Watch a short overview video to learn what to expect from the Flex in a Week training series.

In this episode of the Flex in a Week training series, you will review the basic workflow of an HTML-based data-driven application, how a SWF file changes this workflow, and how SWF files can access data from server-side technologies.

In this second episode of a two-part series, Piotr Walczyszyn demonstrates how easy it is to get started with the OAuth API authorization protocol in Adobe AIR applications built with Flash or Flex.

Join James Ward as he overviews the new Spark Form components in Flex 4.5, allowing you to provide dynamic, skinned data entry components in your Flex applications with very little work.

Platform Evangelist Michael Chaize demonstrates how new features in Flex 4.5 make it easy to create multiple layouts for applications to run on mobile devices.

Technical Evangelist James Ward showcases the new DataGrid component in Flex 4.5, and explains how the new Spark architecture makes it easier than ever to customize and skin these components.

Platform Evangelist Michael Chaize explains how layout mirroring helps minimize interface redesigns when porting a Flex application to languages with right-to-left text orientations.

In his continuing series on the new Spark components in Flex 4.5, James Ward demonstrates how the new Formatters simplify the process of displaying common data types as localized/internationalized and human friendly strings.

Developer Evangelist Serge Jespers describes how to build a Flex 4.5 application using Flash Builder 4.5. Discover how you can benefit from manipulating components' properties such as improved efficiency in managing data from an xml file.

Join host Duane Nickull as he illustrates the differences in developing mobile applications with two different Flex SDK's (4.1 and 4.5). A link to the source code for both projects is available in the video.

Join Enrique Duvos, Adobe Flash Platform evangelist, as he introduces you to creative layout techniques leveraging the new Flex 4 SDK component model and layout architecture. You'll learn how to develop sophisticated layouts from both a technical and user experience point of view. Topics will include assignable layouts, transformations, 3D, visual orchestration, and more.

Learn how the next version of the Flex SDK will enable developers to easily create applications for the desktop and mobile devices. This session will show you how you can use the new mobile features in the SDK together with familiar Flex concepts to build mobile applications. You will learn about the new mobile-specific components and capabilities being added to the Flex SDK, as well as learn tips for optimizing both the design and performance of your application as it works across different devices.

Hear David Bieselin, Adobe Connect Engineering Director and Gaurav Satija, Adobe Connect Sr. Manager, explain how you can take an existing Flex application (or create a new one) and offer rich collaboration features through an Adobe Connect meeting room. They will demonstrate how the free Adobe Connect Collaboration SDK lets Flex developers create views based on role, synchronize data within meetings, and communicate with other objects within the meeting environment. This is a must-see session for anyone wanting to add collaborative capabilities to a Flex application.

Join Deepa Subramaniam, product manager for the Flex SDK, as she discusses the future direction of Flex and its related products. She will cover exciting updates being planned that will affect developers. She will discuss new features and capabilities planned for the next versions of the Flex SDK, ActionScript compiler, and MXML compiler as well as cover interesting features looming within the Flash Player virtual machine, Flash Player rendering engine, and ActionScript language.

Senior Product Manager Deepa Subramaniam explains how the next release of the Flex SDK, “Hero,” displays data in a more dynamic and extensible manner with the new Spark DataGrid component.

Chet demonstrates an effect that you can use to zoom in on details of an image while switching between thumbnail and high-resolution versions of the image.

Jeff Tapper from Digital Primates explores Flex 4’s new component architecture, new states paradigm, and how to use things like a ViewStack or DataGrid (both of which don’t have Flex 4 versions) in your Flex 4 application.

In this sequel to the previous episode, Chet shows how to use the Animate effect in Flex 4 to animate filters that persist on an object after the animation is finished.

Chet demonstrates how to use the new AnimateFilter effect in Flex 4 to animate transient filter effects such as blurring objects out. He also shows when AnimateFilter is not the right tool for the job.

Chet explains how scaling artifacts can sometimes distort the visuals when using the 3D capabilities of Flex and the Flash Player, and how you can avoid these problems.

