Flex4 is FINALLY out! If you haven’t yet played with it then I’d suggest the following videos to get a quick intro.
There videos are all fairly short and to the point:
- Ely Greenfield – Flex Improves Desiger/Developer Workflows ( 7:17 ) Flex architect Ely Greenfield shows how designers will have complete control over the look of their applications in the next version of Flex – without writing a line of code.
- Chet Hass – Graphics in Flex 3 and Gumbo ( 5:40 ) In the first episode of his CodeDependent series, Chet Haase compares drawing objects through Flash in Flex 3 versus the more declarative approach in the next version of Flex, codenamed Gumbo.
- Chet Hass – Gumbo Offers More Intelligent Effects ( 6:08 ) The next version of Flex has improved functionality and more automatic behavior from the built-in effects, such as auto-reversing transitions.
- Actually, just watch every video on Chet’s blog. They are all short and to the point.
The videos below are from MAX 2009 and are all about 1 hour long.
- Glenn Ruehle – A Deep Dive Into Flex 4 Lists and Layouts ( 60:32 ) [ You might wont to skip to the first example about 16 minutes into the video. ] Explore the power of the List component in Flex 4, and dig deep into the layout mechanism that allows you to create new and interesting components displaying data.
- Chet Haase – Effects in Flex 4 ( 60:01 ) [ This is a five star, must see video ] Explore the new and improved animation engine in Flex 4 that makes it possible to create richer and more dynamic applications. Come see how you can take advantage of the new effects and functionality, such as doing transformations in all three planes…
- Ely Greenfield – What’s new in Flex 4 ( 70:56 ) [ Ely is Flex 4. You might want to watch this ] Come hear why folks are excited about the upcoming release of Flex 4. This session will explore the new component architecture and how skinning, effects, and layouts have been enhanced as a result. Also see how you can leverage new Flash Player 10 capabilities.
