How do you learn Flex?

Aug 10,

posted by Jeffry Houser Bookmark and Share

Does this question come up a lot? This time, someone contacted me through LinkedIn asking for resources on how to learn Flex.

I am student of Masters in IT. My current skills involve Java technologies and Cloud Computing. But I am keen interested in learning Adobe Flex. I am learning but don't know whether I am heading towards right direction. I want to know from where I should learn Flex. What should be the method to learn Flex. I want to learn something like integrating flex and Java.

There are a lot of places to go to learn about Flex development. Most people, including me, start with the Adobe documentation and plug through that. Then we look for resources to fill the gaps left by the Adobe Documentation.

Tons of books exists. The O'Rielly seem to be popular, as are the Training from the Source books. You can take a look at Adobe's Flex in a Week sessions. I believe Lynda.com and TotalTraining also have courses available.

My primary podcast, The Flex Show, provides a bunch of free screencasts on various topics. I also produce the Flextras Friday Lunch which is more free form but covers a wider range of topics.

If you can make it out to some of the conferences, I strongly recommend 360|Flex coming up in DC. Register with this link and I get kick backs. There are often different events worldwide, though.

I don't know of any specific resources for combing Flex with Java, though.

What recommendations would you guys have?

This entry was posted on August 10, 2010 at 10:00 AM

posted by Jeffry Houser in Flex, Professional
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  • #1 by James on 8/10/10 - 12:26 PM

    We all does R&D on Flex, Read and Do.

  • #2 by Ed Sullivan on 8/10/10 - 12:45 PM

    Nice list, Jeffry.

    I think that Tour de Flex (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/tourdeflex/) is another good one, as is the Flex Test Drive (http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/testdrive/).

  • #3 by Jeffry Houser on 8/10/10 - 1:16 PM

    Ed,

    Great additions; thanks.

    James,

    Yep, I know plenty of people who learn by testing and experimenting

  • #4 by rob otoole on 8/10/10 - 6:36 PM

    +1 for lynda.com. that's where i learned the most flex along with blog post after blog post to find all the solutions to the daily gotcha's you run into when you first start out.

    here's a great blog post from blogagic.com that goes over how developers learn the "2.0" way these days. i pass this along to anyone that asks how to learn flex.

    http://blogagic.com/154/learning-flex-development-...

    -rob

  • #5 by Jeremy Mitchell on 8/19/10 - 12:45 PM

    Check out my blog post entitled "10 Things A Good Flex Developer Should Know" found at http://blog.flexdevelopers.com/2010/04/10-things-g...

    This post should help you identify areas that you should focus on when learning Flex.

  • #6 by Chirayu Diwan on 8/24/10 - 2:12 PM

    I am a student starting out with flex development, and wanted to thank for this post.
    Also, @Jeremy Mitchell, great blog post from You. I am a fan of Your blog from now on. :D
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