Transition effects rely on state information to specify the values to animate between.  You can hard-code these values in the effects, but in this episode Chet shows why you should avoid doing so.

Chet shows how the simple state syntax in Flex 4 makes state code easier to write and read. He also highlights how transitions can create a more engaging experience when changing application states.

Flex 4 provides the tools you need to create custom graphics.  In this episode, Chet explains how to utilize the Path object and mouse events to create a simple drawing application.

In this sequel to the previous episode, Chet shows how to create a better reflection effect in Flex 4 with an alpha mask to make it more realistic.

Chet shows how to create a container in Flex 4 that displays an image and a simple reflection of that image.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase shows how to use the updateAfterEvent() function to get better UI performance for time-sensitive events such as mouse movement and timers.

Join Deepa Subramaniam, Product Manager of the Flex SDK, as she walks you through the new features in Flex 4 & Flash Builder 4. Additionally discusses what is coming up within the Flash Platform around creating engaging and compelling Flash-based mobile applications as well as talks about the growing Flash and Flex ecosystems.

Flex SDK Engineer, Ryan Frishberg, shows the new Spark skinning architecture in Flex 4 by creating a new skinnable stopwatch component and a few different skin files.

One of the most interesting new features in Flex 4 is that developers can easily create custom layouts for data components. Join Flex SDK Engineer, Evtim Georgiev, to learn more about this new layout model, show how to create a custom layout in Flex 4 and show the APIs that allow developers to work with elements, handle scrolling and navigation, and creating virtualized layouts.

Flex 4 introduces a completely new effects and animation model that gives developers the ability to create customized transitions. Flex SDK Engineer Chet Haase walks you through the new features and shows you how you can make use of the new effects model in your Flex 4 applications.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase discusses how to build a reusable animation library in Flash Pro that can be used in Flash and Flex applications.

In this video, Chet shows how to use the Animation class, which is the timing engine used internally by Flex 4 effects.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase explains how to create more complex animations by using keyframes to define multiple intervals in each motion path.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase shows a better way to animate adding and removing items from a VBox container in Flex 3 by using a technique from Flex transitions.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase answers a question posted on his blog about how to animate adding and removing items from a VBox container in Flex 3.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase shows how to use the new “autoReverse” property of Transition to get a better user experience for Flex 4 transition effects.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase explores using a graphical object as a button and various ways of animating its look as you click on it to get a smooth 3D-like interaction.

The tutorial about component state feedback continues as former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase details how to add animations to a button’s skin to provide animate changes between skin states.

A component can change its look between different states, like when the mouse is over it. In this video, former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase shows how Flex buttons do this to provide important visual cues to the user.

Part 4 of 4 of the Hands-on Flex training sessions for ColdFusion developers

Part 1 of 4 of the Hands-on Flex training sessions for ColdFusion developers.

Part 2 of 4 of the Hands-on Flex training sessions for ColdFusion developers

Part 3 of 4 of the Hands-on Flex training sessions for ColdFusion developers

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase explains how to animate scrolling for a TextArea component using some simple ActionScript code to create and play animations.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase walks you through an application that animates a scrolling behavior. Animations happen automatically when you click on a scrollbar’s track or up/down buttons, but this case requires custom code.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase demonstrates techniques of measuring the performance of animations, and shows how the performance of effects, render events, and the SWF frame rate relate to each other.

Flex makes it easy to create animated transitions, helping the user understand what is happening in the UI. Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase shows how transitions and easing behavior improve the user experience.

In this video, former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase takes a look at some of the techniques used in gaming consoles to achieve highly interactive and fun user experiences.

Chet Haase, formerly of the Adobe Flex SDK Team, demonstrates the new animated behaviors in the Flex 4 scrollbar and slider components.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase shows how to use the new custom type interpolation abilities in Flex 4 effects for better animated resizing effects on the window of an Adobe AIR application.

