Singapore Flex Usergroup

Join us at Yahoo! for August Usergroup Meeting

In the month of August, we are thrill to announce that we will be having our usergroup meeting at Yahoo! Singapore. This month, we will have Kenneth Teo to talk about BlazeDS, a server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology that enables developers to easily connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real-time to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR applications. We will also have Lionel Low from Tequila Asia Pacific on the Gaia Framework, an open source front-end Flash Framework for AS3 and AS2. Steven sacks, the creator of Gaia, will also be joining us in the audience seats, via our live broadcast from his office!

Drinks will be provided during the meeting. Come early to grab limited FUG stickers and network. Feel free to bring along your laptop and enjoy the free wifi provided by Yahoo! Singapore.

As we will be holding the meeting outside of Adobe, please RSVP at http://fug.sg/go/ to confirm your presence.

Venue
Yahoo! Singapore
6 Temasek Boulevard
#08-00 Suntec Tower Four
Singapore 038986

Registration starts at 6.30pm, 13th August 2008, Wednesday.

Sessions overview

6.30pm - 7.00pm - Registration + Networking
7.00pm - 7.10pm - Opening Note - Introduction to The Actionscript Conference by Hu Shunjie, Manager Singapore Flex Usergroup
7.10pm - 7.20pm - Showcase of new Flex works and updates
7.20pm - 8.20pm - Gaia Framework by Lionel Low (Flashmech)
8.20pm - 9.20pm - BlazeDS by Kenneth Teo.
9.30pm onwards - Supper

You can follow the Usergroup updates from the following:

Website: http://fug.sg
Twitter: fugsg
Forum: Forum
Previous Usergroup Sessions: Recorded Sessions

Speakers profile and topics

Lionel Low is currently working as an Interactive Developer at Interactive at TBWA \ TEQUILA Asia Pacific. At TEQUILA Lionel delivers compelling solutions for both Flash and HTML platforms through the use of the latest technology frameworks. Winner of both national and international awards, he is always on the edge of technology by experimenting with all that the Adobe Flash Platform has to offer. Lionel blogs at http://blog.flashmech.net/

Kenneth Teo is a Solution Engineer with Loftec Pte Ltd. He has previously worked in Accenture as an Enterprise Java Developer and was primarily involved in System Integration projects. He was part of the Accenture team in the Singtel mio TV integration project. He was also involved in other projects with clients like Nokia and Singtel-Optus. He has a passion for SOA technologies and very recently, Flex. Having been introduced to Flex since last August, he has developed several Flex applications for his current company and he has just released Clickateeonline.com, a real-time and online golf teetime booking platform. When not coding, he keeps himself busy with running, flatwater kayaking and dragonboat rowing. He runs his personal blog at www.kennethteo.com.

About Gaia

Gaia is an open-source front-end Flash Framework for AS3 and AS2 designed to dramatically reduce development time.

Revolutionary scaffolding engine builds fully functional Flash sites in less than 10 minutes!
Simple API for Navigation, Transitions, Preloading, Asset Management makes development a snap!
Deep Linking achieved through seamless integration with SWFAddress
SEO Scaffolding makes Search Engine Optimization as easy as pressing a button
Easy enough for novices
Powerful enough for experts

Gaia is targeted at anyone who develops Flash sites. It provides solutions to the challenges and repeated tasks we all face with front-end Flash site development, such as navigation, transitions, preloading, asset management, site structure, deep linking and SEO. It provides speed and flexibility in your workflow and a simple API that gives you access to its powerful features.

Gaia’s revolutionary scaffolding engine generates all your Flash files and classes for you and gets you up and running with a fully functional site in less than 10 minutes without writing a single line of Actionscript!

BlazeDS is the server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology that enables developers to easily connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real-time to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR applications for more responsive rich Internet application (RIA) experiences.

The evolution to more engaging RIAs has created the need for better data connectivity options. Remoting simplifies the reuse of existing server logic automatically marshalling calls between the Flash client and the Java methods on the server. In addition, the use of a AMF binary data transfer format increases performance, allowing applications to load data up to 10 times faster than with text-based formats such as XML or SOAP.

Previously available only as part of Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES, Adobe is contributing the proven BlazeDS technologies to the community under the LGPL v3. BlazeDS gives the rapidly growing Adobe developer community free access to the powerful remoting and messaging technologies developed by Adobe.

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