From gela at nycap.rr.com Tue Aug 21 06:43:01 2007 From: gela at nycap.rr.com (Jerry Ela) Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:43:01 -0400 Subject: [albany-pm] new developer group in capital district Message-ID: <46CAEBE5.6050208@nycap.rr.com> Hi, I'm starting a new developer group in the Capital District. Here are the details. The Capital District Flex Developers Network is a organization, located in New York's Capital District (Albany area)dedicated to bringing together developers interested in Flex, AIR and other Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies. It is intended to be a place where developers can learn, network and socialize. While our focus is on Adobe's Flex and AIR, we will also look at other RIA technologies such as AJAX, Silverlight, JavaFX and OpenLaazlo The Capital District Flex Developers Network holds monthly meetings, usually on the 1st Wednesday of each month, which are free and open to the public. These meetings feature presentations on Flex, AIR, and other RIA technologies, as well as a chance to network and socialize with other developers. Food and drink are provided courtesy of our sponsors. Our first meeting (details below) will be on Wed Sept 5, at the Callaway Grill on Albany Shaker Road in Loudonville, and we will generally meet there on the 1st Wednesday of each month. Visit our website at http://RIAction.com for more information and to sign up First Meeting details: Date: Sept. 5, 2007 Time: 6:00-8:30 Location: The Callaway Grill 661 Albany-Shaker Road Loudonville, NY Agenda: Group Kickoff: (Jerry Ela) This is our first meeting. We'll discuss what our plans are for the group and get feedback from the group members. Intro to Flex: (Jerry Ela) We're assuming that not everyone at the meeting is all that familiar with Flex. Jerry will provide a brief overview of Flex. Show some examples and some code, and hopefully get everyone to the point where they have a general idea of what Flex is. Bio:Jerry is the founder and president of the Capital District Flex Developers Network. He works as a Senior Developer for Troy Web Consulting specializing in Rich Internet Application Development, and has more than 20 years experience in information technology. He is a Certified Adobe Instructor for both Flex and Coldfusion. Best Practices for Building Quality Flex Applications for the Browser and for Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR): (Anthony Debonis) Learn how to improve your software quality by following test-driven development practices when building your Flex-based rich Internet applications. We'll look at the popular FlexUnit unit testing framework along with functional testing options such as the Automation Framework from Adobe. Bio:Anthony DeBonis is a Senior Technologist, Adobe Certified Instructor and Partner with Troy Web Consulting in Troy, New York.Anthony is responsible for designing, developing and deploying RIA/web applications in Flex, ColdFusion and Java Platforms for both government and corporate entities. Anthony is currently working on Flex / ColdFusion Applications for several New York State and Federal Agencies including highly secure, mission critical dashboard system. An avid developer community member, Anthony manages the Java Developer's Network in Albany NY and presents at many user groups and Nation Conference. He has been involved in beta program for 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0 as well as doing many presentations on Flex. Food and drink will be served. Meetings are free and open to the public.