Clint Modien - Esria Inc.

OK people… The Flex team has been busting it for us for 3 years… Let’s see if we can lend a hand and help them get it released to GA before MAX.

Flex 3 is an open source project and anyone can contribute to it. This is such an enormous plus for Flex I wanted to make sure everyone remembered.

Currently it’s limited to submitting code on a bug report but they have said they will open the repo to commits in the future.

Read this first: https://bugs.adobe.com/confluence/display/ADOBE/Home

Adobe has opened the bugbase here: http://bugs.adobe.com/flex/

Roadmap (What to help with): https://bugs.adobe.com/confluence/display/ADOBE/Flex+3+Planning

Submitting code in a bugreport:

When submitting source code with your bug reports please keep the following in mind:

1. Your source code should compile and run. Of course if you’re demonstrating a compiler error it doesn’t need to compile. But to demonstrate a runtime bug your code should execute at least to the point of failure. The less time an evaluator needs to spend creating the proper scenario the more likely it is to receive attention.
2. Smaller is always better. The less code you need to submit to demonstrate a bug the easier it will be for a developer to evaluate the issue.
3. If you need to submit a whole project attach a single zip instead of multiple files. Once again, reduce the project as much as possible so that only relevant code is included.
4. All users of the bug system can view your code, do not attach confidential source code to a bug.

Personally… if I get one line of code in the Flex 3 final release… that I can say I wrote… It would be like … a piece of the world to call my own.

I’ve been working with Flex non-stop since it was in beta in Feb 04′. I’ve written ActionScript for Fortune 50’s in Boston, NYC, Jersey, Oakland, Michigan and San Jose. I co-founded a company that was based on Flex consulting services. I haven’t had a home for the past 2 years. I’ve been roaming the U.S. building Flex applications. I’m helping to write a book on Flex 3 and AIR for Wrox press. I’ve met the Flex team. (Matt Chotin is really that nice and Deepa really is that cute.)

Flex has been my world.

To watch the technology grow… the process grow… how quickly it’s matured into a powerhouse web technology… has been a rocket ride. To be able to give back to the technology that’s basically transformed my life… Sign me up.