# \[OT\] Good Flash Training for Programmers?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-flash-training-for-programmers/83905>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 30, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-flash-training-for-programmers/83905 "2007-01-30T18:38:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bc79bd/32.png) [@hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunter_h)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-flash-training-for-programmers/83905/1 "2007-01-30T18:38:27Z")

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I’m hoping to tap the collective intelligence here…

I’m a Rails programmer looking for some Flash training. Ideally it  
would be something of as high quality as a Pragmatic Studio class…  
I’m not a designer by trade but I’d like to learn Adobe’s tools and  
all the jive that goes with it.

Any suggestions? Flash and the upcoming Apollo platform seem to be  
even more of a standard skill set going forward, especially if new  
platforms like the iPhone support it.

Thanks,  
Hunter

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**Author:** ![hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bc79bd/32.png) [@hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunter_h)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-flash-training-for-programmers/83905/2 "2007-09-25T23:03:01Z")

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Thanks for the clarification

John

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**Author:** ![hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bc79bd/32.png) [@hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunter_h)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-flash-training-for-programmers/83905/3 "2007-09-25T23:05:30Z")

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They have several Flash training titles at [www.lynda.com](http://www.lynda.com).

-Aaron

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**Author:** ![hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bc79bd/32.png) [@hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunter_h)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-flash-training-for-programmers/83905/4 "2007-09-25T23:05:42Z")

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> I think adobe’s flex is “open source” or the compiler is… I’m not to sure…  
> [http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex\_Compiler\_Shell](http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_Compiler_Shell)

Flex isn’t open source, but it works well with Rails and the SDK is  
free (as in beer).

A good place to start is [http://flexonrails.net/](http://flexonrails.net/). (I won’t plug my  
book, but google for “flex rails book” if you’re curious… 🙂

Cheers,  
Peter A.

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**Author:** ![hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bc79bd/32.png) [@hunter\_h](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hunter_h)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-good-flash-training-for-programmers/83905/5 "2007-09-25T23:10:20Z")

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there are several way to use flash.  
I haven’t looked at the [lynda.com](http://lynda.com) for flash but have used them for  
other and enjoyed them. for a flash 101 i used a friends of ed book  
for flash 5. it was a good starting point.

Then you can get into animation, video, or RIA’s  
If you are interested in RIA’s then check out adobbe’s flex or  
openlaszlo (opensource).

I think adobe’s flex is “open source” or the compiler is… I’m not to  
sure…  
[http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex\_Compiler\_Shell](http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex_Compiler_Shell)

my 2 cents…  
John