In this video, former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase explores interpolation arbitrary types in Flex 4 effects, and explains how to use the new IInterpolator interface to create custom interpolators.

Chet Haase, formerly of the Adobe Flex SDK team, shows how to create and use custom easing functions with Flex 4 effects which allows for new and interesting timing behavior for animations.

Hear about Open-Plug's Flex Builder plug-in and mobile-optimized SDK that enables you to create rich mobile applications and deploy them with native performance across various mobile platforms.See live demonstrations of the development workflow, and more.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase explains how the new transform effects work in Flex 4 and how Move, Scale, and Rotate combine their operations internally to result in the correct behavior.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase explores the new Pixel Bender-based effects in Flex 4, such as CrossFade and Wipe. Learn how to use these effects to create cool transitions in your Flex 4 applications.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase demonstrates Flash Player 10 and its ability to position and transform objects in 3D – then showcases this capability using new effects in Flex 4.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase continues his exploration of the new Pixel Bender-based effects in Flex 4, this time focusing on Shaders.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase demos the new AnimateFilter effect, which allows you to animate the properties of Flex filters over time to create rich animations for your Flex application.

This effect exists in Flex 3, but the Flex 4 beta version includes more logic to automatically handle different situations of fading.

Follow along with former Flex SDK team member Chet Haase and explore the new AnimateColor effect, which allows you to easily add color values in gradients to achieve interesting visual effects.

In this video, former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase explores the new Animate effect in Flex 4. This effect can handle animating multiple properties of arbitrary type and is the superclass of all the new effects in Flex 4.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase introduces the color animation effect in the next version of Flex. He then compares RGB interpolation and HSB interpolation to find out which provides better color interpolation behavior.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase adds lifelike motion to GUI objects, using traditional animation techniques of anticipation, follow-through, and motion blur.

In this episode, former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase highlights the ease of creating realistic animations and sequential motion effects in the next version of Flex.

In this episode, former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase explains how to add a bouncing effect to a ball. See how easing functions give a realistic look to an animated object’s movement.

Different visual effects require different motion. Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase shows how to incorporate realistic movement into your animations by using various easing functions in Flex 3.

Ryan Stewart discusses the new functionality of the next version of Flex, codename Gumbo, with Evtim Georgiev, an Engineer on the SDK team. A demo of Ryan creating a custom layout follows.

In this video, former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase demonstrates and compares how a simple animation effect is constructed both in Flex 3 and in the next version of Flex, codenamed Gumbo.

Ryan Stewart discusses the new functionality of the next version of Flex, codename Gumbo, with Evtim Georgiev, an Engineer on the SDK team. A demo of Ryan creating a custom layout follows.

Adobe has told you to "file a bug" so many times you want to throw things at them. Wouldn't it be better if you could just fix the thing yourself and show the rest of the world how brilliant you are?

Join RJ Owen and Brad Umbaugh, Senior Developers as they explore in depth exactly what happens every time a component is created and rendered in Flex.

Learn how to use the open source Flex SDK to improve your programming and solve problems. Introduction to the Flex source code explaining the class hierarchy, compositional classes, and the importance of interfaces.

Join Chuck Freedman, director of the developer platform at Ribbit, and find out how easy it is to add phone capabilities to your Flex project using Ribbit's SDK.

Join Adam Flater to learn how to use Flex Builder 3. He will cover the basic features of Flex Builder, including the project system, basic editor features, design view, running and debugging, and deploying to Adobe AIR.

Join Nigel Pegg as he shows us how to build your first multiuser Adobe AIR application using the new Cocomo Flex SDK.

Join Tim Buntel, Tom Lane, David Zuckerman, Rob Brambley III, leaders of the Flex Builder team to hear about features and capabilities planned for the next exciting version of your favorite Flex IDE.

Former Adobe Flex SDK team member Chet Haase shows you how to take advantage of the Flash rendering engine by creating filters, which are simple image processing operations you can perform on arbitrary graphics.