Description: In this lesson, we will learn to use the wildcard to declare anonymous types. This is used when we may have different data types passed into the same function.

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Description: In this lesson, learn to pass any number of arguments into a function. This is a practical approach when you are not sure what the type or length of arguments will be passed in.

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Description: Learn to change your application to a fixed size.
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Want some quick tips regarding the Flex and Flex Builder? Get them here! The tips are designed to improve your workflow when developing Flex applications. Come back each day to see a new tip!

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Flash Extensions has released te beginning of a new series called “Getting Started with Flex”. A lot of time is going into this series so that you get the information you need in a condensed manor. You will also notice the audio has been increased. Below is a description of the series and the link to view the videos…

“Learn the fundamentals of Flex development. Find out why Flex is the fastest growing development platform for Rich Internet Applications!”

Link: http://www.flashextensions.com/tutorials.php

This video series highlights the features that we will learn about in the upcoming videos. It is not meant to teach but rather show you some of the things to look forward to. (This series has been produced and will become available this week). Visit http://www.flashextensions.com/tutorials.php to view.

If you haven’t noticed the website has (and is) undergoing a major reconstruction in preparation for some expansions. However, the great new is that new tutorials will become available this week on Flex 2. This subject is humongous so this is how it is going to be broken down:

• How Flex Works - This video series highlights the features that we will learn about in the upcoming videos. It is not meant to teach but rather show you some of the things to look forward to. (This series has been produced and will become available this week).
• Getting Started with Flex - This video series is more like a mini-workshop. We will briefly go over how to code up a subject. Details regarding all the means to use the subject at hand will not be discussed. It is meant more as a jump start for you to know that 1) it is possible, and 2) how to do it.
• Flex Workshops - Each set of videos in the series will go deeper into related subjects outlined in the Getting Started with Flex. There may be some overlap, but for the most part it will discuss further the topics you have begun to get familiar with. Each set will continue to grow as questions are asked in the forums or new methods are discovered.
• Flex Tips & Tricks - This series covers a genre of tips that will help you improve productivity and design for your Flex applications. Some of these tips may be discussed elsewhere in another video, but this way you can find items specifically without fumbling through hours of videos to find what you need.
• ActionScript 3.0 - This will be broken out into its own category as needed. These are topics relating to the language itself and less on the the Flex 2 environment and framework (though some items may use both). Here you can learn the things you need to know regarding AS3 that will move go expand both the Flex and Flash 9 authoring environments.

Since this series is just getting started many of these topics are future releases. It is my goal to release both How Flex Works and Getting Started with Flex this week. I would also like to release some Flex Tips and Tricks as well, but we shall see about that one. You will notice that the upcoming videos are condensed in nature. I am working on releasing videos that are around 5 mins and for in-depth video topics they may go up to 10 mins. If you would like participate in providing videos regarding Flex or Flash, feel free to do so! You will be accredited for the work and compensated for your contribution.

Will you be covering new Flash topics?

Yes. Flash is not dead, nor am I done with it. There are many topics to yet cover. I just wanted to outline what I was planning on doing for Flex 2. There seems to be an overwhelming interest in the subject and so to accomodate viewers I am now starting the video series.

If you have any questions regarding upcoming videos feel free to contact me.

Rob

Wow! The email has been flooded by attendees of the conference regarding this subject so it just have been good. The notes and materials are available. It includes components, goodies, materials we used to prepare and research, demos and more. Waste today playing around with everything and find new and exciting ways to extend your Flash applications and browser.

In addition there is a new forum you will definitely want to check out called Flash Platform Developers Community Forum. It is geared towards higher end development using Flash and Flex. It is also a place to post questions regarding this topic. Tyler and I want to thank you for the comments and hope you have fun with all of the things we are sharing!

Lecture notes

Flash Developers Community Forum 

The FF06 notes are now available for download. In addition, I have added a document just to go over everything again. I think you will find all the information useful and hopefully it all makes sense. There is a new forum that you can post questions to specifically related to multilingual flash applications. The links to the files and forum are listed below. Once again it was great talking to all of you and I have appreciated the flood of positive comments coming in through the blog and email!
Lecture Notes

Flash Platform Developers Community Forums

FYI: I am making some changes to the site so that when the notes are delivered there will be a forum for any questions / discussion. They will be posted up on Friday. I am also adding some additional notes for things that were not discussed or covered due to time. Thanks for your patience. Check back on Friday for the notes for both sessions. Thanks. Rob
I wanted to thank everyone for their comments on the two sessions I presented at Flash Forward. I am working on gathering up the examples in an orderly manor. They will be available this next week for download. If you have any questions regarding either session, feel free to contact me. Also Fontastic will be available for download this next week along with the other components demonstrated.

Thanks again. Hope you had a great FlashForward week. I met some new friends and it was incredible to see the amazing things that were being done by the Flash community!