Last month I did a beginners guide to using Red5 Open Source FMS Server. Well I have “The Man” That will know way more about it than me lined up for our next meeting. This promises to be a great presentation.

Who is Chris Allan

With extensive experience developing for the Flash platform and Java, Chris Allen is a leader in the Open Source Flash community. Over the last 8 years he has been a software architect and developer for various companies including Cambridge Technology Partners, Mass General Hospital and Scholastic. Chris is currently president and CEO of Infrared5, a consulting firm built around services for Flash including the Open Source Red5 server and Papervision3D. He is also co-project manager and a Java developer for the Open Source Red5 project, as well as an author on an upcoming book on Open Source Flash development.  You can read his blog at ff9900.org.

Building Red5 Applications
Take your Flash and Flex applications to the next level. Add streaming video, live interactivity and push technology to your projects, all using the acclaimed open source Red5 Flash server. Project leader Chris Allen will walk us though building a Red5 application using the new Jedai Framework (http://jedai.googlecode.com). They will learn how to harness the power of RTMP in Flash to build cutting edge content including multi-user games, live video chat and more.

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Alright, our meeting on March the 11th 2008 was really cool but the Acrobat Connect recording didn’t work out so well, so Scot was kind enough to re-record and break the presentation down into separate videos for us.

At this presentation Scot started us on a series about the fundamentals of using Caingorm and MVC in Flex. I have to admit that this was a bit over my head and I had no desire to learn anything about Cairngorm, but I think once you listen to Scot explain it, I think you will catch on and may beside you would like to  start using this framework as part of your development strategy.

As you sharpen your Development skills you will find that OOP (Object Oriented Programing)  is a much better way to code your applications. You may or may not want to use Cairngorm for this but watching this series should give you a good idea of whether or not you would like to or not.

Check out the first part of Scot’s searies by going to this link. http://blog.tsclausing.com/cairngorm-series

Scot will be continuing his series at the next meeting of April 8th 2008 so brush up for that by watching the first part over the next few weeks.

Next meeting will be presented by Scot Clausing. For more about Scot please visit his blog at blog.tsclausing.com

Acrobat Connect URL will be http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/r83536615/

Cairngorm Fundamentals
MVC Flex applications with Cairngorm

1) What is Cairngorm?
2) Why use a MVC framework like Cairngorm?
3) How is the MVC pattern carried out in a Flex + Cairngorm application?
- Model:Â Role of the ModelLocator & Model Objects
- View:Â Role of View Components & Event Objects
- Controller: Role of the FrontController & Command Objects
4) Build an example Flex + Cairngorm app from scratch w/ group input
5) Practical tips going forward

Meeting will start at 7:00 PM at DealerSkins. Here are the directions.

Just a friendly reminder that a week from today we’ll be hosting a special Flex / AIR event. All the details are located here: http://www.615flex.com/2008/01/14/join-the-615flex-user-group-for-this-cant-miss-meeting/.

Feb 12th, 2008: Thermo, Flex4 and MXMLG are slated to bring exciting new capabilities to Flex eventually, but what if you could use some of these new features in your projects today? At this months meeting, Ben will be demonstrating the Degrafa and OpenFlux frameworks. Degrafa is a declarative graphics framework (similar to MXMLG), which allows developers and designers to create rich, custom graphics without the need to know AS3 or the Flash graphics API. OpenFlux takes Degrafa a step further by introducing a new component model (similar to changes rumored to be in Flex4), which allows developers to create entirely new custom components with minimal effort.

Bio of presenter: Ben Stucki is an independent software developer in Nashville, TN. He might have had an average, every-day job selling retail electronics or installing cable, but he doesn’t. He designs and develops bleeding edge web applications using Flex 2, ActionScript 3, C#, HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Apparently he’s pretty good at it. He speaks at user group meetings just to rub it in.

Meetings usually start around 6:00 or 6:30 at the latest. All meetings are held at DealerSkins unless noted otherwise. Here are the directions.

Acrobat Connect for anyone that can’t make it. http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/p48923740/

Adobe’s RIA technologies enable you to rapidly build and deploy the most engaging applications across browsers and on the desktop. The 615Flex user group is 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.

