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Flex Camp Boston is a full day event featuring industry experts from both inside and outside Adobe. Building on the hugely successful event from last year, the team at Universal Mind have come up with an amazing set of speakers this year, including Tim Buntel from Adobe, Oscar Cortes from BrightCove, Mike Nimer from Digital Primates and more. The event runs from 8 AM to 5 PM on December 12th, and is only $30 if you register before December 1st ($40 after).

If you're in the Boston area, and build applications using Adobe Flex, this is one event that you won't want to miss.

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It took us too long to get the Flex 3 certification exam up and running, but it's here now and we're offering it at a 33% discount at MAX.

Info can be found here if you
scroll down to the 2nd item from the bottom.

The exam prep guide for Flex can be found here while you can get information on all available exams and study guides here.

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Often when I'm at conferences, MAX in particular, I get asked "hey, do you have sec for me to show you my app?" Sometimes people have questions, but often they just want Adobe to see our technology put to good use. It's always very exciting for me, I've learned about some truly incredible apps this way.

Well this year we're taking it to a new level at MAX. In the Adobe section of the community pavilion there is a Developer Spotlight station whose whole purpose is for you to take a few minutes and show off your app. I'll be there Monday in the late afternoon, and other product managers, evangelists, product marketing managers, and Adobe staff will be staffing it throughout the day to make sure there's plenty of time for us to learn about what you're doing. We'll also have information for how you can get your application promoted to an even wider audience.

Of course, we already have a good article by Mike Potter that talks about some of the things you can do to promote your Flex application to the public. But if you're at MAX, make sure to stop by and share the love with us directly!

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Did you miss last week's Flex and Zend e-Seminar? That's not a problem - we recorded the session using Acrobat Connect and have posted it online.

If you have questions about using Flex and the Zend Framework and want them answered in person, there will be another session about using Flex and the Zend AMF module in the Zend Framework on November 12th at 10 AM PT. Lee Brimelow and Zend AMF contributor Wade Arnold will be delivering the session.

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If you purchase Flex Builder 3 Professional (or ColdFusion 8 Enterprise Edition)before November 14th, you'll receive $400 off the regular full event pass to MAX North America, or 240 Euros off of the regular price for MAX Europe. Follow the following steps to receive your Adobe MAX registration discount:

1. Visit the MAX registration website.

2. When registering, select "Yes, I have a registration code".

3. Enter the following registration code: PDB891.

4. Complete the steps for online registration.

Legal Notes: Offer good for new Adobe MAX 2008 registrations only. Offer good for Adobe MAX North America and Adobe MAX Europe full event pass registration only. Offer cannot be combined with any other offer, package or registration code. Only one product purchase at full retail value qualifies and only the following Adobe development products qualify for this promotion: ColdFusion 8 Enterprise, ColdFusion 8 Standard, and Flex Builder 3 Professional. Offer valid for qualifying purchases made between October 1, 2008 and November 14, 2008. Product registration and Adobe MAX registration must both be complete by 11:59 pm PDT November 14, 2008. Terms and conditions for Adobe MAX registrations will also apply. Offer is not transferrable and valid only for individual product registrant in possession of a valid purchase confirmation. Education, OEM, NFR, and volume licensing customers are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

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Kevin Hoyt has put together an archive of PHP and Flex samples that should help any developer who is getting started with Flex and PHP. These samples include PHP and Flex code that uses the functionality from the AMF module of the Zend Framework, available in the 1.7 preview release. You'll need to download the Zend Framework and install it before using the AMF samples from the archive.

If you're just getting started with Flex and PHP, check out the Flex developer center's PHP page for links to articles on getting started.

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Do you visualize data with your Flex app, or do you think you will some day? Put another way, do you use charts or data grids?

Please take this survey!

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A couple of weeks ago, the Adobe Flex page on Facebook broke 5000 fans. To celebrate, we're giving away some awesome prizes, including the grand prize of a Macbook AIR with a copy of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection and Adobe Flex Builder 3 Professional. To enter, all you have to do is become a fan of our page, add the giveaway application, and then complete the short 3 question quiz.

Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we are only able to open up this contest in North America.

Remember - students and faculty from schools around the world can receive Flex Builder Professional for free by filing out the simple form.

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Lee Brimelow and Matthew O'Phinney from Zend will be delivering a free e-seminar on Wednesday at 10 AM PT about using the Zend Framework and Flex and AIR together. They'll go over the Zend Framework and the Zend AMF module that allows PHP developers to connect Flex applications to Zend Framework powered applications using AMF. You have to register for the e-seminar to attend.

Lee's blog has a great overview of using Flash (and Flex) and PHP together.

The Adobe Developer Center is the best place to get started if you're interested in using Zend and Flex together.

The e-seminar will be recorded, and assuming there aren't any problems, we'll post the recording on the PHP page of the Flex Developer Center within 2 weeks.

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From October 19 to 23rd Adobe will have a booth at the Gitex Technology Week, in the Business Solution Area. The Adobe stand will be configured as a multi-level pavilion with two theaters for presentations and meeting rooms, and the stand will feature dedicated suites for customers to interact with product specialists and address specific technical issues.
So for any questions just track down Andrew Shorten at booth C4-20B in Hall 4, and get the answer to your Flex/AIR/Flash questions.

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