommended books or sites? Thanks again. -Terri J. On 10/1/07, Tracy Spratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am quite successful in Flex and have no Flash background. Flash WOULD be helpful if you are going to go deep into complex graphic behaviors, but is not at all necessary for creating business applications. I do not know CF, but understand it integrates very well with Flex, and there are many people using that configuration, and there are some sites/blogs that specialize in it. Here is a partial list of Flex resources. Tracy Flex 2.x Resources Flex sites/blogs: Adobe: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/ http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/ DEVNET - start here! http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/productinfo/faq/ http://www.adobe.com/products/flex/productinfo/faq/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?event=homepagepr http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/communityengine/index.cfm?event=homepagep r oductId=2 http://blogs.adobe.com/ http://blogs.adobe.com/ http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/ http://weblogs.macromedia.com/mxna/ http://labs.adobe.com/ http://labs.adobe.com/ http://labs.adobe.com/community/ http://labs.adobe.com/community/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#loc=en_usview=sn610vie http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#loc=en_usview=sn610vi e wName=Adobe%20Exchangeavm=1 http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/ http://blogs.adobe.com/flexdoc/ http://nondocs.blogspot.com/2007/04/metadatapercentproxy.html http://nondocs.blogspot.com/2007/04/metadatapercentproxy.html Other: http://www.searchcoders.com/flex/ http://www.searchcoders.com/flex/ http://www.flexination.info http://www.flexination.info http://flexibleexperiments.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/flex-20-primitive-ex http://flexibleexperiments.wordpress.com/2007/03/14/flex-20-primitive-e x plorer/ http://www.scalenine.com http://www.scalenine.com http://www.flexcursion.com http://www.flexcursion.com http://www.theflexshow.com http://www.theflexshow.com http://www.JeffryHouser.com http://www.JeffryHouser.com http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/ http://blog.digitalbackcountry.com/ . http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/ http://code.google.com/p/flexlib/ http://flexbox.mrinalwadhwa.com/ http://flexbox.mrinalwadhwa.com/ http://dougmccune.com/blog/ http://dougmccune.com/blog/ http://www.cflex.net/ http://www.cflex.net/ http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/ http://www.quietlyscheming.com/blog/ http://www.everythingflex.com http://www.everythingflex.com http://www.waldosmeets.com/ http://www.waldosmeets.com/ http://www.jessewarden.com/ http://www.jessewarden.com/ http://www.cbetta.com/blog/ http://www.cbetta.com/blog/ http://www.cynergytv.com/ http://www.cynergytv.com/ http://www.flexdaddy.info/ http://www.flexdaddy.info/ http://www.richinternet.de/blog/ http://www.richinternet.de/blog/ http://www.brightworks.com/technology/overview.html http://www.brightworks.com/technology/overview.html http://www.crossdomainxml.org/ http://www.crossdomainxml.org/ http://flexsearch.org/ http://flexsearch.org/ http://labs.flexcoders.nl/ http://labs.flexcoders.nl/ Flex style Explorer: http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExplo http://examples.adobe.com/flex2/consulting/styleexplorer/Flex2StyleExpl o rer.html Documentation: http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flex/ http://www.adobe.com/support/documentation/en/flex/ http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/ http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/ http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm Lists: http://www.adobe.com
