[Arp] RE: New tutorial series on FlashAnt & new training courses
Peter Elst
info at peterelst.com
Sun Feb 6 15:52:13 PST 2005
Unfortunately it looks as though the courses planned for Belgium won't be
going ahead right now.
>From what I've heard the courses in London are going very well and Aral is
fully booked busy with those at the moment. Hope we can get them organized
when things settle down. Was going to suggest at our upcoming MMUG meeting
this Thursday to organize a group booking if enough people are interested in
heading over to London.
In any case, I'm sure its well worth the money travelling up to London! ;)
Cheers,
Peter
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Of Webdevotion
Sent: maandag 7 februari 2005 0:44
To: General List for Ariaware RIA Platform users and developers
Subject: Re: New tutorial series on FlashAnt & new training courses Was:
Re:[Arp] newbie
How much would such course cost ( the one in Belgium ) ?
I'm eager to learn the ARP framework the right way,
but cost is an issue :) I don't think my employer will cover
these costs ... I will work hard tomorrow and then pull his
sleeve at the right moment :p
> Hi guys,
>
> I hear you! It took a while but I finally launched a tutorial series
> on FlashAnt that is going to start with the very basics of AS2 and
> continue on until, hopefully, it meets up with the ARP Manual at some
> point.
>
> You can read the introductory post and the first tutorial on FlashAnt:
> http://flashant.org
>
> Also, based on the demand I'm seeing, I'm also going to start teaching
> two courses on a regular basis. The first will be the Hands-on:
> Introduction to ActionScript 2 course which will start from the
> beginning and lead up to cover a couple of design patterns and the
> basics of form-based development. The second is Hands-on: Best
> Practices Flash Development which will cover the remaining design
> patterns and dive head-first into ARP. I'm going to be releasing the
> course summary and course outline for the introductory course on
> FlashAnt very shortly. The first intro course is planned for January
> 27th-28th and will be held at our venue at London Bridge, London (UK).
>
> Although tentative at the moment, I will most likely be holding
> classes in other countries as well. If you're in Australia for MXDU,
> check out my one-day Best Practices Flash Development workshop on Day
> 0 of the event. Also, we're setting up both courses to be taught in
> March 2005 in Belgium.
>
> If there is demand, let me know and we'll consider setting up courses
> elsewhere too!
>
> I hope you enjoy the tutorial series and please don't hesitate to send
> feedback, bugs, suggestions, etc.
>
> All the best,
> Aral
>
> --
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> *Managing Director, Ariaware Ltd.*
>
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>
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>
>
> Cortlandt Winters wrote:
>
>>I think it would be a good challenge for the list to try and discuss this
>>topic over the next week or two.
>>
>>For the needs of both posters, I would suggest the sample applications as
a
>>starting point to translate some of the abstract concepts into more
familiar
>>ones.
>>
>>Which one do folk think would be best to start with?
>>
>>Kimache and Bram, perhaps you should focus on the examples and post
>>questions where they are confusing. I won't be posting much during work
>>hours, but off hours I'll look in a couple of times this week and try to
>>help if I can.
>>
>>Basically I think we'll all learn something from the process if we take
time
>>to discuss the examples some.
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Arp-bounces at ariaware.com [mailto:Arp-bounces at ariaware.com]On
>>>Behalf Of Webdevotion
>>>Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 7:46 AM
>>>To: arp at ariaware.com
>>>Subject: Re: [Arp] newbie
>>>
>>>
>>>Essential Actionscript 2.0 by Colin Moock could be a good start
>>>to learn about superclasses etc.
>>>
>>>Try to see Aral's lecture on the topic. It all makes sense ;) but it is
>>>hard when you're on your own. That's also the difficult part for me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Ditto:
>>>>
>>>>I am returning to Flash after a 1.5 year absence. The work I was
>>>>
>>>>
>>>doing with
>>>
>>>
>>>>Flash 1.5 years ago was all about tween based animation and the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>most complex
>>>
>>>
>>>>action script was all about on(release) .. blah blah and not
>>>>
>>>>
>>>much more than
>>>
>>>
>>>>that.
