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Actionscript Salon #11: Remoting for Clients: What the Real World Wants to See

Who: Marcus J. Dickinson
When: Monday, March 8, 2004
Time: 6:30 PM Q&A, networking; 7:00-8:15 PM program; 8:15-9:00 PM Q&A
Where: The Art Institute of California, 1170 Market Street, San Francisco, CA (Directions)
Cost: Free to NBMA members; $10 for Non-members; $5 for Students.
Register: Members and non-Members, please pre-register with Acteva to hold your spot.
Info Contact: Marc Tanenbaum.

The North Bay Multimedia Association presents a continuing series of topics on programming inside the Flash environment. Actionscript is a powerful, built-in language that operates from within Flash, and is at the heart of all truly dynamic swfs. Mastering Actionscript can transport your websites and other Flash files from glorified Powerpoint presentations into the realm of full-featured applications.

This month, special guest speaker Marcus J. Dickinson, a Canadian Web Application Developer (fresh from his presentation at FlashForward SF 2004) will join us to discuss Remoting and practical business applications.

Flash Remoting provides a simple interface for bridging data between Flash and server-side technologies such as ColdFusion, .NET, and Java. This interface vastly simplifies the development of Rich Internet Applications.

We’ll open this salon by discussing the Remoting component architecture. We’ll cover where to begin, and how to map it out, and then take a bash at building a small application ourselves. Along the way, we’ll discuss some common development pitfalls.

Finally, Marcus will showcase some of the cutting edge Remoting applications which Innovasium, where he works as Web Application Developer, has been developing.

Please pre-register with Acteva if you plan to attend!

This Salon is rated: Advanced

Beginner: basic understanding of fundamental concepts, button control, handlers, properties, variables, etc.
Intermediate: complex math operations, arrays, objects, functions, bitwise operations, debugging, dynamic movieclip control.
Advanced: XML, server-side integration, remoting, multi-dimensional arrays, AI.

Marcus J. Dickinson is a Web Application Developer for Innovasium in Toronto, Canada. He has been a professor for Sheridan and Humber Colleges, and has also taught at numerous private corporate seminars. He has worked for the multiple award-winning Overdrive Design. Marcus brings an intense level of energy to his seminars, and his passion for teaching is obvious to any who hears him speak. He has an ability to communicate complex material in such a way that anyone can understand it. Marcus was an “Ask the Expert” speaker at FlashForward NYC 2003, and a featured presenter at FlashInTheCan 2003 and FlashForward SF 2004.

Marc Tanenbaum is the NBMA Web SIG leader. He is a writer, designer and Flash developer. He hangs out at flashmxfiles.com, flashgoddess.com and bit-101.com forums where he dispenses Flash and Actionscript advice to the unwary.

The Actionscript Salons are presented with the support of The Arts Institute of California – San Francisco.