Orange County Flex User Group

Our Main site is at: ocflex.org

OCFlex is now Orange County Adobe Developers

OCFlex is rebranding itself and broadening the scope of our technical topics. We are including topics on HTML5, JavaScript, and Web and Mobile Application Development.

Our meetup.com page is here: http://www.meetup.com/OC-Dev/

User Group Managers Are: Gary Temme and David Aguilar

We Meet the first Thursday each month at this location: Smart Soft, 18006 Sky Park Circle, Suite 207, Irvine, CA

Upcoming Events

Recent Blog Entries

Create the Web and Live Streaming Event 9/24/12
Entry posted on Sep 20 by davidraguilar

Hello UG members! I just wanted to remind you that Create the Web Event (http://html.adobe.com/)  is next week in San Francisco, CA and will be live streamed. Here is a link to sign up and receive a reminder about it. (https://adobeformscentral.com/?f=bE1-jW4-TzDZPnNHOs5nlA) Don't miss it! This is your chance to discover how Adobe is pushing the boundaries of what's possible on the web, see what's next with Adobe Edge Animate (the top HTML motion tool) and tune in for the schoop on the next Responsive Design Solution.



The Ability to Publish iPad Apps Has Arrived in Creative Cloud
Entry posted on Sep 20 by davidraguilar

Digital Publishing Suite, Single Edition allows designers to use familiar InDesign skills to create, develop, and deliver iPad apps like brochures, personal portfolios, yearbooks and annual reports - with engaging interactive elements such as slideshows and image sequences -without writing code! Single Edition is now included as part of an Adobe Creative Cloud membership, and Creative Cloud members can submit an unlimited number of iPad apps to the Apple App Store.

Further, the Single Edition workflow has been streamlined, allowing Single Edition customers to move directly from Folio Builder in InDesign directly to the DPS App Builder (formerly known as Viewer Builder), making the end-to-end workflow much simpler for design customers. There are other UI improvements as well both in the Folio Builder panel and DPS App Builder.

There are many resources available, including:

Points to note:
  • You will need to register as an Apple Developer and pay the $99 annual fee.
  • DPS App Builder is a Mac-only application. Also, Apple requires that you use a Mac to submit your app to the Apple App Store.
  • You will need to install the Digital Publishing Suite Desktop Tools update in InDesign.
  • DPS, Single Edition will continue to be available as a standalone product on Adobe.com for $395 / app, and is compatible with CS5, CS5.5 and CS6. The improved workflow and new features will be applicable to standalone customers as well, but only Creative Cloud members will be able to submit unlimited apps at no additional cost.



Active Discussions

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Thread Help with big project 1 3612 gfbaggio 02/21/12
Thread Announcing Xuland: A Flex 4 Social Networking Experiment 0 9378 ErichCervantez 11/15/10
Thread Flex Modules And Error 1014 0 10817 chuckboc 06/06/10
Thread ActionScript Error 2015 With Firefox And Internet Explorer 0 11344 chuckboc 04/28/10

Recently Posted References

Foundation Flash CS5 for Designers
Book posted on Sep 06 by chuckboc

Author: Tom Green and Tiago Dias
Genre: Adobe Flash Technical Book
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Flash on Devices
Book posted on Mar 27 by chuckboc

Author: Elad Elrom, Scott Janousek and Thomas Joos
Genre: Flash on mobile
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Flex 3 Component Solutions
Book posted on Feb 27 by chuckboc

Author: Jack Herrington
Genre: Flex
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Pro JavaScript RIA Techniques
Book posted on Feb 05 by chuckboc

Author: Den Odell
Genre: Rich Internet Applications
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Past Meetings

Skinning Components in Flex 4

Our 6 month software prize will be given away this month. Must be present to participate!!

NOTE THE ALTERNATE MEETING LOCATION THIS MONTH

Jeremy Saenz will be presenting on the new Flex 4 component lifecycle and explain how components are created and skinned.

Jeremy is a Flex Developer currently living in Los Angeles. He works at AsFusion, where he enjoys focusing on heavy UI design and development to create better experiences on the web and desktop.

Summary

Topic: Skinning Flex 4 Components
Date: Thursday June 10th, 2010
Time: 7pm
Location: George Fischer LLC
2882 Dow Avenue
Tustin CA 92780

Make Money With Your Flex Application

Dan Florio - polyGeek - had a crazy idea. He thought it would be cool to build a website that told people the best times to run and pee during a movie. He didn't think it would amount to much but it would be fun to build. Fortunately enough people around the world thought it was useful enough to spend a few bucks on the iPhone app version. Now Dan watches a lot of movies - to get the peetimes for every movie - and spends the rest of his time working on new project ideas and living off the income from the website/iPhone app.

Everyone has ideas for new websites, games or applications. This presentation is primarily aimed at encouraging other developers and designers to find ways to build their ideas and find some monetary success from it. I will briefly cover the history of RunPee.com such as where the idea came from, process of building the app, then launching the website and finally what happened when the site was picked up by the mainstream media. Then I'll talk about general ways to help you figure out what sort of potential your idea might have. Finally I'll cover some of the things that I learned from the success of RunPee ranging from technical/coding issues to marketing the site. 

Summary

Topic: Monitizing Your Flex App
Date: Thursday May 6th, 2010
Time: 7pm
Location: Smart Soft offices at
18006 Sky Park Circle
Suite 207
Irvine, CA 92614

April 2010 Meeting, Thursday April 1st

April is an exciting month with the recent launch of the Adobe Flash 4 Builder. We will start the evening with brainstorming topics for future meetings. Then we will have Mike Kollen, Cheif Training Officer from eSyncTraing join us. Mike is an Adobe certified trainer. He will be presenting on the new features for Flash 4 and productivity enhancements provided through the use of the newly released products. Join us for an information filled event.  

Summary

Topic: Adobe Flash 4 Product launch
Date: Thursday April 1st
Time: 7pm
Location: Smart Soft offices at
18006 Sky Park Circle
Suite 207
Irvine, CA 92614