Theo Rushin Jr.

I am currently a Senior Web Developer and Instructor of technologies such as; ColdFusion, Flex, Flash, AIR, and SQL. I have been programming and teaching for over 20 years and started developing in ColdFusion and Flash back in 1999. Since the pre-release of Flex 2.0 I’ve begun to spread the “Good News” about Flex and Flex development … and now AIR. Since then, I have never looked back.

Currently I am seeking to create the perfect synergy between the various web technologies such as ColdFusion (server), Flex/Flash/AIR (client), and SQL (model).

“I’m an artist, writer, and director. The web is my canvas, the technologies I use are my tools, and the applications I create are my works of art. I’m doing what I love and love what I ‘m doing. Thank you God!”

Topics

Are two heads better than one?

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In this presentation I will show attendees the new
FlashCS3/Flex integration features in Flash CS3.
I will also show how to install and use the Flash
CS3 Flex Integration Kit.

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Adobe Flex 3 contains several classes that allow Flex developers to work with local SQLite databases on AIR. In this presentation we will take an in-depth look at those classes and learn how to create, query, and interact with those databases and its data. I will show you several examples that demonstrate techniques such as:

  • Creating a SQLite Database,
  • Querying and Updating a SQLite Database,
  • Using Transactions, and
  • Inserting Records from an External Datasource

MATE is a tag-based, event-driven framework for Flex development. Using MATE in your Flex development can help you build powerful, loosely coupled applications. During this presentation I will take a simple Flex application and show how you can perform an extreme makeover that will greatly enhance the application's architechture, allowing it to scale properly.

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This presentation shows developers how to use some of the more popular web-based public data sources and open APIs in their Flex/AIR applications. In this article I will demonstrate how to create a Flex/AIR application that uses Delicious feeds to create a Twitter-like app.