Sep 8th, 2010
Adding real-time data visualization to your ColdFusion apps
One of my favorite things to do with Adobe Flex is build applications that show real-time data. In this blog post, I will share what I’ve learned in the past few months about using ColdFusion as a source of real-time data and Flex combined with Google Maps API for Flash as a means of visualizing [...]
Jul 26th, 2010
CFUnited Session: Building Multiplayer games on the Flash Platform with ColdFusion, Flex and Data Services
On Thursday, I’m presenting a session at CFUnited titled, “Building Multi-Player games on the Flash Platform with ColdFusion, Flex and Data Services“. As you can see, I’m trying to do something a bit more fun than my usual topics! Yes, I’m talking about ColdFusion powering a multiplayer game! Over the past 18 months, [...]
Jul 26th, 2010
CFUnited Session: Adding real-time data visualization to your application or website
On Friday, I’m presenting a session at CFUnited titled, “Adding real-time data visualization to your application or website“. In this session, I’m going to demonstrate how to take data from your web site or application and turn it into a real-time data feed that can be used to feed a dashboard that will impress [...]
Feb 1st, 2010
Real-time data visualization using Flex and publish/subscribe messaging
When you hear the term “data visualization”, you probably immediately think of pie charts, bar charts, and line charts showing sales data, population data, or other historical data. These charts and graphs help us to visualize the data, detect key trends, and make decisions moving forward. While charts are great for understanding historical data, real-time [...]
Oct 15th, 2009
My pet project – ChessJam – live online chess with a fun attitude
For the past eight months, I’ve been working with two friends, Todd Williams and Sean Carey, on a little side project called ChessJam. This project started in February, 2009 when Sean and I decided to play a game of online chess with each other to finally resolve who was the better player. We explored several [...]
Sep 10th, 2009
MAX Lab: Making Real-Time Data Come Alive with Flex Data Visualization
If you are attending Adobe MAX, I’d like to invite you to come to what I think will be a fun BYOL (bring your own laptop) lab that I am co-presenting with Holly Schinsky. I’ve always been fascinated with data visualization, especially data that needs analysis as it is generated. For example, financial transaction data [...]
Jun 24th, 2009
BlazeDS and LiveCycle Data Services Samples Galore in Tour de Flex
During the past several weeks, we have been adding new samples in the Flex Data Access category in Tour de Flex. All of the samples were created by either Christophe Coenraets or Holly Schinsky. Below is a brief overview of each. Many of the samples described below utilize BlazeDS or LiveCycle DS. If you are [...]
Jun 8th, 2009
Flex Data Visualization Contest Announcement
Two weeks ago, I blogged about the Tour de Flex Live Planetary Dashboard, an example of taking a simple real-time data stream and making it into a cool dashboard. The guys from the ILOG Elixir team did a fantastic job! (see their dashboard here). Now it’s your turn to impress! Today we are announcing a [...]
May 26th, 2009
Tour de LiveCycle Launched!
As members of the Adobe Evangelist team, we are often asked, “What is LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES)”? That’s not an easy question to answer! The challenge is that LiveCycle ES is not a typical product with a typical list of features. It’s an extensible platform that offers a wide array of services, each with its [...]
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