This year MAX 2005 was great. I landed in Anaheim on Sunday, registered and
then went to the welcome reception where I chatted with other developers and
met with vendors.
On Monday I headed into the conference with my session schedule all planned
out, ready to absorb all I could about ColdFusion, its newest features, its
future, more OO, and maybe some Dreamweaver tips. My first session, Rich
Internet Applications (RIAs) by Mike Sundermeyer, completely changed all
that. At that session I hoped to pick up a few user interface pointers for an
application I'm redesigning. Instead I was introduced to Flex. I had heard of
it but thought it was some new graphical thingy that programmers like me need
not worry about. Well, it isn't.
I was completely floored by Flex. The next v... (more)