Flex Freelancers

Yesterday I wrote my first post on AIR on Android and I then wondered how many of you are actually involved in this public pre-release?
Since there is no support yet for the Flex framework, I would suspect many of you are waiting in the wings but eager to jump in. So I can, please let [...]

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Are you building AIR on Android yet?

So July has been a quiet month for this blog, my apologies. I have been spending some time digging into the AIR on Android documentation. Working with the Flash CS5 IDE has been like going in a time machine. It has been quite a while since I have build any Flash Player based application with [...]

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AIR On Android – Geolocation

Rate: £400 – £500 per day   Location: City Of London   

Senior Flex Developer – 6 months – Investment Bank – London ELAN IT are currently seeking a number of Flex Developers to work for a leading Investment Bank on an initial 6 month contract with major potential to extend. The successful candidate will have a sound background in using disciplined software development practices and in developing and delivering Commercial Flex Applications at an Enterprise level including experience in Parsley framework, AIR, RPC and Blaze DS. My client has also expressed a desire for a candidate with the following: Flex component development along with Flex skinning and styling Unit testing experience (JUnit or Flex Unit), able to use a source control system. Agile or iterative development along with Test driven development. Definition and Development of Software design patterns. Experience of working in medium to large teams in complex project environments. It would also be an advantage if you have experience of working in projects which integrate with a service layer written in Java along with the ability to debug in that environment. A good understanding of the User Experience and working from Visual Designs is also desirable. If you feel you possess the above skills and want to be involved in an extremely exciting project, please send in your CV.

	Rate:		£400 – £500 per day
	Type:		Contract
	Location:		City Of London
	Country:		UK
	Contact:		Ryan Kelman
	Advertiser:		Elan IT New Business
	Email:		Ryan.Kelman.EB91F.156E8@mail.jobserve.com
	Start Date:		ASAP
	Reference:		JS-.J78715A00094995

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(IT) Flex Developer – 6 months – Investment Bank – London – URGENT!

Rate: £350 – £450 per day   Location: City Of London   

Lead Flex Developer, £350-450 per day , Central London Flex 3, AIR, BlazeDS, Hibernate, MySQL, Agile, Java, Architect, Development, User Interface, Flex data virtualisation, Flash. Exciting 3 month rolling contract for a Lead Flex Developer building, re-factoring & designing one of the UK’s leading customer centric SAAS solutions. – Expert Flex 3 Adobe AIR – focus on user interface connectivity – Flex integration using Java server side to BlazeDS – Solid knowledge of Java & MqSQL within a cross platform Linux/Windows environment – Flex Data Services/Live Cycle Data Services – pureMVC, Spring, ActionScript 3 – Flex virtualisation AS3 API such as IBM ILOG or Axiis – Agile practices, SCRUM, TDD etc – ORM Frameworks IBatis, Hibernate, pureQuery, NHydrate – Refactoring using IntelliJ, Eclipse JDT, Netbeans – Flex 4 Flash builder useful This is a cutting edge Flex, Java & MysQL project where you will gain excellent experience to not only a World-Class development team but the latest Open Source applications. Please send CV’s to (see below) Connections Recruitment is based in Wokingham, providing services as an employment agency and employment business, throughout the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. Specialising in IT and sales and marketing, our fully trained consultants take the time to understand completely candidates’ career requirements, finding the right opportunity, from a client list containing some of the industry’s leading technology and software companies.

	Rate:		£350 – £450 per day
	Type:		Contract
	Location:		City Of London
	Country:		UK
	Contact:		Anna Richards
	Advertiser:		Connections Recruitment Ltd
	Email:		Anna.Richards.D5DF2.BD450@mail.jobserve.com
	Start Date:		July 2010
	Reference:		JS-FLEX/AR

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(IT) Flex User Interface Developer

Rate: 400 – 600   Location: London   

Key Skills: Senior Flex Developer, Adobe Flex, Adobe Flex Builder 3, AIR, FlexUnit, ActionScript 3.0, XML, OOP, SVN, Unix, Blaze DS, Lifecycle DS, RIA, Rich Internet Appliactions A leading investment bank in London is looking to appoint three Flex developers to join them on long term contracts. No previous banking experience is necessary. Successful candidates will join the team as senior developers and will work with other team-members to design, develop, test and release the various Adobe Flex components from which a GUI application will be built. It is imperative that candidates have experience working on large enterprise scale applications for a significant period of time. Experience with the following is essential: Adobe Flex Builder 3, AIR, FlexUnit, ActionScript 3.0, XML, OOP, SVN, Unix, Blaze DS, Lifecycle DS, RIA, Rich Internet Applications.

