Balsamiq + Napkee - Nov 26

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Balsamiq and Napkee are great products that help software designers and developers build great software by letting them easily sketch out their ideas, then quickly collaborate and iterate over them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLysy3IPfFI

http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/examples

www.Napkee.com lets you to export Balsamiq Mockups to HTML/CSS/JS and Adobe Flex 3 at a click of a button.

Both of these companies are very supportive to the developer community. Both graciously provided free licenses to giveaway at the Space City Adobe User Group! Check them out a give their products a try!

November 2009 Meeting - Nov 25

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In celebration of Thanksgiving, we'll take a break and kick back and have some drinks together at Boondoggles! This month's meeting will be about beer and networking! Wednesday's are big beer night at Boondoggles! They have great pizza there too!

Fusionpage.com will buy the first few pitchers of beer!

Space City AUG Holiday Happy Hour

WHEN: November 25, 2009 4:00pm-??? .

WHERE:

Boondoggles Pub & Pizza

Seabrook, Texas

Map and Directions on http://www.boondogglespub.com/

TexFlex09! - Nov 06

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Come to Dallas Friday 13th for TexFlex09!

http://groups.adobe.com/posts/2e55548081

Miller & Associates is doing it again! 2008 was a great introduction to the sophisticated representation Miller & Associates contributes to the world of technology in the Dallas Metroplex. This year we are taking it to a whole new level. Within the past year Miller & Associates began to experiment using Flex in some refreshing ways that we are excited to share with you!

This year Miller & Associates is mixing it up. The Miller & Associates office is walking distance from the Marriott and has opened the doors to the training room for anyone with a ticket to come invest some time during the conference and get some hands on training in Flex. Dan Blackman and the Miller & Associates Staff will be readily available to help you become more comfortable with Flex. All you need is a ticket to TexFlex and your own laptop (BYOL = Bring Your Own Laptop!)

AGENDA & SPEAKERS:

7:30am - 8:30am: Sunrise Training

8am - 8:45am: Breakfast / Registration

8:45am - 9am: Miller Introduction

9am-10:15am: Keynote

10:15am - 10:30am: Break

10:30am - 11:45am: Session 1 (2 rooms, and MMA/BYOL Training)

Session 1a: Nate Beck - Game Development & Flex

Session 1b: Mike Wilcox - AJAX with AIR

Session 1c: Mike Nimer with Nomee - Unit Testing within Flex

11:45am - 12:45pm: Lunch

12:45pm - 2pm: Session 2 (2 rooms, and MMA/BYOL Training)

Session 2a: Mike Smith - Extending Components through Actionscript

Session 2b: Jonathan Campos - Ruby on Rails with Flex

Session 2c: Dimi Arhontidis - Dealing with Designers

2pm - 2:15pm: Break

2:15pm - 3:30pm: Session 3 (2 rooms, and MMA/BYOL Training)

Session 3a: Matt Bugbee - Multi-Touch and the Flash Platform

Session 3b: James Ward - Flex and the Cloud

Session 3c: Jason Fincanon - Spark Skinning

3:30pm - 3:45pm: Break

3:45pm - 5pm: Session 4 (2 rooms, and MMA/BYOL Training)

Session 4a: Carter Bradford - Business

Session 4b: Joel Hooks ? Robot Legs Framework

Session 4c: Danny Dura - Flash and the iPhone

5pm - 5:15pm: Break

5:15 - 5:30/45pm: Panel and Closing

Be sure to reserve your seat at this year?s TexFlex now, SPACE IS LIMITED!

Special Event! Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers

A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and new ColdFusion applications.

Dates / Times

November 13 ? 20, 2009

Event: 9am ? 4pm

Registration: 8:30am

Main Website / Registration

http://www.adobe.com/go/flextrainingforcfdevelopers

Details for each separate class

Friday, November 13

Marriott at Legacy Town Center, 7120 Dallas Parkway, Plano, TX 75024

· Speaker: Dan Blackman

· Onsite Support: Rebecca Shaw, Miller & Associates

Fusionpage.com - Space City AUG Sponsor - Nov 06

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Some shameless self-promotion from your Space City AUG manager. :) I'd like to tell you a little about my business in case you know anyone in your circles, at your company, or in your community that might be in need of our services.

As you know, there is a high demand right now for RIA development services! Many companies find themselves stuck with outdated, enterprise web 1.0 applications that are in serious need of upgrades! They need a richer, user experiences AND they need to be re-architected into a Service-Oriented Architectures. Many companies have hundreds of spreadsheet spread across their organization!!! Companies are also demanding high speed, real-time data visualization delivered to many different screens on many different devices. Because there is such a rapid, high demand for these services and the technology is still fairly new, Fusionpage/Fusioneering,Inc., is one of only a few companies equipped to respond now. We have the proven experience.

Fusionpage.com/Fusioneering, Inc. is the sponsor of Space City Adobe User Group. We specialize in Adobe application consulting and development services. We have been in business since 1996. We specialize in Rich Internet Application development services powered by Adobe Flex, Air, ColdFusion, and BlazeDS. We offer additional value-added services including: Hosted Application services at our own dedicated data center, Enterprise Application Development and Systems Engineering services, Web Design, Web Hosting services (powered by ColdFusion/Flex/BazeDS/SQL Server 2005), Content Management Systems, e-Commerce, Akamai Content Delivery and more! Some of our key clients have included very large global corportation, such as Acer Computers, mid-sized NASA contractors, and hundreds of small businesses and non-profit organizations worldwide.

Our management staff also has over 40 years combined experience at NASA in artifical intelligence software, real-time ops, robotics, process automation, process improvement, system engineering, application development and information technology. We have built award winning applications for Space Shuttle, Space Station and Constellation Programs at NASA! Yet, we've built secure applications that connect missionaries around the world! Big or small, we can help.