When:
Monday, February 25 at 7:00pm CST

Where:
Dealerskins Office
404 BNA Dr.
Suite 600 (Building 200)
Nashville, TN 37217

Map and directions:
http://tinyurl.com/36gw67

At the Dec. 10th meeting we will be having a guest speaker form the Atlanta Flex group. I would like to have a really good turn out for this meeting. John Mason will be coming up on his own expense so it would be great if we could come out and support his presentation.

John will be demonstrating the new Adobe Integrated Runtime (aka AIR, also formerly known as Apollo). With AIR, you can now deploy your Flex or AJAX code into a fully functional desktop application. We will see how to export an AIR application from Flex Builder 3 and also how it installs on a client computer. During the presentation, we will see some of the internal features of the runtime including:

- File system API
- SQLite engine
- Clipboard drag and drop
- Offline/Online functionality
- AIR security model

As time permits, we will also review some of the common gotcha’s with AIR development and deployment. It’s a great time to be a Flex developer. With AIR, you can easily increase the scope of your work using your current RIA skill set.

Acrobat Connect URL for meeting: http://adobechats.adobe.acrobat.com/r99106993/

About the Speaker:

John Mason works at FusionLink, a ColdFusion and Flex hosting company based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been programming with ColdFusion since 1996 and Flash since 2001. John was a contributor to the CFDJ and actively posts on several ColdFusion, Flash and Flex related lists. He recently became an Adobe Flex Champion, but he also holds an Adobe ColdFusion Advance Certification. He earned his BS and MBA from Georgia Southern University. Currently, he enjoys working on his Flex certification and building beta applications in AIR.

Meeting will be held at DealerSkins in Nashville at 6:30 on Dec 10th. On a side note Dealer Skins has offered to sponsor the 615Flex group by allowing us to use there Venue for all of our Monthly meetings. I know that this is a drive for some of you but this is a great offer so we don’t have to keep jumping from place to place, so we will be meeting at there offices until further notice.

Don’t forget this is the meeting that I will be giving someone there choice of Adobe Software. If you have been to at least 3 meetings over the last 4 months you are eligible to win.

Nov. 12th 2007 meeting will be presented by the “Dynamic Duo” Byron McClain and Ryan Kettrey. The Title of the presentation will be “Primitive Shapes, Database Access Layers: A Convenient Truth”. Not really much else that I can say about that! All I know is I had lunch with Byron and he seamed to be really sharp as in his understanding of SQL and building RIA’s with ASP.NET will cut you like a razor blade. As for Ryan…. I don’t know much about him other than that cool little “Vector Graphics in Flex” example that he did for us on the list.

I At the meeting we will be showing stuff in the box of Adobe Crap that you can pick from if you build an app for the group. Also Don’t forget we have just one more meeting in Dec. that will allow you guys to be in the Drawing for Adobe Software. !!!!

Meeting will be held at Byron and Ryan’s office in Brentwood. Magellan Press - Check here for directions.

Here is a little more about Byron and Ryan:

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Oct. 8th meeting will be presented by Deke Smith. The Title of the presintation will be “An Interduction to CSS is Flex”. This will be great for Designer and Developers. Understanding the Flex Framework and how you can skin your projects will help us all develop great looking Flex apps.

As we get closer to the meeting we will be posting a link to the Acrobat Connect Link that we will be using during the presentation if you can’t make it out to the meeting live, but remember if you attend at least 3 meetings between now and Dec. Meeting you will be entered to win Adobe Software.

Meeting will be held at AristoWorks office in Nashville. Check here for directions.

Here is a little more about Deke:

Deke Smith began his career as an art director. His career in new media
began when he used a program called Director from a company then called
Macromind and became excited about the potential of the new media.
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The Nashville Flex User Group has been going strong. We started up around July of 2007. It has taken a bit to organize but the last two meetings have been great.

At this time I am looking for presenters. If you know AS3 and Flex or anything  flex related we would really like to hear what you have to say and how you use this great technology.

What are the benefits of speaking at our meetings you say? Exposure of course. We will archive your presentation on our site, post an article about your presentation our blog and  your blog or site, and anything else we can do to help get you noticed. On top of that you get the satisfaction in knowing that are helping the Nashville Flex user group grow and it’s members excel in there learning of Flex and AS3.

If you are not local to Nashville…… that is ok! We have an acrobat connect account and you can do your presentation from anywhere in the world if you like.

Please contact Matthew Wallace (me) if you are interested in helping the group grow and present us with some great insight on Flex and related technologies.