Better Drupal Interaction Design with Flex

Better Drupal Interaction Design with Flex Chris Charlton - [email_address] - Rich Media Institute (.com)

Me? Chris.Charlton::I.speak.geek(); ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Today's Flex Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is Flex? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

If your app is a __, Flex would be __ ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why Flex? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Who uses Flex? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Myths of Flex ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Similarities Between XHTML & Flex ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Differences Between HTML & Flex ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Similarities Between Flash & Flex ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Differences Between Flash & Flex ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RIA (Rich Internet Applications) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

MXML & ActionScript Code ,[object Object],[object Object]

Ready to see a fight?! Rules: No external classes, libraries, frameworks, or hacks

XHTML & JS vs. MXML & AS ,[object Object]

XHTML & JS vs. MXML & AS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

XHTML & JS vs. MXML & AS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

XHTML & JS vs. MXML & AS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

XHTML & JS vs. MXML & AS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],XHTML & JS vs. MXML & AS ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Flex's Display & Event Model Display (UI) Model Event Model

UI Elements & Components ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

CSS in Flex/Flash ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Drupal Integration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

SUPER NEW STUFF (Flash 10) Flash (FLA) files are now XML (XFL) Flash will have 3D built-in (Papervision engine) Flash will have smart animation (no keyframes and support for “bones” or inverse kinematics) “ Hydra” will change effects forever

SUPER NEW STUFF (Flex 4) “ Thermo” will be the designer-developer liaison If Flash Player has 3D, Flex will have 3D Database Drivers – NO WAY! Public beta and staying open-source

Q&A E-mail me if you have more questions [email_address] Check out our courses: RichMediaInstitute.com

Raffle 1 st Prize: TICKET to a Drupal course (~$500) 2 nd Prize: Advanced Flex Application Development book signed by me! (~$55) 3 rd Prize: AIR/Flex 3 Launch T-Shirt (~$1M) Free for all: O'Rielly coupons, AIR stickers, Drupal love

Bonus Topics Crowd votes on: - What is AIR? Cross-platform desktop runtime - Apache & IIS Modules: Run MXML/AS natively - Mozilla adds ActionScript to Mozilla 2, Firefox 3, SpiderMonkey, & IE8 (“Tamarin” JIT, “ActionMonkey”; GPL/LGPL/MPL)

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