December 31st, 2009
Well the new year is almost upon us, and as is usual this time each year we reflect on the year we are leaving behind and ponder on what the forthcoming year may bring.
2009 has been a fantastic year, with its down sides. There was lots of doom and gloom from the media with regards to the ‘credit crunch’ which of course brought along plenty of uncertainty, but thankfully, and I know that this is the same for pretty much most people in this industry, I’ve had a very productive and busy year with many exciting freelance and personal projects, some good exposure on active.tutsplus.com as well as some great reader stats on this blog, thanks to adobe feeds and of course some great feedback from you, the community….which brings me on to 2010……. The new year sees me starting a new job as a full time employee with a great communications company as their RIA developer. This of course means the end to any new freelance projects, so if you require me for any freelance work, please do not ask as I hate turning things down. But of course, the new year looks like it is bringing on some very exciting challenges which I am truly relishing getting my teeth into and certainly have great hopes for….. so here’s to 2010!!!
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November 27th, 2009
Well I finally got around to taking my Adobe ACE in Flex 3 with AIR exam today…..I know not long and I’ll have to retake it as Flash builder will be the next tool and the exam will be updated but hey…..anyway, I passed which is really nice so you’ll soon see a little ACE badge appear on this site and also it will look nice on my CV. The exam itself wasn’t too bad, there were some tricky questions in there a fair few incredibly easy ones that are so easy you think that there must be a trick there somewhere.
The whole study process wasn’t too bad I spent a month studying the live docs and the flex 3 dev guide available here, not all of the time but on and off, plus I have had a fair bit of hands on experience with flex builder and that of course always helps, but not enough for me to call my self a flex guy as my tool of choice is definitely FDT. I also used AttestPRO which cost $20 but it was really useful in helping me gauge my level of study needed as well as letting me know how the exam will be set. The questions in Attest are not used in the exam, although funnily one was very similar.
The process now seems like a long one, I have to wait about 5 weeks for my certificate and I am not able to log into the Adobe certified website until my details are updated to download my ACE web badge….and who knows how long that will take, but at least I can relax now without having to worry about studying every night now and can just concentrate on getting some proper work done…….until the Flash Builder ACE that is!
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September 11th, 2009
Well after two weeks of stringent beta testing from those who volunteered, to whom I am very grateful, and after a few tweeks and corrections, it is now time to release my first AIR application to the public. So I have recently published the application to the Adobe marketplace. The application is pretty simple as I mentioned in my previous post. I do have plans for the future to continue developing the interface and adding functions as and when I or any one else who suggests them feels that they are needed.
The application has gone through a few name changes over the last couple of weeks from airBooks before (had to change this as Adobe do not like the ‘air’ reference, to ultraBooks (found out it was an extension for Quickbooks) to what it is now ‘uBooks’. The application has worked well for me in the past in billing and keeping track of payments and of timed projects so I can only hope that other people will find it useful also. So if you want to download it you can go straight to the Adobe AIR marketplace by clicking the image above or you can go to the download webpage I have created here. Again if anyone finds any problems or bugs please do contact me here.
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