The document introduces Reflex, a new AS3 component library that allows building user interfaces with MXML without requiring Flex. It provides concise components like buttons, lists and containers that support features like layouts, data binding, skins and states in a lightweight package compared to Flex. The presentation outlines key Reflex concepts like its customizable and pay-as-you-go nature, support for Flash and mobile development, and how behaviors, containers and lists work.

1. Reflex
We stole it from the future.
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2. Hello, my name is Ben Stucki.
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5. Digital Analog, LLC
http://digitalanalog.com
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6. Session Outline
Tell you what I’m about to show you.
Show you.
Tell you what I just showed you.
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7. What is Reflex?
I don’t get it. It’s like Flex, but it’s not?
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8. Reflex AS3 Components
Buttons, Labels, Sliders, Lists, Containers, etc. without Flex.
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9. What’s All The Hype?
Containers, Layouts, Invalidation, Binding, and... MXML!
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10. Yes, MXML without Flex!
This is how we do it.
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11. What makes Reflex different?
Alright, I admit that’s cool - but aren’t you just building Flex again?
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12. Pay-As-You-Go
Composition over Inheritance
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13. Features vs. Size
We solve the features vs. size debate.
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14. One to Rule them All
Flash or MXML or Flex. Your choice!
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15. Radically Customizable
- and also easy to use, but I’ll let you be the judge.
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16. Flash Integration
We’re doing some really cool stuff for Flash devs.
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17. Let’s take a look at it.
Honestly, it really does exist.
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18. Flash Skining
When we say customizable, we mean it.
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19. MXML Skining
If you’re into Flex 4, this should look familiar.
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20. States. Yes, those States.
Yes, the new states. Yes, with code hinting.
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21. Component
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22. Component
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23. Component
Data
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24. Component
Data
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25. Component Skin
Data
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26. Component Skin
Data
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27. Behavior
Behavior
Behavior
Component Skin
Data
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28. Reassignable Behaviors
... and now for something completely different.
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29. Video Break
It’s cool to play a Microsoft video if it’s the parody right?
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30. Behavior
Behavior
Behavior
Component Skin
Data
Container
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31. Behavior
Behavior
Behavior
Layout Component Skin
Data
Container
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32. Layouts & Measurement
We’ll do the hard work. You’re just here to look good.
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33. A List Apart
Almost everything’s a list to us.
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34. Utilities
Invalidation, Metadata, Measurement
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35. Did we mention size?
We know it’s hard to grasp: features & smaller size.
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36. Mobile
Need help developing for mobile?
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37. Where do I sign up?
Join the dark side.
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38. http://reflex.io
docs, source, examples, nightly builds, support
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39. Question & Answer
You ask a question. I pretend to know the answer.
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40. Fin
@BenStucki
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