Monthly Archive for November, 2008

[SOURCE FILES] UIComponent: Create Flex components from scratch

Source and example files from the presentation are now available through the following links:

1) What you get for free with UIComponent
2) [view] Component lifecycle
3) [view step one | step two] Invalidation

I have a text version of the presentation in the works. Anyways, I hope this is helpful to you as you create your own custom Flex components!

[615Flex] UIComponent: Create Flex components from scratch

[just an announcement ... no content]

I’ll be presenting at the next 615Flex user group meeting [details & directions] on Tuesday, 11/11. We should have a great turnout and a decent intro hands-on about creating custom Flex components by extending the UIComponent class.

Description:
1) What you get for free with UIComponent
2) Component lifecycle
3) Invalidation
Throughout) Hands on - Creating an interactive component

[View examples & source from the presentation]

If you’ve ever wanted to create a component from scratch and didn’t know where to start, start here. This isn’t going to be excessively technical - so bring your laptops, I’ll bring the beer, Vaco will bring the pizza, and we’ll have a good time. See you there!