Jan 29
Flash Camp Phoenix
January 29 — Phoenix, AZ
Company, User Experience Design, Technology
Sessions
We will continue to update this page with new information on sessions between now and the event. Check back often for new session listings for Flash Camp Phoenix! For information on speakers, visit the Speakers page.
Session: It’s a Matter of Trust
People often talk about usability and learnability when discussing web and application development. Things have to be intuitive and familiar to increase conversions and trial… blah blah blah. All of this is really important. But what does it really boil down to?
It’s all a matter of trust. Trust between the user and the developer. Between the user and the designer. Ultimately trust is allowing yourself to become vulnerable based on a positive expectation. So how do you build trust? And how do you avoid breaking it? It’s about the promises you make in subtle and obvious ways.
In his session Carl will break down key steps to understanding, building and keeping trust with your users. More than that you’ll get to hear from real users what they think when you break that trust. Ouch!
Session: ORM for the AIR Developer
In this session David Tucker will examine the Object-Relational Mapping solutions that exist for AIR and how developers can leveage these solutions to implement a complex domain model for enterprise AIR applications and the embedded SQLite database.
Session: The Art of Storytelling
During this session we will be exploring the UX (User Experience) methodology in a way that will be unique, engaging, and inspiring to a community of developers who seek to understand the sometimes confusing world of the Experience Designer.
Session: Creating Custom Spark Components in Flex 4
Creating Custom Spark Components in Flex 4
In this session, you will learn how to development custom components while leveraging the new Spark component architecture in Flex 4. The focus for this session will be reusability and how to properly separate component behavior from display, making the component fully “skinnable”, and not just “stylable”. This session will take your Flex custom component development to an entirely new level of reusability, while simultaneously teaching you how to work with the new Spark component architecture.
Session: 3D in Flash and Flex
For years simulating 3D effects in Flash was a major undertaking, requiring complex mathematics and potentially heavy libraries. Upon the release of Flash Player 10, this all changed with impressive new 3D capabilities built right into the player. In this session we will learn the basics of accessing, manipulating and using this awesome new functionality.
Session: Programmatic Drawing in Flex
Curious about how graphics are handled in Flex? Ever try to explore the graphics API and gave up after .clear()? In this session we’ll talk about exciting topics such as updateDisplayList, gradients, bitmapdata, programmatic skinning and basic animations you can create with the underlying graphics API. We’ll also touch on how library tools such as Degrafa can supplement and enhance your knowledge of the API.
Session: Smart Seeking and Stream Reconnect in Flash 10.1 and FMS 3.5.3
Learn details on how to improve video playback experiences by implementing new smart seek and stream reconnect features in Flash Player 10.1 and Flash Media Server 3.5.3..