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Just helping the organisers out with this one...

If you haven't done already and may be interested in Adobe Flex or are already using Flex, there is a FREE One Day Event called "Flex and the City" next Wednesday 20th October.

Website: http://www.flashcamp.co.uk/flexandthecity

Registration: http://flexandthecity.eventbrite.com/

Twitter Hashtag: fatcuk

Event: Flex and the City

Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 from 12:00 PM - 10:30 PM (GMT)

Location:
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
EC2Y 8DS London
United Kingdom

For more information click here: Flex and the City

Hopefully see you there!

I decided to promote my Flex IDE installation from Flex Builder 3 and Gumbo to latest release "Flash Builder 4".

I downloaded the application installer from: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=flash_builder

When I ran the installation, logged on as an Administrative user on my Windows XP desktop PC,  the installer would run, but crash out mid installation with the following Error...

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NOTE: The below is for Mac only at the moment - but I will try and obtain the Windows compatible versions.

I have managed to obtain trial copys of 2 of Adobes latest products Gumbo, also known as Flex 4 and Catalyst (formerly Thermo).

If you would like to try these, please follow the links below:

Catalyst: http://www.123adapt.com/adobe/Adobe%20Flash%20Catalyst_installer_mac_214930.dmg
Gumbo : http://www.123adapt.com/adobe/Gumbo_mac_installer_215018f.dmg
Serial : http://www.123adapt.com/adobe/serial.rtf

Also note that, this is authentic trial software from Adobe and NOT Illegally downloaded!!!

If you have any problems with these - let me know.

If you're learning Flex or just interested in it's capabilities - the following resources should come in useful:

Flex.org

Flex Components

Flex Component Explorer

Flex Style Explorer

Advanced Data Visualisation using Flex

Charting Demos using ILOG Elixir

And for inspiration...

Flex Showcase

The BBC has decided that in order to gain cross-platform compatability that they are now writing their widgets using the Adobe Flex and AIR platforms!!

You can check out the article here:
BBC Blog