cookies and code

For a one day event, FlexCamp Miami had tons of information packed into its 8 sessions. Greg Wilson started us out with a great intro to some of the new features coming in Gumbo (Flex 4) followed by David Tucker digging down into the persistence side of AIR, along with some new 1.5 features. After the break, Max blew away the crowd with loom and some AS3 internals followed by Andrew Powell and some awesome examples of using Merapi to bring some deeper OS interaction to AIR. We broke for lunch and then Christian Saylor gave a really motivating presentation on the importance of UX for developers. I had to follow him with my CI presentation, which didn’t even compare and ran long, but then Jeremy Grelle swooped back in and kept everyone’s attention with Milestone 2 of the new Spring/BlazeDS integration (released this last Wednesday). Laura Arguello finished out the day with a cool introduction to Mate. Universal Mind did a great job with the event, lunch was good, and my brain is full.

I should have my code available on the Adogo SVN server this week, I’d just like to add an integration testing example before I commit it. Look for Max and my code/presentations there soon. Hopefully we can convince UM to have another one of these a little further North … say Orlando? I think I know a few Central Florida user groups that could help promote it.

NOTE: If you ever make your way down to Coral Gables, give Titanic Restaurant and Brewery a try. They’ve got some really tasty microbrews and even more delicious food. I recommend the Captain Smith’s Rye Ale, super great. For food, I had the Shrimp Po-boy which came with 6 huge tailed shrimp and a nice remoulade. Thanks to Greg for the great meal!