If you have a need for these services in your company, or know someone that does, please contact me at dkerr@fusionpage.com . We'd love to talk to your company about making us a part of their team.

Thanks,

Don Kerr

Founder & Chief Software Architect

Fusionpage.com

Fusioneering, Inc.

Free Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers - Nov 06

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FREE Flex Training for ColdFusion Developers in Dallas

A free full-day, hands-on training session, where attendees can learn how to build their first Flex application using the latest Flash Builder 4 beta software. This training is designed to help experienced ColdFusion developers get started in understanding how to add rich UI to existing and new ColdFusion applications.

Dallas, Texas

November 13, 2009

Event: 9am - 4pm

Registration: 8:30am

Registration & Locations!

http://www.adobe.com/go/flextrainingforcfdevelopers

NOTE: THIS IS THE SAME DAY AS TEXFLEX09 IN DALLAS

ColdFusion Job- San Jacinto College - Oct 29

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We have a job opening in our office (Office of Education). ColdFusion experience is required. Applications are due by Nov 9th.

https://jobs.sjcd.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1256225741250

Go to https://jobs.sjcd.edu

· Click on the ?Full-Time? button

· The position is ?IT Project Planning Director/Web Developer?

· The job is not a management position. The title is misleading. It is a ColdFusion Developer position.

Thank you,

James Eisenlohr

October 2009 Meeting - Oct 28

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The Space City Adobe User Group meets the last Thursday of every month.

The next meeting will be:

Date: Thursday October 29, 2009

Time: 3:30-5:00pm

Location: NASA JSC Gilruth Center, The San Jacinto Room

Snacks and drinks provided by Fusionpage.com

Agenda

This month is all about Adobe MAX!

You can check out MAX Online at http://max.adobe.com/online/?trackingid=FBCMT

Members that attended MAX Conference in LA or Online will discuss key highlights of their MAX experience.

3:30-5:00 Adobe MAX Highlights and Lessons Learned - Bring some tips/tricks you learned at MAX

Products: all

Presenter: All

DIRECTION

PDF Map of the Gilruth Center

We look forward to seeing you! Please click Comments below to let us know if you plan to attend! And click Tell Friend to spread the word!

Adobe MAX - Oct 05

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Adobe MAX 2009 is great so far! Heading to Nokia Live center for the big opening session soon! If any of you are here at MAX, please email me at manager@spacecityaug.com! Take good notes on your sessions so we can discuss them at our next meeting!

Don

ColdFusion Job Opportunity at NASA in Houston,TX - Oct 01

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Please find the Job Requirements for the open position. The position is to support the NASA JIMMS contract at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Please forward the resumes to Ahmed.El-Rasheedy-1@nasa@gov or call Ahmed at 281-335-4848 x.239

Position

ColdFusion Software Engineer

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field from an accredited college, university or technical institute

Professional Experience / Technical Skills

A minimum of five years of ColdFusion development experience.

A minimum of five years of SQL, relational databases, and stored procedures experience.

Experience with software development using ColdFusion MX 7 and ColdFusion 8.

Must have Software Development LifeCycle experience.

Must have project management experience.

Must have experience with DreamWeaver, CFEclipse or related Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

Must be able to follow specifications, standards, coding guidelines and industry best practices.

Must have documentation experience.

Must have strong communications skills, both written and oral.

Knowledge of Object Oriented Programming (OOP).

Experience with HTML, XML, JavaScript and AJAX.

A solid understanding of database design concepts such as relational data, normalization, performance, parent/child relationships, and data modeling.

Preferable Experience with software development with ColdFusion Components utilizing them as objects

Preferable familiarity with Model-View-Controller (MVC) frameworks.

Preferable experience with Java Applets.

Certification

Preferable Adobe ColdFusion MX 7 Certified Developer

Preferable Sun Microsystem Java Certified Programmer

Others

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Interpersonal and communication skills, verbal and written.

September 2009 Meeting - Sep 21

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The Space City Adobe User Group meets the last Thursday of every month.

The next meeting will be:

Date: Thursday September 24, 2009

Time: 3:30-5:00pm

Location: NASA JSC Gilruth Center, The San Jacinto Room

Snacks and drinks provided by Fusionpage.com

Agenda

3:30-4:15 Multithreading with ColdFusion

Products: ColdFusion

Presenter: Billy Cravens

4:15-5:00 Source Deployments using CFZIP

Products: ColdFusion

Presenter: Mike Gillespie

DIRECTION

PDF Map of the Gilruth Center

We look forward to seeing you! Please click Comments below to let us know if you plan to attend! And click Tell Friend to spread the word!

Flex DataGrid to Excel - Sep 01

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Here is Tim Baldwin's source code for the Flex DataGrid to Excel solution he presented at this month's Space City Adobe User Group. Thanks Tim!

http://www.spacecityaug.com/flex/uploadedFiles/FlexDGtoExcel.zip

The web address for as3xls is:

http://code.google.com/p/as3xls/

August 2009 Meeting - Aug 26

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The Space City Adobe User Group meets the last Thursday of every month.

The next meeting will be:

Date: Thursday August 27, 2009

Time: 3:30-5:00pm

Location: NASA JSC Gilruth Center, The San Jacinto Room

Snacks and drinks provided by Fusionpage.com

Agenda

Final

3:30-4:15 Screen Mockup to Code Generation

Presenter: Jon Kocen

4:15-5:00 ColdFusion Tips and Tricks

Presenter: Mike Gillespie

DIRECTION

PDF Map of the Gilruth Center

We look forward to seeing you! Please click Comments below to let us know if you plan to attend! And click Tell Friend to spread the word!