Since I'm in Atlanta, I decided to attend the Atlanta Flash/Flex User Group.

It was a good time, I got to talk to Josh Adams and Charlie Arehart about my opinion on Slugworth and BlueDragon. They didn't convince me that my opinion is wrong.

But, opinions are like assholes, everyone has got one and they usually stink.

Now, on to the title of my post. Cliff Hall, who's teaching the Flex class that I'm taking demoed his new framework, pureMVC, during the show and tell portion of the meeting.

It looks really interesting and Cliff is billing it as a simpler architecture without the learning curve of Cairngorm.

Cliff is basing his pureMVC framework off the Gang of Four. He's got a demo Apollo application, Pantry Mouse, built using the framework as a proof of concept.

Unfortunately Cliff ran out of time last night. He's planning on launching the site pureMVC.org in the next few weeks, so keep your eyes open.

In my pursuit to become an Adobe Certified Instructor for Flex (already am for ColdFusion) I'm in Atlanta this week for Flex training.

One of the requirements to become a Certified Instructor for Flex is having to take the classes.

The first class is Flex 2: Developing Rich Client Applications. So far, it's pretty basic stuff. We've covered the IDE, Layout, MXML Components and event handling. Already knowing this stuff, I think it's a pretty good class for someone wanting to learn Flex.

I'll keep you posted as things go along.

I'm sorry this is so late, but I've been extremely busy.

Here's the code from my Flash Remoting (AMF) vs. Flex Data Services (FDS) preso that I gave at 360Flex about 3 weeks ago.

Flash Remoting vs. Flex Data Services

If you have any questions about the code, please feel free to email me.

Here's a couple of pictures as well.

Me and Ed Sullivan

Me and Ben Forta

Some signs I pay attention to...

Others I don't...

360Flex is over and I must say, it's one of the best conferences I've been to. I'm taking the next two days in San Francisco with my lovely fiancee, so I'll have my full report up, pictures, and my preso slides and code later this weekend.

I know, it'll be yesterdays news by then, but you'll just have to wait for my riveting recount.

In short, Tom, Ted and John did an absolutely awesome job. If these guys do it again, which they have plans to, don't miss it.

I'm getting really excited about 360Flex. I'm putting the finishing touches on my presentation. I'm presenting late Wednesday on Flash Remoting vs. Flex Data Services (FDS) and when you would want to use one vs. the other.

I'm leaving Saturday afternoon and am staying until the following Saturday. My fiancee and I are taking some time to tour the Bay Area. She's been there before, but I haven't been north of LA, so I'm looking forward to seeing the Golden Gate bridge.

I'm going to be taking lots of pictures and loading them up here as well as blogging my thoughts about the conference.

If you're going to be there, feel free to say hi!

And I promise, I've got a helpful Flex blog up my sleeve as well. It'll be here soon.

I've been really busy lately, but here's a few more upcoming conferences that I'll be speaking at.

At cf.objective() I'll be speaking about ColdFusion and Flex integration. This will be my second time speaking there and I'm looking forward to visiting Minneapolis again. This is a great conference, period. It's definitely worth the trip.

At CFUnited I'll be speaking about ColdFusion and SMS message integration. This is my first time speaking at CFUnited and I'm very excited. From what I've heard this is just an awesome conference!