	Rate:		400 – 600
	Type:		Contract
	Location:		London
	Country:		UK
	Contact:		Jonny Demko
	Advertiser:		Huxley Associates
	Start Date:		ASAP
	Reference:		JSIT HA-SC1243 D2906RCDM12141952 AD01126610

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(IT) Adobe Flex Developer – Flex Builder 3, AIR, FlexUnit, ActionScript 3.0

Rate: £350 – £400 per Day   Location: London   

Our client, a big brand name is broadcasting & digital TV, seeks a Flex Developer to create, maintain and deliver applications on a large & complex technical Agile programme, transforming television & film production for the future. You will focus on Rich Internet Applications (RIA) within a SOA environment, offering robustness, simplicity and world-class usability. As a Flex Developer you will have: – strong Adobe FLEX, Flash & ActionScript experience within an awareness of Agile software development environments (XP/SCRUM/Kanban), with a good appreciation of Test Driven Development (TDD). – demonstrable experience working in a highly collaborative environment, with focus towards delivering real business results. – knowledge of common application programming frameworks – for example Parsley, Cairngorm, PureMVC or Robotlegs. – appreciation of Design Patterns, Object Orientation and IoC containers. – exposure to XHTML and JavaScript along with related frameworks such as jQuery, DOJO and prototype. – experience of automated test tools and frameworks such as FlexUnit, RIATest or Selenium-Flex. – experience of profiling tools, garbage collection and performance tuning (eg Flash Builder profiler). As a Flex Developer, the following is highly beneficial: – familiarity with FLEX 4 skinning architecture (FXG) and/or the Degrafa Framework – working knowledge of Java/J2EE, and integration with server-side frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate and Apache CXF. – experience of making Rich Internet Applications accessible. – experience of working on large scale agile projects, with multiple product streams and 3rd party dependencies. – evidence of working knowledge in at least one other programming language. – experience of working in a media environment, particularly manipulating video or related metadata. Excellent opportunity for a proven Flex Developer that understands the full software development lifecycle incorporating Java. Location: West London Start Date: June 2010 Position: 3 month contract (possible extensions) Salary: £350 – £400 per day Connections Recruitment is based in Wokingham, providing services as an employment agency and employment business, throughout the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. Specialising in IT and sales and marketing, our fully trained consultants take the time to understand completely candidates’ career requirements, finding the right opportunity, from a client list containing some of the industry’s leading technology and software companies.

	Rate:		£350 – £400 per Day
	Type:		Contract
	Location:		London
	Country:		UK
	Contact:		Anna Mackelworth
	Advertiser:		Connections Recruitment Ltd
	Email:		Anna.MacKelworth.F9B2C.A8ADA@mail.jobserve.com
	Start Date:		ASAP
	Reference:		JS-FLEX4-AZM

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(IT) Flex Developer, RIA Developer (Java, Flex, AIR, Agile)

Location: London   

Our client is a major player in the delivery of software projects, they are looking for a number of expert Flex software developers with experience of delivering Rich Internet Applications (RIA) using AIR. They are looking for developers that are able to start immediately for a period of 5/6 months Please send me an up to date copy of your CV highlighting your Flex/AIR experience

	Type:		Contract
	Location:		London
	Country:		UK
	Contact:		Paul Bradley
	Advertiser:		Candela Digital Media
	Email:		Paul.Bradley.75559.BB20A@mail.jobserve.com
	Start Date:		ASAP
	Reference:		JS

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(IT) Flex/AIR Developers

Looks like Adobe is rolling out a new version of Flash Player 10.1 for Android. Here are some screen shots of my experience this morning. The download was 3.75 mb.

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Flash Player 10.1 Android Update

I have been experimenting with AIR on Android and put together a little app to see how AIR on Android was handling File storage. Here are the results for the File alias properties.

File.applicationDirectory
File.applicationStorageDirectory
File.desktopDirectory
File.documentsDirectory
File.userDirectory

AIR Runtime on Desktop

AIR Runtime on Android

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The new Flex 4 Cookbook from O’Reilly in which I was a contributing author within the sections on Adobe AIR 2.0 will be shipping soon. You can pre-order now.
Flex 4 Cookbook: Real-world recipes for developing Rich Internet Applications

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