Wow, it’s the new year already. A time for everyone to make new years resolutions to make promises that they’ll not keep. This year I’ve decided to actually make a few resolutions for myself, even though I usually don’t make new years resolutions. I’ve put a lot of thought into these and decided to not make the same resolutions that everyone else does about eating better and getting more exercise, as evident by the sudden influx of people at the gym these past few days, I’ve already resolved to doing that a long time ago and don’t need a special occasion to give me an excuse. Rather I’ve made a couple of hopefully attainable goals for myself in this new year. Read the rest of this entry »
My New Year’s resolutions
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Resurrecting XPlanner
7 08 2008As you may have heard, I am currently writing a book (http://manning.com/allmon) on how to integrate Flex into a Java based web application. When we started this project, we had many ideas for what we were going to do for a sample application to use throughout the book. Too many titles out there either use trivial or incomplete examples that work well to showcase as much of the technology as possible but usually fall short in giving the user a clear picture of how to develop an end-to-end solution. So my co-author and I, through suggestion from a fellow developer, decided to base our sample application on the XPlanner project.
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Tags : book, flex, java, RIA
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What did I get myself into now…
12 03 2008Well, it’s now official, I’m writing a book. I’ve signed my contract, and there’s no turning back now. “You’re going to do what?” you may ask. My friend and cohort here at Pillar, BJ Allmon and I have begun the adventure of writing our first book, our first not only writing together but our first for each of us, tentatively titled “Flex on Java” for Manning Publications. Yes, Manning, you know those guys with all the great “In Action” books with the funny looking people on the covers. I’m really excited about this because I’ve always felt they put out good quality books, let’s hope that we don’t ruin that trend.
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Tags : agile, book, flex, java, RIA
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