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.

The following items are “nice to haves”.  You’ll still be able to learn a lot, just not get the full experience should you be missing one.

• Upgrade to Professional – If you have Flex Builder Standard, upgrade to Professional.  We’ll be using some of the charting components in our application.  If charts aren’t important to you, no worries.  If they are, then get the upgrade before you arrive.
• Notebook and Writing Tool – We’re huge believers in manual note taking.  There’s just someting about pen(cil) on paper that drills things into your mind.  When you have a “A-ha!” moment, jot it down and we bet you’ll remember it better.  Plus, we’ll be doing manual drawings of mock ups, so even if you don’t like note taking bring it for that purpose.
• Business Cards - You’re about to hang out with a bunch of like minded peers.  These are people that will grow their Flex skills at the same level as you.  Chances are they’re local too, so no sense in not getting to know them.  Hang out with them later and grow your skills together.

This weekend is going to be great.  If you haven’t yet told your friends and family, do so pronto.  The more people we get the better the group will be, not to mention it’s always fun to have a buddy to hang with.

Again, if you’ve already registered, great.  If not, hop on over to the reg site and buy your ticket.  This is gonna be a blast!