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Until recently, the title for my 360|Flex San Jose presentation next month was “Designer Last Development Architecture”. But that has just changed…
Posted on 25 February 2010 | no comments | continue reading
Frameworks presentation slides
Here are the slides from my frameworks presentation at Flex London User Group last Tuesday, 16 February 2010.
Posted on 19 February 2010 | 9 comments | continue reading
360|Flex San Jose
I was already considering making the trip to San Jose to attend the 360|Flex conference this March when the organisers asked me if I’d present a session. 360|Flex has interested me for some time. It’s the most technical, developer oriented of the many Flash and Flex conferences around, and as a developer myself that obviously interests me. The level of technical knowledge amongst the speakers is immense.
But 360|Flex is about more than just technical presentations. John and Tom try very hard to make this a conference where all attendees feel part of a community…
Posted on 17 February 2010 | 4 comments | continue reading
Presentation about Frameworks in London
I’m revisiting and updating my frameworks presentation for Tuesday’s meeting of the Flex London User Group. The presentation will cover Cairngorm, PureMVC, Mate, Swiz, Parsley, and Robotlegs. I’ll be looking at the similarities and differences between the frameworks and the trend towards dependency injection and loose coupling in the newer frameworks…
Posted on 12 February 2010 | 3 comments | continue reading
Test the interface, not the implementation
In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that unit tests should test the interface and not the implementation. This is the simplest example I could think of to demonstrate this…
Posted on 5 February 2010 | 3 comments | continue reading
Why write the unit tests first?
At work today, a colleague and I did a presentation to the rest of the team on Test Driven Development. At BrightTALK we’ve been using unit tests for some of our code for a few months now, but it’s been very much a case of writing tests after writing the code. Often, it’s just after (write the code, then write the test) but still, the code came first. A couple of months ago I persuaded the Flash/Flex team to try writing the tests first. They found it difficult for the first few days, but rapidly got up to speed and are now very enthusiastic about writing tests first. So we hosted this presentation/discussion with the whole team, Actionscript, PHP and Java developers, to discuss Test Driven Development. One thing I really wanted to convey to them were the benefits of writing the test first. These are the five main benefits as I see them…
Posted on 4 February 2010 | 5 comments | continue reading
The iPad is not a computer
I waited a few days before writing about the iPad. Apple product launches tend to contain some surprises and I wanted a little time for reflection before commenting.
My considered opinion: the iPad is a revolutionary device, because it’s not a computer. The iPad isn’t for writing, it’s for reading. It’s not for making films, its for watching films. It’s not for developing software, it’s for using software. The iPad is a consumer device. What makes the iPad revolutionary is its single-minded focus on media consumption…
Posted on 30 January 2010 | 8 comments | continue reading
New Year, New Domain
Since I accepted my current job at BrightTALK and closed down my company, Big Room, I’ve also moved my domain. This site is now hosted at richardlord.net rather than bigroom.co.uk. All links to the previous domain should redirect to the new domain – please let me know if any don’t.
This blog was always about my personal work experiences, and will continue to be so. While I will, at times, blog about work we’re doing at BrightTALK, please remember that this is still a personal blog and opinions I express are mine and not necessarily those of BrightTALK.
Have a great New Year.
Posted on 2 January 2010 | no comments