Duane's World Episode 23 - MovieSet.com and Flex Key Events

In this episode, I get to interview well known film producer Colleen Nystedt (who has worked with David Bowie, Matt Damon and hundreds of others in the industry) about a new platform for B-to-B-to-C movie collaboration. Code and tunes features a tutorial to work with keystrokes in Flex 4.

After watching this you will want to try out MovieSet.com to get special behind the scenes footage from great movies like Avatar, Trailer Park Boys and more.

Video Tutorial - drawing circles in Flex 3

Video:

This is a simple tutorial on how to draw circles using the flash.display.* package. The tutorial will show you how to build a simple application that will enable you to place a circle anywhere you want and understand the code behind it.

If you want the source code, please email me dnickull at adobe dot com.

Get to Adobe MAX 2009 to see more like this at the 2009 Adobe AIR and Flex Boot Camp being taught by James Ward and myself. Register before the August 31 deadline for the special prices detailed here:

http://max.adobe.com/registration/fees/

Video Tutorial: Working with SOAP in Flex/AIR

This video shows how to connect to a simple SOAP based web service and display the results on some visual components. It is easy to follow along. You can download the server from http://www.web2open.org/courses.html.

Duane's World TV Show Launches today!

Duane's World, a new TV show focused on how technology impacts people lives and full of interviews and coding samples and tips, launched today. There are 12 episodes planned for 2008. The first show starts with a small talk on Web Services and SOA, continues with an interview with the guys from Nitobi, and concludes with a lesson on how to use the Flex Builder version 3 WSDL import wizard to build a full web service client. Andre discusses AJAX, Flex, and AIR development including fighting for Red Bull drinks with Mike Chambers and playing jokes on Grant Skinner.