>>>>
>>>>In the intervening period, I went headlong into PHP - learning it as my
>>>>first programming language. Discovering Variables, Functions,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Data Types and
>>>
>>>
>>>>Object Orientated Structures in general.
>>>>
>>>>Now I am coming back to Flash and into AS v 2.0 - running Flash
>>>>
>>>>
>>>MX 2004 Pro
>>>
>>>
>>>>Marrying these interests - AMFPHP is stepping up to the plate as the
>>>>remoting connection of choice for me.
>>>>
>>>>Right now I am project managing a Flash based project which
>>>>
>>>>
>>>interacts with
>>>
>>>
>>>>the server database.
>>>>
>>>>Why I don't understand the ARP Platform 2.0 documentation and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>architecture
>>>
>>>
>>>>(Having downloaded it and read it) is because it is written in a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>way which
>>>
>>>
>>>>assumes prior knowledge exceeding that which I poses.
>>>>
>>>>I am wondering if there is a softer lead-in tutorial - covering the
basic
>>>>concept behind the ARP 2.0 - what ARP 'IS'
>>>>
>>>>aka - "ARP is a lightweight, pattern-based structural framework
>>>>
>>>>
>>>for Flash.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Proper use will result in maintainable and scalable RIAs that can be
>>>>efficiently developed in a team environment."
>>>>
>>>>This sounds like an great goal to me - but doesn't tell me (me is stupid
>>>>guy) what ARP 2.0 actually 'IS' (if you know what I mean)
>>>>
>>>>Also, I would like to be clear on who would use it (ARP 2.0) and
>>>>
>>>>
>>>why, what
>>>
>>>
>>>>problem it solves (The problem in Flash rased remoting projects
>>>>
>>>>
>>>it solves),
>>>
>>>
>>>>where it fits into the development process.
>>>>
>>>>I don't understand the flow chart in the daily use guide of the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>'overview'
>>>
>>>
>>>>page :(
>>>>
>>>>I don't poses the knowledge about inheritance yet (a pre requisite to
>>>>understand that diagram) I don't understand what the term 'superclass'
>>>>means??
>>>>
>>>>And very very quickly this documentation seems to exclude me from
further
>>>>discovery without some outside assistance (which is what I am asking for
>>>>here).
>>>>
>>>>I am really quite keen to understand the ARP 2.0 and what is "IS".. and
I
>>>>don't see a bunch of lay person tutorial sites springing up yet (at
least
>>>>not from my Googling and looking for links off Flash blogs).
>>>>
>>>>Your help would be appreciated - because in spite of my own
>>>>
>>>>
>>>shortcomings - I
>>>
>>>
>>>>able to clearly identify that the Ariaware team has made a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>contribution to
>>>
>>>
>>>>the OpenSource community this ARP 2.0 framework which represents the
>>>>culmination of a lot of hard work, sweat, experience, prior knowledge
and
>>>>persistent development.
>>>>
>>>>It's a bit like this system is a public bus - the perfect way to travel
-
>>>>built to last and perform well.. But at the moment this bus is going so
>>>>well.. It's actually travelling past me too fast for me to catch
>>>>
>>>>
>>>it. If you
>>>
>>>
>>>>could metaphorically 'slow the bus down' for a moment - by
>>>>
>>>>
>>>providing myself
>>>
>>>
>>>>- and / or the flash community in general a 'lay person'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>description of the
>>>
>>>
>>>>ARP 2.0 framework I would be most grateful for the assistance.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Julian Woolford
>>>>
>>>>Kimachi Media
>>>>http://www.kimachi.com
>>>>+61 (0)2 6687 1670
>>>>Australia, GMT +10
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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