Getting Started with Adobe Flex and Adobe Air

Now that my graduation is nearing, I have started thinking about my honours project. I knew I wanted to study something regarding field of user interfaces, but I wasn't sure how. At first, I was going to do a study on what makes a user interface good vs bad, but that was too easy, and I had already studied that in one of my classes. I wanted to learn something new and I think I may have found that.

It is not a direct study of user interfaces, but rather the direction applications are heading, and the way user interfaces are evolving. Adobe Flex will be a way for me to convey that. Flex incorporates all the aspects of a Rich Internet Application along with drag and drop functionality (Flex builder) that will help speed up my development time.

So, before I submitted my proposal to a professor, I though I'd do some research and make sure this is feasible and at the same time challenging.

I've found lots of resources, and I'll continue posting them here.

Flex Developer Center

Flex Cookbook - Very helpful website from Adobe that houses tons of examples with explanations and clear instructions. Most of the code is drag and drop so if you're in a crunch and need to use a certain functionality, just copy and paste the code.

Flex.org - Official Flex Blog - Tons of info - Forums and community to ask and learn.

Flex Wiki Page - To find out what Flex is, isn't and it's evolution.

Flex and PHP - A small tutorial that gives you a great intro on integrating Flex and PHP. But the article is getting a bit old, so everything described is not exactly how it works in Flex 3. 

Over the Rhine Video Tutorials - Good beginner tutorials to get started with Flex and understanding it's state based programming. Also helps you get familiar with the Flex Builder application.

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