http://knowledge.lapasa.net Greater Toronto Area Flex 2 and ActionScript 3 Developer Blog Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:04:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got a LinkedIn invite by a headhunter who I would refuse to do business with simply because of poor communication and research skills. Here is the invitation (mostly) in verbatim: /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Hi Mark, Saw your profile online and wanted to contact you. Bob, How are you sir? Had to connect with you. My ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2008/11/15/there-are-good-headhunters-and-then-there-are-these-part-2/ Some notes I took while RTFM'ing. One begins to take for granted how sorting and filtering works after working with ArrayCollections for so long. Such write ups help me as a reference down the line. May be of help to you too. Working With Data Views =================== ArrayCollection/XMLListCollection have a 'view' property provided ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2008/11/05/notes-working-with-data-views/ Learned this shortcut after watching Derek Santos speak on PureMVC at last week's Toronto Flex User Group meet. This hotkey has saved me so much time =) Eclipse is so huge, there is always something to learn. http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2008/10/28/ctrl-shift-r-good-bye-flex-navigator/ I was searching for free UML diagraming tools/plugins for Eclipse and I tried out ArgoUML http://argouml.tigris.org/ - It's alright - Does the job Eclipse UML2 with no UML2 tools meaning no GUI http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/ - Too hardcore for me - Zero boxes and lines - Just all tag markup Papyrus for UML http://www.papyrusuml.org/ - Very cumbersome to use - Did not like the # ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2008/05/04/violetum/ Company: Pier Interactive Job Title: Flex Developer Description: PIER is seeking an experienced Flex developer to join its ranks. We are looking for someone with a passion for Rich Internet Application development and a willingness to work in a highly specialized team of designers, developers, and managers to build cutting edge applications ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2008/03/18/in-the-boston-area-pier-interactive-is-hiring/ On a related note about conferences, 360Flex is one of 3 major Flex conferences that happens in the year. The next one coming up is in Washington, D.C. during the month of May. It's Webmaniacs 2008 Personally, I would not attend this one for myself because there isn't enough new content ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2008/02/19/to-conference-or-not-conference/ Out of the two North American Flex conference offerings this year, I've committed to going to 360Flex Atlanta. The line up of topics and speakers look to be very promising. The price of a 360Flex ticket, flight and accommodations can add up to be very expensive experience. The following is ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2008/02/05/360flex-atlanta-on-a-budget-from-canada/ Before today, I used to write try/catch statements where I acknowledged the error but I didn't want to do anything about it... try { new Error(); } catch (e:Error) { // Do nothing! } After today, I will be doing... try { new Error(); } catch (ignored:Error){} There is nothing earth shattering bleeding edge about this. ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2008/01/12/try-catch-and-ignore/ I got an email for what looks to be a pretty cool conference that breaks my bank account. Scott Delap will be speaking at QCon @ San Francisco on "Emerging Client Technologies": The web has been in a state of transition since its inception. In the beginning there was basic HTML. ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2007/10/13/adobe-flexair-vs-silverlight-vs-javafx-vs-vs-googles-ajax-ria-qcon-2007/ STC StraightThrough Inc. is seeking 2 experienced (2-3 yrs) Flex developers located in the GTA. .NET, database, Web Service & API usage considered additional assets. Email or Fax cover letter and resume to: Hiring Coordinator,STC StraightThrough Inc. Fax: (416) 932-4710, Email: careers [at] straightthrough.com (pdf or text format only). Only those individuals being ... http://knowledge.lapasa.net/2007/10/03/jobs-stc-straightthrough-inc-is-seeking-2-experienced-flex-developers/