360Flexpress – Saturday Wrap up and Sunday Agenda
Day one of the training was loads of fun. We accomplished a lot. For those of you that missed out, it’s a shame. We learned some great skills to apply to our Flex dev work. Here’s a link to a zip file. It contains the “backup” of our original POC mxml file as well as [...]
360Flexpress – What to bring with you
Not everyone has been to a 360 event (yet! LOL), so it’s always helpful for us to sort of give a rundown on what to bring. In addition, this is the first 360Flexpress event so we wanted to make sure we’re all on the same page.
The following items are “must bring” for you to have a great learning experience.
You – As silly as it sounds, you’d be surprised at the random “Can I just leave my tape recorder?” question. This is training, so you need to be there alert and ready to learn. (Speaking of, if you haven’t registered yet, do it now!)
A laptop – Technically, you can bring like an iMac I guess, but that’s probably not something you want to lug around. There are no machines on-site to rent, borrow or steal. Therefore, if you don’t have one, call up Aunt May and ask if you can borrow hers for the day.
Flex Builder 3 Installed – Since Flash Builder 4 is a ways away still, we’re going to be learning on Flex Builder 3. It’s what you will use at work for a good quarter of a year yet, so don’t worry it’s not “old hat” just yet. There’s also the 30 day trial if you haven’t dabbled with Flex Builder yet. The trial is good enough for this weekend.
360flexpress Hands-On – Getting down to the wire for great training!
Some of you may be wondering what type of application your gonna build this weekend. While the application can’t be too complex since we only have a weekend, we also want to keep it relevant enough to teach you some great skills.
One thing I’ve never liked about a lot of training out there is that while you build pieces of an app, you don’t build the whole thing. There’s always things skipped, code prewritten for you, so you never get that continuous feel of going from nothing to finished product. That will not be the case here.
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We’re hard at work making the two days of 360|Flexpress the best hands-on Training you’re gonna find… anywhere.
I know, as if there was ever any question, HOWEVER we want to make sure everyone knows it.
Whether you’re new to Flex, or have a little experience and want to “Level Up”, Saturday is the day for you. Tom has been working with Flex since Flex 1.5, I know I was there working with him. We’ve got stories, oh yes, we do.
Saturday is all Flex 101, Hands-On. Bring your laptop, a power cord, and be ready to learn.
Sunday we’re offering some choices. Tom, Keith and Harry will be each holding talks on some of the major frameworks in the Flex developer world, Mate, Cairngorm, and PureMVC.
We’ve got a room for each, so once you’ve spent the day Saturday learning the in’s and outs of Flex, you’ll be able to learn about the most common frameworks in use by Flex developers.
After all, part of this training’s goal is to get folks the Flex skills they need to get a job, or a better job!
Register now! $149 for 2 solid days of Flex hands-on training! You won’t find a better deal!
Task Breakdown for Day 1
In the previous post, I laid out the plan for Day 1. It listed some overarching goals that I have for the training day, i.e. to get you hired or excel at your new Flex job.
Some of you are excited, but want a little more meat. That’s understandable, since traditional training seems to be a [...]
The plan for Day 1 of 360|Flexpress
When I managed Silvafug, there was always a common need: Get new Flex developers up to speed so they can get hired (or excel in a new role as Flex developer). In order to do that, you need to teach skills beyond just the technical (”This is a var”). You need to teach people how [...]
360Flexpress – Sunday Adv Training!
Thomas will be spending the entire day Sunday going over advanced MVC topics, including
Explore the FlexStore code with pre- and post-MVC usages.
Present best practices and “danger” areas when using Cairngorm,
and (if time allows)… explore the CGX add-ons for event scheduling, custom events, callbacks, delegate factories, etc.
Don’t worry, if you’re not sure if Cairngorm is for you, or even if you’re sure it IS NOT for you. Thomas’ session will be worth it. You’ll elevate your game no matter your position on Cairngorm.
360FlexPress – San Jose! Get your Hands-On, on!
Saturday will be Flex 101, getting your feet wet. Tom’s gonna walk folks thrue the basics of building Flex apps.
Sunday, will cover a bit more advanced stuff. You’ve written a Flex app, etc, but want to bring your game up to the next level. Day 2 will be for you.
The pricing is pretty straight forward. You only need 1 day (Saturday or Sunday), it’s $99 That’s it. Pick your Day, show up and get your learn on.
You want to start at the beginning, and ramp up to serious Flex developer levels? It’s $149 for both days. You’re not gonna get 2 days of hands-on training by industry leaders, for a better price, and by Sunday night, you’ll be ready to sit in on the 300+ level sessions at 360|Flex San Jose!
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