Why you should attend Flex 360

It has been a while since my last post, but I thought this was worth mentioning, as 360 Flex is fast approaching (March 7-10th in San Jose.)

Flex 360 is BY FAR the best conference you will ever attend as it relates to Adobe Flex. Unfortunately this time around I will not have a chance to speak, but Michael VanDaniker – my partner in crime for Axiis, is going to be doing a great presentation on getting the most out of Axiis.

I first attended Flex 360 back in Atlanta a couple years back, at the time the conference had been around for a year or so. I was blown away at the depth of the sessions, and the fact I could actually learn something from the conference (versus just attending the first 20 minutes of a session and feeling overwhelmingly bored.) But, probably the most satisfying part of the event is the community feel and networking that goes on. I don’t consider myself to be all that gregarious, or the “social networking” type, but at 360 Flex it made it really easy to meet other people who shared my passion for code, and specifically flex.

If I was just starting to learn Flex, this would be the place to be, I think you could probably save yourself 3 months of trail-and-error learning just by spending a few days being here. And, as someone with a fair amount of Flex experience, 360 is the place to dive deep into areas you might not have had a chance to explore yet. You will find someone an expert in pretty much any area you are interested in, whether that is binding, component lifecycle, new frameworks, or perhaps even some data viz.

Get your tickets now while they last, as the conference usually is sold out a few weeks prior.